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Judge Terri J. Stoneburner

Court of Appeals

Chambers Phone: 651-297-1008

Education

J.D. 1975, University of Washington School of Law

  • University of Washington School of Law
  • Director, Legal Aid to State Prisoners
  • Research Assistant to Professor Ralph Johnson
  • Law Women’s Caucus

B.A. 1967, Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana

  • Graduated cum laude
  • Major: French
  • Junior year at University of Geneva, Switzerland

Employment

Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals, April 28, 2000 - present

  • Appointed by Governor Jesse Ventura March 8, 2000
  • Elected to six-year term in 2002 and 2008
  • Her current term expires in January 2015

Judge of District Court, April 1990 – April 28, 2000

  • Fifth Judicial District, chambered in New Ulm
  • Assistant Chief Judge of the Fifth Judicial District, July 1, 1997 – April 28, 2000

Farrish, Johnson, Maschka Attorneys at Law, Mankato, 1980 – 1990

  • Partner from 1984
  • Certified Civil Trial Specialist by National Board of Trial Advocacy and MSBA

Adjunct Faculty, Mankato State University

  • Political Science and Women Studies
    • Taught four-credit classes in Legal Research/Legal Materials in alternate years 1981 – 1986; Legal Rights of Women, two credits, 1980 – 1984

Staff Attorney, State of Alaska Commission for Human Rights, November 1977 – March 1979

Volunteer Attorney, VISTA, October 1976 – October 1977

  • Assigned to Alaska Commission for Human Rights as staff attorney

Volunteer, United States Peace Corps, October 1968 – December 1970

  • Burkina Faso, West Africa
  • Infant health program, well-digging program and school building Projects

Community Service

  • United Way Budget Committee, Mankato, 1987 – 1990
  • YWCA Board of Trustees, Mankato, 1988 – 1990
  • League of Women Voters, New Ulm, 1991 – April 2000
    • Board of Directors 1996 – 1999
  • American Association of University Women, New Ulm, 1992 – April 2000
  • Brown County Judicial Advisory Council on Families, 1995 – April 2000
  • Brown County Teen Court Advisory Board, 1997 – April 2000
  • MSBA Habitat for Humanity House worker, 2001, 2002

Organizations

  • Minnesota Bar Association, 1980 – present
  • Minnesota Women Lawyers, 1980 – present
  • Minnesota District Judges Association, 1990 - present
  • Judicial Standards Board, appointed by Governor Pawlenty, July 2005. 

Professional Development

  • MSBA Judicial Merit Selection Committee and Professionalism Committee, 1987 - 1988
  • President, Sixth District Bar Association, 1989 - 1990
  • Minnesota State Bar Foundation Board of Directors, 1988 - 1993
  • Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal Education, 1988 - 1994
  • Supreme Court Uniform Local Rules Task Force, 1991
  • Chair, Supreme Court Conciliation Court Advisory Committee, 1992 - 1993
  • Supreme Court TCIS Development Board, 1992 - 1996
  • Technology Planning Committee, 1997
  • Supreme Court Alternate Dispute Resolution Board, 1995 - 1999
  • Chair, MDJA Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1995 - 1998
  • Chair, Joint Committee on Judicial Evaluation, 1995 - 1998
  • Sentence to Service Advisory Council, 1995 - 1998
  • Supreme Court Open Hearings in Juvenile Protection Matters Advisory Board, 1998 - 2001
  • Conference of Chief Judges, 1997 - 2000
  • CCJ Committee for Peer Support/Stress Reduction, 1999- present
  • Children’s Justice Initiative, 2001- present
  • Co-Chair Minnesota Legal Services Planning Commission (Co-recipient of SMRLS 21st Century Leadership Award, 2004)

Interests

Reading, travel (have back-packed around the world twice); hiking; canoeing; cross-country skiing; quilting; biking; "do-it-yourself" projects; at home and at the cabin.