Judge Kathryn L. Quaintance

Hennepin County Courthouse
Phone: (612)348-2040

Chambers Phone: 612-348-5067

Chambers Email: Email Chambers Staff

Appointed/Elected:

Appointed in 2000 
Elected in 2002 and 2008.

Her current term expires in January 2015.

Education:

J.D., Rutgers Law School, 1986
B.A., Smith College, 1977

Employment:

• Deputy Hennepin County Attorney, 1999
• Senior Hennepin County Attorney, Domestic Violence Unit, 1996
• Hennepin County Attorney Office - Criminal Trials, 1990
• Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, 1986

Additional Information:

Assignment History

• Criminal, 3/2013-present
• Juvenile Court Presiding Judge, 11/2008-2/2013
• Juvenile, 7/2008-10/2008
• Felony Block, 3/2006-6/2008
• Juvenile, 1/2003-2/2006
• Criminal, 12/2000-12/2000

Judicial Activity

• Chair of the Fourth Judicial District committees on judicial education and mentoring of new judges
• Representative to the Fourth Judicial District Executive Committee
• Training Minnesota judges through Minnesota Supreme Court Judicial Education
• Instructor with the National Judicial College
• Past chair of the Hennepin County Fatality Review Project
• Past co-chair of the Hennepin County Bar Association's Juvenile Law Section, 2004
• Past chair of the multi-disciplinary committee on juvenile mental health issues