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David Piper
David Piper was a judge for Position 6 of the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District. He left office in 2022.
Piper ran for re-election for the Position 6 judge of the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District. He won in the general election on November 6, 2018.
He was appointed by Governor Mark Dayton in June 2011 and he ran for election to the court in 2012.[1]
Biography
Piper received his undergraduate degree from Whittier College in 1975 and his J.D. from the Hamline Law School in 1979. Before his appointment, Piper served as family court referee for Hennepin County. He has also spent much of his career in private practice.[1]
Awards and associations
- Former member, Board of Directors, Chrysalis
- Former member, Board of Directors, The Headwaters Fund
- Former member, Board of Directors, Volunteers Lawyers Network
- Former volunteer attorney, Children's Law Center
- Board of Neighborhood Involvement Program
- Volunteer, Minnesota AIDS Project[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 6
Incumbent David Piper won election in the general election for Minnesota 4th District Court Position 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Piper (Nonpartisan) | 98.4 | 300,417 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 4,848 | ||
| Total votes: 305,265 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2012
- See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2012
Piper ran unopposed in the general election November 6, 2012.[2] He received 98.57 percent of the vote.[3]
Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
Judges of the Minnesota District Courts are all chosen in nonpartisan elections to serve six-year terms. Candidates compete in primaries, from which the top two contestants advance to the general election. Sitting judges must run for re-election if they wish to serve additional terms. While party affiliation is not designated on the ballot, incumbency is. Sitting judges who reach the age of 70 while in office are allowed to serve until the last day of their birthday month.[4]
The chief judge of each district court is selected by peer vote for a two-year term.[4]
Judges of all courts are required to be "learned in the law" and under 70 years old.[4][5]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Minnesota Courts, Press Release: "Lyonel Norris, M. Jacqueline Regis, David Piper appointed to 4th Judicial District Court," June 14, 2011
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State website
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State Election Results
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Minnesota," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Office of the Revisor of Statutes, "2006 Minnesota Statutes," accessed July 30, 2014
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Minnesota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Minnesota
State courts:
Minnesota Supreme Court • Minnesota Court of Appeals • Minnesota District Courts • Minnesota Problem-Solving Courts • Minnesota Tax Court • Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals
State resources:
Courts in Minnesota • Minnesota judicial elections • Judicial selection in Minnesota
