Ivy Bernhardson

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Ivy Bernhardson

Prior offices:

Minnesota 4th District Court

Year left office: 2020

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Education

Bachelor's

Gustavus Adolphus College, 1973

Law

University of Minnesota, 1978

Ivy S. Bernhardson is a former chief judge for the Fourth Judicial District, serving Hennepin County, Minnesota from 2007 to 2020. She was appointed May 30, 2007, and was elected in 2008 to a full term.

Bernhard was re-elected in 2014 for a second six-year term. She retired from the court on June 30, 2020.

Education

Bernhardson received her B.A. degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1973 and her J.D. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1978.

Career

• 2007-2020: Judge, Fourth Judicial District
  • June 2016-June 2020: Chief judge
  • July 2012-June 2016: Assistant chief judge
  • December 2011-June 2020: Civil and Criminal
  • January 2009-November 2011: Family
  • March 2008-December 2008: Civil
  • May 2007-December 2008: Criminal
• 2004-2007: Vice president/Chief legal officer, Hazelden Foundation
• October 2002-2004: Shareholder, Leonard, Street and Deinard
• February 2002-June 2002: Senior vice president/General counsel, Medica Health Plans
• 2000-February 2002: Attorney/shareholder, Leonard, Street and Deinard
• 1978-2000: Attorney, General Mills, Inc.
  • 1996-2000: Associate general counsel/Corporate secretary
  • 1988-2000: Vice president
  • 1985-1996: Senior associate counsel
  • 1983-1985: Associate counsel
  • 1982-1996: Assistant secretary
  • 1978-1982: Staff attorney

Elections

2014

See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2014
Bernhardson ran for re-election to the Fourth Judicial District.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the primary on August 12, 2014.
General: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.  

See also

• Minnesota judicial elections, 2014
• Minnesota judicial elections
• Fourth Judicial District

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 7, 2014
• Minnesota Judicial Branch, "Fourth District: Judges & Referees"

Footnotes

Minnesota courts

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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