Mark Betters
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Mark Betters is a judge of the Fifth Judicial District for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. He was appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton (D) on January 26, 2017, to fill a vacant referee position that was converted to a district court judgeship. He was sworn in on March 16, 2017.[1][2]
Biography
Betters earned his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, and his J.D. from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.[1]
At the time of his appointment in 2017, Betters was a shareholder and the president of Betters Wienandt Attorneys at Law. His professional experience also includes work as an attorney at Manahan Bluth Law Office and a public defender for the Fifth Judicial District. He has served as a pro bono attorney, a member investigator of the Sixth District Ethics Committee, and a volunteer for the family drug court legal clinic.[1]
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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
