Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks
Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks is a former judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. She assumed office in 1998 and resigned on November 12, 2019.[1][2][3][4][5]
Education
Judge Halbrooks received her B.A. in sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1971. She continued studying for her master's degree in guidance and counseling, which she received from the same school in 1976, after studying at the University of California at Davis in 1975 and 1976. She received her J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law in 1985.[1][6]
Career
Judge Halbrooks worked with the Minneapolis law firm Rider Bennett, LLC (a.k.a. Rider, Bennett, Egan and Arundel) from 1985 until her appointment to the court of appeals in 1998. She worked as an associate through 1991 and became a partner in 1992. From 1992 to 1995, she was also a management committee member. She focused on the areas of railroad, insurance, products-liability, and employment law. Throughout her career, she has also served as a member of various law committees and associations and has taught law at various institutions.[1]
Awards and associations
- Board of Trustees, William Mitchell College of Law[7]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Minnesota Court of Appeals District 7
Incumbent Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks won election in the general election for Minnesota Court of Appeals District 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks (Nonpartisan) | 99.2 | 1,548,920 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 12,508 | ||
| Total votes: 1,561,428 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
Judges of the Minnesota Court of Appeals are all chosen in nonpartisan elections to six-year terms. Candidates compete in primaries, from which the top two contestants advance to the general election.[8] 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.[8] Interim vacancies are filled via gubernatorial appointment. Appointed judges serve until the next general election occurring more than one year after their appointment.[8] They may then stand for election to a full term, and other candidates may file to run against them.[9]
Qualifications
Judges are required to be "learned in the law" and under 70 years old. Sitting judges who reach the age of 70 while in office are allowed to serve until the last day of that month.[8][10]
Selection of the chief judge
The chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals is appointed by the governor to a three-year term.
2012
Halbrooks ran unopposed for re-election to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.[11] She won with 99.03% of the vote.[12]
- See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2012
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Minnesota Judicial Branch, "Judge Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks," accessed July 21, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Court of Appeals#Judges of the court
- ↑ Minnesota State Law Library: Biographies of Judges of the Minnesota Court of Appeals
- ↑ Minnesota 2006 Election Results (dead link)
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email exchange with Alyssa Siems Roberson," November 21, 2019
- ↑ Biography from William Mitchell College of Law
- ↑ William Mitchell College of Law, Press Release: "Judge Flaskamp Halbrooks joins board of trustees," November 3, 2011
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Minnesota," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ The Office of the Revisor of Statutes, "Constitution of the State of Minnesota," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ Office of the Revisor of Statutes, "2006 Minnesota Statutes," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidates of Judicial Offices"
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State Election Results
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
