Helen Meyer

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The Honorable Helen M. Meyer

Associate Justice Minnesota Supreme Court
In office August 5, 2002 – August 10, 2012
Appointed by	Jesse Ventura
Preceded by	Edward C. Stringer
Succeeded by	Wilhelmina Wright
Personal details
Born	(1954-02-24) February 24, 1954 St. Cloud, Minnesota
Children	3

Helen M. Meyer (born February 24, 1954)^[1] is an American lawyer and former judge from the state of Minnesota. She most recently served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.^[2]

Meyer graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1976 with a degree in social work. She received a J.D. degree in 1982 from William Mitchell College of Law in Saint Paul.^[3]^[4]

Before her appointment, Meyer worked as a civil trial lawyer and mediator for more than 20 years. Her civil trial practice included mediation and arbitration work. She was the owner of Meyer and Associates in St. Louis Park, since 1996. In 1987, she was a founding partner of the law firm Pritzker and Meyer in Minneapolis. Before that, she was an associate attorney with the Minneapolis law firm Schwebel, Goetz, Sieben and Hanson.^[3]

From 1999 to 2002, Meyer was a member of the Minnesota Judicial Merit Selection Commission. The commission makes recommendations on state judicial appointments. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2002 by Governor Jesse Ventura, and was sworn in on August 5 of that year.^[3]^[5]

Meyer joined the faculty at William Mitchell College of Law after leaving the bench.^[6]

References

External links

Judge Profile: Associate Justice Helen M. Meyer, State of Minnesota Judicial Branch.
Justice Helen M. Meyer Official Website

Legal offices
Preceded by Edward C. Stringer	Associate Justice Minnesota Supreme Court 2002–2012	Succeeded by Wilhelmina Wright

Minnesota Supreme Court Justices

Territorial (1849–1858)	Goodrich Cooper Meeker Fuller Hayner Chatfield Sherburne Welch R. Nelson Flandrau

State (since 1858)	Flandrau Atwater Emmett T. Wilson McMillan Berry Gilfillan Ripley Young Cornell Mitchell Clark Dickinson Vanderburgh Collins Buck Canty Start C. Brown Lovely Lewis Douglas Jaggard Elliott O'Brien Simpson Bunn P. Brown Holt Hallam Schaller Quinn Dibell S. Wilson Stone Hilton Olsen Loring Devaney Olson H. Peterson H. Gallagher Streissguth Pirsig Youngdahl T. Gallagher Magney Matson W. Christianson F. Gallagher Knutson T. Christianson Dell M. Nelson Murphy Loevinger Otis Rogosheske Sheran C.D. Peterson F. Kelly Todd MacLaughlin Yetka Scott Wahl Amdahl Simonett G. Kelley Coyne Popovich Keith Tomljanovich Ogren Page P. Anderson Stringer Blatz Gilbert R. Anderson Ericksen Meyer Hanson G.B. Anderson Gildea Dietzen Magnuson Stras Wright Lillehaug Hudson Chutich McKeig

Current statewide elected officials and legislative leaders of Minnesota

Executive	Mark Dayton, Governor Tina Smith, Lieutenant Governor Steve Simon, Secretary of State Rebecca Otto, State Auditor Lori Swanson, Attorney General

Senate	Sandy Pappas, President Tom Bakk, Majority Leader David Hann, Minority Leader

House of Representatives	Kurt Daudt, Speaker Joyce Peppin, Majority Leader Paul Thissen, Minority Leader

Supreme Court	Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Chief Justice Barry Anderson David Stras David Lillehaug Natalie Hudson Margaret Chutich Anne McKeig

Court of Appeals	Edward Cleary, Chief Judge Randolph Peterson Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks Renee Worke Kevin Ross Matthew Johnson Heidi Schellhas Francis Connolly Michelle Ann Larkin Larry Stauber Louise Dovre Bjorkman John Rodenberg Carol Hooten Michael Kirk Denise Reilly Peter Reyes Lucinda Jesson Tracy Smith Diane Bratvold

U.S. Senators	Amy Klobuchar Al Franken

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