Paul Anderson
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Paul H. Anderson is an Associate Justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court. He has served in this capacity since July 1, 1994. In the Minnesota Supreme Court elections in 2008, he faces two challengers, Alan Lawrence Nelson and Tim Tingelstad, for a six-year term on the court. The primary is September 9, 2008.[1]
Justice Anderson earned his B.A. Degree, cum laude, from Macalester College in 1965 and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1968.
Legal Career
Prior to joining the supreme court, Anderson served as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, from Sept. 1992 - June 30, 1994. He was an Associate and Partner with the firm LeVander, Gillen & Miller Law Offices, in South St. Paul from 1971-1992; he specialized in real estate, estate planning, probate, business law, and construction litigation. Justice Anderson was a Special Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division and Department of Public Safety, Office of Minnesota Attorney General from 1970-71. He was also a VISTA (Volunteers In Service to America) attorney from 1968-69, and served as a neighborhood attorney for New Haven Legal Assistance, New Haven, CT.[1]
Associations and activities
- Dakota County Bar Association; board member and president
- Independent School District #199: board member & chairman of board
- Community Services Advisory Committee, Independent School District #199, member and chairman
- Independent School District #199 PER Committees 1982-84
- Deacon and Ruling Elder, House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul
- Board member and Executive Committee member, South St. Paul/Inver Grove Heights Chamber of Commerce
- Member and chair of Minnesota Judicial Selection Commission 1991-92
