Lucinda E. Jesson

Appointed by Governor Mark Dayton to the Minnesota Court of Appeals on January 4, 2016. Elected in 2018. Current term expires January 2025.   

 

J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School

B.A., University of Arkansas

 

Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, 2011-2015

Associate Professor of Law, Hamline University

Partner; Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, LLP

Chief Deputy County Attorney, Hennepin County Attorney's Office

Deputy Attorney General, Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Shareholder, Jesson & Pust PA

Professional and Community Activities:

Executive committee, Olmstead Subcabinet

Co-chair, Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness

Co-chair, Task Force on Health Care Financing

Former co-chair, Governor's Task Force on Child Protection

Former co-chair, Children's Justice Initiative