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Patricia J. Milun Patricia J. Milun

Judge Milun graduated from the College of St. Benedict's in 1981 and the William Mitchell College of Law in 1985. She worked for Larsen, Heck, Klimek & Powell for five years as a workers' compensation attorney. From 1993 until her appointment as chief judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals in 2011, she worked as a workers' compensation judge at the Department of Labor & Industry and the Office of Administrative Hearings, except from 2001 to 2003 when she was Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Labor & Industry.

Thomas L. Johnson

Thomas L. Johnson

Thomas L. Johnson graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 1966 and the University of Minnesota Law School in 1969. Following two years as a prosecutor for the City of Minneapolis, Judge Johnson spent 16 years in private practice. He joined the Office of Administrative Hearings as a Compensation Judge in 1987, and was appointed to the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals in 1992.

William R. Pederson


William R. Pederson

Judge Pederson graduated from the College of St. Thomas in 1971 and from William Mitchell College of Law in 1975. Before his appointment to the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals in 1998, Judge Pederson was a partner in the Minneapolis law firm of Pustorino, Pederson, Tilton & Parrington, where he practiced primarily in the area of workers' compensation law.

David A. Stofferahn


David A. Stofferahn

Judge Stofferahn received a B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1969 and his J.D. from the Univer-
sity of Minnesota Law School in 1976. Judge Stofferahn was an attorney with the law firm of Sieben, Grose, and Von Holtum for 25 years, representing injured people in workers' compensa-
tion cases. He was appointed to the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals in April 2002.

 

Debra A. Wilson
Debra A. Wilson

Judge Wilson received a B.A. from Luther College in 1971, an M.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1973, and her J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law in 1981. She was an attorny with the firm of Fitch, Johnson, Larson and Walsh for five years practicing primarily in the area of workers' compen-
sation defense. Judge Wilson then served as a Compensation Judge at the Office of Administrative Hearings from 1986 until 1991 when she was appointed to the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals.