Russell A. Anderson

The Honorable Russell A. Anderson

Chief Justice Minnesota Supreme Court
In office 2006–2008
Appointed by	Tim Pawlenty
Preceded by	Kathleen A. Blatz
Succeeded by	Eric J. Magnuson
Associate Justice Minnesota Supreme Court
In office 1998–2006
Appointed by	Arne Carlson
Preceded by	Esther M. Tomljanovich
Succeeded by	Lorie Skjerven Gildea
Personal details
Born	(1942-05-28) May 28, 1942 Bemidji, Minnesota
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Kristin Anderson

Russell A. Anderson (born May 28, 1942) is an attorney and former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He served as an Associate Justice of the court from September 1, 1998 until he was sworn in as Chief Justice on January 10, 2006. He retired from the Supreme Court on June 1, 2008, at age 66, and was succeeded by Eric J. Magnuson.^[1]

Anderson graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield in 1964, then went on to the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis, earning his J.D. in 1968. He later attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., earning his Master of Laws degree in 1977.^[2]

Before being named to the state's high court in 1998 by Governor Arne Carlson, Anderson had served on the Ninth District Court since 1983, having been appointed by Governor Al Quie. Prior to serving on the bench, he was the Beltrami County Attorney from 1978-1982. He was in private practice in Bemidji from 1976-1982. His first legal experience came while in military service. Lieutenant Commander Anderson served in the Judge Advocate General's Corp of the U.S. Navy. He acted as prosecutor and defense attorney for general and lesser courts-martial, as military judge for special and summary court-martial, and as civil and criminal staff attorney in the Office of Judge Advocate General, Washington, D.C.^[2]

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Preceded by Kathleen A. Blatz	Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court 2006–2008	Succeeded by Eric J. Magnuson
Preceded by Esther M. Tomljanovich	Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court 1998–2006	Succeeded by Lorie Skjerven Gildea

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Minnesota

Emmett T. Wilson Gilfillan Ripley McMillan Gilfillan Start Brown S. Wilson Devaney Gallagher Loring Dell Knutson Sheran Amdahl Popovich Keith Blatz Anderson Magnuson Gildea

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

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