Judge Michael J. Davis
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Michael J. Davis was appointed by President William Jefferson Clinton and took the oath of office on March 30, 1994. He succeeded Judge Harry H. MacLaughlin, who took senior status. Judge Davis was the twenty-eighth Federal Judge selected in Minnesota history and the first African-American. Judge Davis graduated from Macalester College in 1969 and the University of Minnesota Law School in 1972. He served as a criminal defense lawyer at the Neighborhood Justice Center in St. Paul, Legal Rights Center in Minneapolis, where he is currently a board member, and later served as an Assistant Public Defender in Hennepin County. In 1983, Judge Davis was appointed to the Fourth Judicial Municipal Court of Minnesota, and in 1984, elevated by appointment to the District Court bench, where he served before being appointed to the federal bench. Judge Davis received the Outstanding Alumni Award in 1989 and an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 2001 from Macalester College. In 1989 he received the WCCO Radio Good Neighbor Award in recognition of the creation of the Hennepin County criminal caseload reduction program and in 2000 he received the Distinguished Service Award from William Mitchell College of Law. He has been an adjunct professor for trial practice at the University of Minnesota Law School since 1982. Judge Davis has been a youth mentor in the Rites of Passage program with Jack & Jill of America, Inc. since 1998. |
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Courtroom:14 East |
| Judicial Assistant: | Sue Schempf | (612) 664-5070 |
| Law Clerk: | Katie Dunn | (612) 664-5071 |
| Law Clerk: | Brenda Tofte | (612) 664-5075 |
| Law Clerk: | Clare Priest | (612) 664-5074 |
| Courtroom Deputy: | Kristine Wegner | (612) 664-5073 |
| Court Reporter: | Lori Case | (612) 664-5104 |
| Fax: | (612)-664-5077 |
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Chambers: |
United States District Court | Court Reporter: | U.S. Courthouse, Suite 1024 |
| U.S. Courthouse, Suite 14E | 300 South Fourth Street | ||
| 300 South Fourth Street | Minneapolis, MN 55415 | ||
| Minneapolis, MN 55415 |