Wilhelmina Wright | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
Assumed office February 15, 2024 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
In office February 18, 2016 – February 15, 2024 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Michael J. Davis |
Succeeded by | Laura Provinzino |
Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court | |
In office September 27, 2012 – February 18, 2016 | |
Appointed by | Mark Dayton |
Preceded by | Helen Meyer |
Succeeded by | Margaret Chutich |
Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals | |
In office September 3, 2002 – September 26, 2012 | |
Appointed by | Jesse Ventura |
Preceded by | Sam Hanson |
Succeeded by | John Smith |
Judge of the Ramsey County District Court | |
In office November 2000 – September 3, 2002 | |
Appointed by | Jesse Ventura |
Personal details | |
Born | Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. | January 13, 1964
Education | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Wilhelmina Marie Wright (born January 13, 1964) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She is the only jurist in Minnesota's history to be state district court judge, appellate court judge and state supreme court justice.[1] She was formerly an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, and a judge of the Minnesota District Court, Second Judicial District (Ramsey County).