Natalie Hudson

Natalie E. Hudson (born January 13, 1957) is a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.[1]

Natalie E. Hudson
Associate Justice of the
Minnesota Supreme Court
Assumed office
October 26, 2015
Appointed byMark Dayton
Preceded byAlan Page
Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals
In office
2002 – October 26, 2015
Appointed byJesse Ventura
Succeeded byLucinda Jesson
Personal details
Born (1957-01-13) January 13, 1957
EducationArizona State University
University of Minnesota Law School (J.D.)

Early life and education

Hudson is the daughter of Florence and Don Hudson.[2] She graduated from Arizona State University in 1979. She then attended the University of Minnesota Law School where she was the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper Quaere.From 1980 to 1981 and was on the staff of the Law Review. She earned her Juris Doctor in 1982.[3]

She practiced housing law and worked as a staff attorney with Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services from 1982 to 1986. She then took a position with the firm Robins, Zelle, Larson & Kaplan as an associate attorney in general civil litigation and employment law. From 1989 to 1992 Hudson was the assistant dean of student affairs at Hamline University School of Law. She then served as a city attorney for St. Paul from 1992 to 1994. Afterwards she served as Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, working primarily in the criminal appeals and health licensing divisions.[3][4]

Judicial service

Governor Jesse Ventura appointed Hudson to an at-large seat on the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 2002.[1]

On August 18, 2015, Governor Mark Dayton nominated her to the Supreme Court to replace Alan Page effective September 1; Page had reached the court's mandatory retirement age of 70 earlier in August. She is the second African American woman named to the Court, after Wilhelmina Wright.[1][4]

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gollark: I would rate lottery-fun lower. There's no challenge, intellectual effort, or whatever, it's just anticipation and random luck.
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gollark: If you spent all your entertainment money on expensive things you won't get much use out of, total fun is lower.
gollark: Not everyone likes computer games, but there are for most people likely to be better ways to have fun than lotteries.

References
  1. Scheck, Tom (August 18, 2015). "Dayton names Natalie Hudson to state Supreme Court". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  2. Peters, Craig (February 22, 2015). "Don Hudson: First and Forgotten". Vikings.com.
  3. "Judge Natalie E. Hudson". Minnesota Judicial Branch. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  4. Mosedale, Mike (August 18, 2015). "Appeals Court Judge Natalie Hudson to replace Alan Page". Politics in Minnesota Capitol Report. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Alan Page		 Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
2015–present		 Incumbent
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