Paul A. Magnuson
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Paul Authur Magnuson (born February 9, 1937) is a United States District Judge from Minnesota.[1]
Magnuson was born in Carthage, South Dakota, a small town in the eastern part of the state. He graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1959, having served as president of the student body and an active member of the College Republicans. He graduated from William Mitchell College of Law in 1963.
After law school, Magnuson entered private practice in the South St. Paul law firm of LeVander, Gillen & Miller. The firm is exceptional in the history of Minnesota law and politics because it produced a federal judge (Magnuson), a Minnesota governor (Harold LeVander), a United States Senator (David Durenberger), and a Minnesota Supreme Court justice (Paul H. Anderson). No other firm could claim the same number of distinguished alumni, all of whom practiced together at the same time. Magnuson worked at the LeVander law firm for eighteen years, eventually becoming a partner and adding his name to the letterhead.
In November 1981, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. He succeeded Edward J. Devitt, who assumed senior status on the court. Magnuson became Chief Judge in October 1994 and served in that position until he himself assumed senior status in February 2002.
References
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- Paul A. Magnuson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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Preceded by | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota 1981–2002 |
Succeeded by Joan N. Ericksen |
Preceded by | Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota 1994-2002 |
Succeeded by James M. Rosenbaum |
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- 1937 births
- Living people
- Gustavus Adolphus College alumni
- William Mitchell College of Law alumni
- Minnesota lawyers
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
- People from Miner County, South Dakota
- People from Saint Paul, Minnesota
- United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan