David Stras

The Honorable David R. Stras
Associate Justice Minnesota Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 2010
Appointed by	Tim Pawlenty
Preceded by	Lorie Skjerven Gildea
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Born	1974
Alma mater	University of Kansas University of Kansas Law School

David Ryan Stras (born 1974) is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty. Stras's term began on July 1, 2010, and he was officially sworn in on July 12, 2010. Stras was a professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School from 2004 to 2010, teaching in the areas of criminal law, federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, and law and politics.^[1] He also served as co-director of the Institute for Law and Politics.

Stras has contributed to research on such topics as judicial pensions and life tenure for judges. He has also studied judicial appointments and the politics of courts. He is a regular contributor on federal legal topics at Minnesota Public Radio.

Education

Stras received a B.A. with highest honors and an M.B.A. from the University of Kansas. In 1999 he earned a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Criminal Procedure Edition of the Kansas Law Review. He clerked on two federal courts of appeal, for Judges Melvin Brunetti on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Michael Luttig on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.^[2]

Stras then worked at the D.C. office of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood for a year, after which he clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court.^[2]

Personal life

Stras' paternal side of his family are Holocaust survivors from Hungary and Germany.^[3]

References

1. ^ Pawlenty's picks keep high court tilting right | StarTribune.com
2. ^ ^{a b} Judge Profile
3. ^ Miller, Alan. 9-9-2011 Justice David Stras, Minnesota Supreme Court, Access to Democracy, September 9, 2011.

External links

• Tribute, Distinguished Scholar, Dedicated Teacher, and now Justice: David R. Stras
• Published Articles on Various Legal Topics.
• Associate Justice David R. Stras Profile - Minnesota Supreme Court

Legal offices
Preceded by Lorie Skjerven Gildea	Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court 2010 –	Succeeded by Incumbent

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Name	Stras, David R.
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Date of birth	1974
Place of birth	Kansas
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