Re-elect Shereen Askalani for District Court Judge
Appointed/Elected:
Appointed July 1, 2016, by Governor Mark Dayton.
Elected in November 2018.
Current term expires January 2025.
Assignment History:
Criminal - January 1, 2022 to present
Juvenile - December 31st, 2018 to December 31st, 2021
Criminal - July 1, 2016 to December 31st, 2018
Education:
B.A., Minnesota State University-Mankato
J.D., Hamline University School of Law
J.D., Hamline University School of Law
Links:
ABOUT ME
Past Employment:
- Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, Prosecution Division
- Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, Juvenile and Child
Support divisions
- Law clerk, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
- Senior law clerk, Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office
- Law clerk, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
- Senior law clerk, Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office
Legal and Professional Activities:
- Trial Judge Board Member, Board of Judicial Standards
- Co-chair, Family Violence Coordinating Council
- Member, Fourth Judicial District Equal Justice Committee
- Former Committee Member, Fourth Judicial District Juvenile
- Co-chair, Family Violence Coordinating Council
- Member, Fourth Judicial District Equal Justice Committee
- Former Committee Member, Fourth Judicial District Juvenile
Division Eliminating Racial Disparities Committee
- Former Co-chair, Domestic Violence Steering Committee
- Member, Minnesota District Judges Association
- Member, Minnesota District Judges Foundation
- Member, Hennepin County Bar Association
- Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
- Mentor, St. Thomas School of Law Mentee Program
- Former Member, Minnesota Supreme Court Juvenile Rules
- Former Co-chair, Domestic Violence Steering Committee
- Member, Minnesota District Judges Association
- Member, Minnesota District Judges Foundation
- Member, Hennepin County Bar Association
- Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
- Mentor, St. Thomas School of Law Mentee Program
- Former Member, Minnesota Supreme Court Juvenile Rules
Committee
Community Activities:
- Former Board Member, Past President, Minnesota State
University, Mankato College of Social and Behavior Science
Board
- Committee Member, Anne Bancroft Foundation
- High School Mock Trial Judge
- High School and College Speech and Debate Judge
- Committee Member, Anne Bancroft Foundation
- High School Mock Trial Judge
- High School and College Speech and Debate Judge
- Girls on the Run Volunteer