Colette Routel

Cases in this dataset

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Case volume by filing year

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Recent cases

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Career history

• Hennepin County District Court · 2021-09-13 to End not recorded · Governor Tim Walz

• Ithaca College, BM, 1998, magna cum laude
• University of Michigan Law School JD, 2001, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Michigan Law Review

• Appellate Judge, White Earth Band of Ojibwe (Nov. 2014 - Aug. 2021) ·
• Associate, Faegre & Benson (Aug. 2001 – Jan. 2007) ·
• Courses: Property, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Federal Indian Law, Administrative Law, Natural Resources Law, Indian Law Impact Litigation Clinic ·
• Of Counsel, Hogen Adams, Professional Limited Liability Company (Nov. 2013 - Aug. 2021) ·
• Of Counsel, The Jacobson Law Group (Jan. 2007 - Aug. 2013) ·
• Professor of Law (Tenured) and Co-Director of Indian Law Program/Native American Law & Sovereignty Institute (June 2009 - Aug. 2021) ·
• Visiting Professor, University of Michigan Law School (Aug. 2008 - May 2009) ·
• Visiting Professor, Wayne State Law School (Aug. 2007 - May 2008) ·

Sources and corrections

• state-mn-roster · 2026-10-07

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