Karen A. Janisch

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 · 2009-03-16 to End not recorded · Governor Tim Pawlenty

• cum laude, College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph B.A. in government 1987
• magna cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School J.D. 1992

• General counsel to the Governor, 2003-2009 ·
• Judicial law clerk to Idaho State Supreme Court Justice Byron J. Johnson, 1992-1993 ·
• Partner (1999-2003) and associate attorney (1993-1998); Rider Bennett, Egan and Arundel law firm in Minneapolis ·

Sources and corrections

• state-mn-roster · 2026-10-07

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