Anne K. McKeig at a glance
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Anne K. McKeig
Associate Justice · Supreme Court of Minnesota
Biography
Professional career
- Anne K. McKeig is an American lawyer and Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, appointed in 2016 and re‐elected in 2018 and 2024
- From 2013 to 2016, she was Presiding Judge of Family Court
- She subsequently became a Hennepin County District Judge in 2008, appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty, serving in both criminal and family court divisions.
- From 1992 to 2008, McKeig held the role of Assistant Hennepin County Attorney in the Child Protection Division, specializing in Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) cases
- The first Native American justice on the court and the first Native American woman to serve on any U.S. state supreme court
- McKeig has been an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and St. Thomas School of Law, developing curricula on Child Abuse and the Law and the ICWA
Education
- Hamline University School of Law — J.D. (1992)
- College of St. Catherine University — B.A. (1989)
Additional information
- In June 2016, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton appointed her to the Minnesota Supreme Court, where she joined on August 31, 2016, and was formally sworn in on September 15, 2016.
- Born February 9, 1967.
- Her appointment created a women’s majority on the court and marked a historic milestone for Native American representation in the U.S. judicial system
- She is active in numerous community and professional organizations, including the American Indian Bar Association, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the Division of Indian Work.
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Sources
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