Charles Webber at a glance
- Current role
- Assistant Chief Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Charles Webber
Assistant Chief Judge · Minnesota First Judicial District Court
Biography
Professional career
- Past Employment: Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Before his judicial appointment, Webber was a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where he specialized in trial and appellate litigation.
Education
- He then received his J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 1990
- B.A., summa cum laude, in political science and government from the University of Minnesota in 1987.
Additional information
- Elected in 2022.
- Appointed/Elected: Appointed May 17, 2021, by Governor Tim Walz.
- Charles Webber brings over 25 years of legal experience to the bench, combining extensive trial and appellate expertise with active community service.
- Current term expires Jan.
- Chambered in Shakopee, Scott County, and serves the First Judicial District, which includes Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Scott, and Sibley Counties
- He represented clients in a wide range of cases in both state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings.
- He is recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates
- Judge Webber has been actively involved in his community.
- He has held the role of a member and immediate past chair of the board of St. Stephen’s Human Services in Minneapolis, participated as a worship-team leader and lay reader at St. James Lutheran Church in Burnsville, and led his firm’s Pro Bono Conciliation Court Clinic.
- He has also been a member of numerous bar associations throughout his career
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Remote appearances
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Published courtroom rules
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