Nicole L. Hopps at a glance
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Nicole L. Hopps
Biography
Professional career
- Her family has a history of civic involvement, with her father and uncle serving in local government roles Nicole Hopps officially took her oath of office as a judge on September 15, 2023, beginning her service in Minnesota’s Sixth Judicial District
- Employment: Sixth District Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable John E. DeSanto
- Employment: Associate Attorney, Bradshaw & Bryant, PLLC
- Employment: Managing Attorney, Sixth District Public Defender’s Office
- Employment: Assistant Public Defender, Sixth District Public Defender’s Office
- Employment: Ninth District Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Donna K. Dixon
- Additionally, she clerked for a judge in Roseau County early in her career
- She also served as an assistant public defender and spent time in private practice with Bradshaw & Bryant PLLC in St. Cloud
Education
- B.A. from the University of Minnesota Duluth and her J.D. from the University of North Dakota School of Law.
- l & Community College — B.A.
Additional information
- Raised in Foley, Minnesota, Hopps completed studies at Foley High School in 1999, where she was involved in student council.
- She held the role of the managing attorney for the Sixth Judicial District Public Defender’s Office in Duluth, supervising attorneys and support staff and focusing on rehabilitative justice, diversion programs, and welfare initiatives.
- Her early interest in law was identified through a ninth-grade aptitude test, and she pursued a career in law despite initial discouragement from a school staff member.
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