Sara Grewing at a glance
- Current role
- Chief Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Sara Grewing
Chief Judge · Minnesota Second Judicial District Court
Biography
Professional career
- Elected by her colleagues to serve as Chief Judge of the Second Judicial District in May 2024, after previously holding the position of Assistant Chief Judge since May 2020.
- Past Employment: Assistant Hennepin County Attorney
Education
- William Mitchell College of Law — J.D.
Additional information
- Elected in 2016 and 2022.
- 2, 2015, by Governor Mark Dayton.
- Past Employment: St. Paul City Attorney
- Past Employment: State Director, United States Senate
- Past Employment: Associate attorney
- Flaherty and Hood, PA.
- Appointed/Elected: Appointed Feb.
- Current term expires Jan.
- Before joining the bench, Judge Grewing held the role of Saint Paul City Attorney for four years, providing legal counsel to the mayor, City Council, and city employees, as well as prosecuting misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors.
- She also held the role of Chief of Staff to Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and as State Director for U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar.
- Judge Grewing holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Minnesota and graduated with honors from William Mitchell College of Law, where she held the role of Executive Editor of the Law Review
- She also co-chairs the Minnesota Supreme Court’s task force to improve jury representation and has served on boards such as the Saint Paul Public Schools Foundation and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
- Judge Grewing has been active in statewide judicial initiatives.
- Additionally, she is a trustee at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where she chairs the Governance Committee
- She resides in Saint Paul with her family and has been involved in programs supporting women in transition and leadership initiatives for Minnesota Women Lawyers.
- She currently presides over civil and felony criminal matters and co-chairs the district’s equal justice committee
- She chairs the statewide committee to improve Minnesota’s bail evaluation tool and is an appointed member of the Civil Justice Subcommittee for the Committee for Equality and Justice.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Remote appearances
Statewide
Minnesota Judicial Branch remote-hearing guidance says recording or broadcasting a remote proceeding is not authorized except as provided by court rules.
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Recording and broadcasting
Statewide
Minnesota court guidance cites Rule 4 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice and says pictures or voice recordings are not allowed except the official court record.
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Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
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Minnesota Second Judicial District Court
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Minnesota Second Judicial District Court
Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory.
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