Jeanne M. Cochran is an American attorney and jurist serving as a judge of the

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. She was appointed in 2018 by Governor

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and elected to a full term in 2020.

Education

Cochran earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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and a

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from the

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Career

From 1992 to 1994, Cochran worked as an associate attorney for the

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Legal Defense Fund. From 1994 to 1996, she was an associate at

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, Street & Deinard in

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. From 1998 to 2000, Cochran served as a legislative analyst and attorney for the

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Research Department. From 2000 to 2012, she served as an assistant attorney general in the Minnesota Attorney General's Office, specializing in civil litigation. Cochran served as an administrative law judge of the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings. She was appointed to the

in 2018, succeeding Randolph W. Peterson.

References

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