| The Honorable David R. Stras | |
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| Associate Justice Minnesota Supreme Court |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Tim Pawlenty |
| Preceded by | Lorie Skjerven Gildea |
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| Born | 1974 |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas University of Kansas Law School |
| Religion | Judaism |
David Ryan Stras (born 1974) is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty. Stras's term began on July 1, 2010, and he was officially sworn in on July 12, 2010. Stras was a professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School from 2004 to 2010, teaching in the areas of criminal law, federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, and law and politics.[1] He also served as co-director of the Institute for Law and Politics.
Stras has contributed to research on such topics as judicial pensions and life tenure for judges. He has also studied judicial appointments and the politics of courts. He is a regular contributor on federal legal topics at Minnesota Public Radio.
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Stras received a B.A. with highest honors and an M.B.A. from the University of Kansas. In 1999 he earned a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Criminal Procedure Edition of the Kansas Law Review. He clerked on two federal courts of appeal, for Judges Melvin Brunetti on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Michael Luttig on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[2]
Stras then worked at the D.C. office of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood for a year, after which he clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court.[2]
Stras' paternal side of his family are Holocaust survivors from Hungary and Germany.[3]
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| Preceded by Lorie Skjerven Gildea |
Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court 2010 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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