The Fourth Judicial District

10 Judicial Districts

There are 10 judicial districts in the state.  Two of the 10 judicial districts are limited to one county:  the 4th (Hennepin) and the 2nd (Ramsey).  The other judicial districts are made up of multiple counties.  The Fourth District has seven court locations and hears 40% of all cases in the state.

There are 63 elected Judges and about a dozen appointed Referees serving as judicial officers in Hennepin County.  Bill is now 6th in seniority on the Bench.

The judicial officers are divided between several Divisions: Criminal, Civil, Probate/Mental Health, Family, Juvenile, and our Treatment Courts.  Bill served for 13 years in Criminal Court handling violent felonies, 3 years in Family Court, and 2 years in Probate/Mental Health Court (currently as the Presiding Judge).