Jon Schmidt
Education and employment
Education:
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law
B.A., University of Minnesota
Employment:
Principal Attorney, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
Shareholder, Briggs and Morgan P.A.
Law clerk, Judge Myron H. Bright, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Law clerk, Honorable Natalie E. Hudson, Minnesota Court of Appeals
Professional and Community Activities:
Appointed by the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Minnesota Supreme Court to serve on the Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure (2022-present).
Appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court to serve on the Advisory Committee on the General Rules of Practice (2020-present).
Minnesota County Attorney Association, Appellate Committee Member (2017-2023).
Chair of the Appellate Practice Section for the Minnesota State Bar Association (2012-2013).
Adjunct Professor for appellate advocacy (Lawyering Skills III), University of St. Thomas School of Law.
Adjunct Professor for appellate advocacy, Mitchell Hamline College of Law.
Guest lecturer for appellate advocacy, legal writing, appellate jurisdiction, and criminal justice courses, St. Thomas School of Law, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, and Loyola University Law School.
Publications and Presentations:
Quarterly webcast Continuing Legal Education (CLE) for Minnesota on appellate law and practice (2016-present).
Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice CLE (2020).
Appellate Practice CLE for Minnesota Attorney General’s Office (2020).
Interviewed Minnesota Supreme Court justices for Bench and Bar magazine articles.
Editor of the Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual (2018, 2020, & 2022 editions).
Presentations at the Minnesota Appellate Practice Institute (2011-2016, 2018-2019, 2021-23).
Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual, authored chapter on Supersedeas Bonds (2015).
How to Prepare for Trial While Anticipating an Appeal (2012).
Co-Author with Sam Hanson of The Minnesota Court of Appeals: Arguing to, and Limitations of, an Error-Correcting Court, 35 WM. MITCHELL L. REV. 1261 (2009).
Art of Advocacy, authored chapter on Appellate Motions (2008).
Ensuring Insurance Insures the Insured, 28 WM. MITCHELL L. REV. 1247 (2002).
Awards and Honors:
Mitchell Hamline Law Review: Wallace-Lerner Award for Excellence in Leadership (2022).
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers: inducted as an Academy Fellow (2018).
Minnesota Lawyer: Attorney of the Year (2012, 2019).
Minnesota Lawyer: Up and Coming Attorney (2010).
Minnesota Super Lawyers: “Rising Star” (2007, 2010-2017).
Briggs and Morgan award for Shareholder Pro Bono Work (2011).
Briggs and Morgan award for Excellence in Associate Training & Development (2012).
Judicial record
482 opinions where Jon Schmidt sat on the panel, spanning 2023–2026.
By court
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Jon Schmidt's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Matthew E. Johnson for comparison (drop the overlay).
- Jon Schmidt
- Matthew E. Johnson
Most-frequent co-panelists
Judges who appeared on the same opinions. aligned = same bucket (both majority, both dissent); partial = concurred in result but wrote separately; split = the meaningful disagreement (majority vs dissent).
- Matthew E. Johnson 77 shared 75 aligned 2 split compare
- Tracy M. Smith 76 shared 74 aligned 2 split compare
- Kevin G. Ross 73 shared 72 aligned 1 partial compare
- Diane B. Bratvold 69 shared 68 aligned 1 split compare
- JaPaul Harris 58 shared 56 aligned 1 partial 1 split compare
- Jeanne M. Cochran 55 shared 55 aligned compare
- Elise L. Larson 49 shared 47 aligned 2 partial compare
- Francis J. Connolly 46 shared 44 aligned 1 partial 1 split compare
- Keala C. Ede 45 shared 45 aligned compare
- Peter M. Reyes jr 45 shared 45 aligned compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Jon Schmidt sat on the panel.