Keala C. Ede
Education and employment
Education:
J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 2003
B.A., Occidental College, magna cum laude, 2000
Employment:
Office of the Federal Defender, District of Minnesota, Assistant Federal Defender (2016-2022)
Minnesota Attorney General's Office, Assistant Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (2015-2016)
Orange County Office of the Public Defender, Deputy Public Defender (2010-2015)
American Samoa Office of the Public Defender, Assistant Public Defender (2009-2010)
Robins, Kaplan, Miller, & Ciresi, L.L.P., Associate Attorney (2007-2009)
Cades Schutte, L.L.P., Associate Attorney (2005-2006)
Hawai'i Supreme Court, Judicial Law Clerk to Associate Justice Steven H. Levinson (ret.) (2003-2005)
Professional Memberships:
Bar Admissions: Minnesota, Hawai'i, California, and American Samoa
Bar Memberships: Minnesota State Bar Association, Minnesota Native American Bar Association, Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Minnesota Disability Bar Association, Native Hawaiian Bar Association, American Bar Association, National Native American Bar Association, and National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Professional Associations: Minnesota District Judges Association and National Disabled Legal Professionals Association
Professional and Community Activities:
Commissioner, Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Member, Court of Appeals Equal Justice Committee (Chair, 2024-2025)
Judicial Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence
Board of Directors Member, Division of Indian Work
Wilder Foundation Meals on Wheels Volunteer Meal Delivery
Additional Information:
2025 Minnesota State Bar Association "Public Lawyer Diversity Award"
2023 Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association “Trailblazer Award”
2021 Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers "Special Achievement Award"
2020 Minnesota Lawyer "Attorney of the Year"
2019 Minnesota Lawyer "Attorney of the Year"
Judicial record
473 opinions where Keala C. Ede sat on the panel, spanning 2023–2026.
By court
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Keala C. Ede's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Tracy M. Smith for comparison (drop the overlay).
- Keala C. Ede
- Tracy M. Smith
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).
- Elizabeth G. Bentley 73 shared 73 aligned compare
- Jeanne M. Cochran 66 shared 66 aligned compare
- Kevin G. Ross 66 shared 66 aligned compare
- Tracy M. Smith 54 shared 54 aligned compare
- Francis J. Connolly 51 shared 51 aligned compare
- JaPaul Harris 51 shared 51 aligned compare
- Renee Worke 51 shared 51 aligned compare
- Jennifer L. Frisch 49 shared 49 aligned compare
- Jon Schmidt 45 shared 45 aligned compare
- Matthew E. Johnson 44 shared 44 aligned compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Keala C. Ede sat on the panel.