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Michael L. Kirk

Minnesota Court of Appeals · Appointed 2012

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Judicial record

1187 opinions where Michael L. Kirk sat on the panel, spanning 2014–2026.

406 Majority authored

771 Joined majority

4 Concurrences

6 Dissents

By court

Minn. Ct. App. 1187

By disposition

Affirmed 907
Reversed 154
Mixed 106
Other 12
Remanded 4
Denied 2
Dismissed 1
Vacated 1

Panel votes per year

How Michael L. Kirk's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Renee Worke for comparison (drop the overlay).

Michael L. Kirk
Renee Worke

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 184 shared 175 aligned 3 partial 6 split compare
John R. Rodenberg 137 shared 136 aligned 1 split compare
Kevin G. Ross 127 shared 125 aligned 1 partial 1 split compare
Carol A. Hooten 119 shared 117 aligned 1 partial 1 split compare
Francis J. Connolly 110 shared 109 aligned 1 split compare
Denise D. Reilly 107 shared 107 aligned compare
Louise D. Bjorkman 106 shared 106 aligned compare
Renee Worke 102 shared 100 aligned 2 split compare
Heidi S. Schellhas 97 shared 96 aligned 1 partial compare
Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks 86 shared 85 aligned 1 partial compare

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Michael L. Kirk sat on the panel.

Docket	Court	Filed	Disposition	Case
A25-1681	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-09-08	Affirmed	State of Minnesota v. John Lee Edmondson
A26-0209	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-08-24	Affirmed	Michael Nikiforakis v. Twin Cities Motorcycles, LLC, Department of Employment a…
A25-2045	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-08-24	Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded	Joseph T. Green v. State National Insurance Company, Inc., et al
A25-1793	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-08-24	Affirmed	State of Minnesota v. Cristian Joel Mungia Figueroa
A25-1540	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-08-24	Affirmed	State of Minnesota v. Richard Charles Graves
A25-1806	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-08-10	Affirmed	In re the Marriage of: Corey Andrew Stern v. Rachel Ruth Stern
A25-1521	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-08-10	Affirmed	In re the Marriage of: Stefanie R. Varga v. Michael E. Kangas
A25-1693	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-07-13	Affirmed	USS Big Lake 1 LLC, et al v. Northern States Power Company DBA Xcel Energy
A25-1678	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-07-13	Reversed and remanded	In the Matter of a Petition for Clarification or Amendment of Appropriate Unit
A25-1268	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-07-06	Affirmed	State of Minnesota v. Jorge Luis Sandoval
A25-1699	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-06-29	Affirmed	State of Minnesota v. Richard Vinje Rean
A25-1474	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-06-22	Affirmed	In Re the Custody of L.B.O.; Bibi Whited, et al v. Kenzie Quinn, Tyler Ohman, R…
A25-0785	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-05-26	Reversed	State of Minnesota v. Terry Izeal Heggs
A25-1264	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-04-27	Affirmed	State of Minnesota v. Bruce Alvin Thompson
A25-0552	Minn. Ct. App.	2026-03-30	Affirmed	In re the Estate of Jacob A Alderink, Deceased