Rachel Bond
Education and employment
Education:
J.D. cum laude, Boston University School of Law
Honors B.A., University of Toronto
Past Employment:
Managing Attorney, Office of the Minnesota Appellate Public Defender
Assistant State Public Defender, Office of the Minnesota Appellate Public Defender
Associate, Faegre & Benson, L.L.P.
Associate, Shearman & Sterling
Law Clerk, Chief Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Professional Memberships:
Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA)
Hennepin County Bar Association
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Past Professional and Community Activities:
Appointed member, Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, 2013-2024
Member, MSBA Appellate Practice Section Governing Council, 2010-2016
Board member, Great North Innocence Project, 2021-2024
Volunteer, The Appellate Project, 2021-2024
Adjunct Professor, Mitchell/Hamline College of Law, 2011-2023
Volunteer oral argument judge, William McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition, 2020-2024
Volunteer, Girl Scouts of Minnesota & Wisconsin River Valleys, 2013-2020
Additional Information:
MSBA Public Law Section, “The William McGee Public Defender Award Of Excellence”, 2024
Minnesota Law & Politics “Rising Star”, 2005
Judicial record
249 opinions where Rachel Bond sat on the panel, spanning 2025–2026.
By court
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Rachel Bond's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Francis J. Connolly for comparison (drop the overlay).
- Rachel Bond
- Francis J. Connolly
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).
- Peter M. Reyes jr 60 shared 60 aligned compare
- Matthew E. Johnson 39 shared 39 aligned compare
- JaPaul Harris 38 shared 38 aligned compare
- Keala C. Ede 32 shared 32 aligned compare
- Elise L. Larson 31 shared 31 aligned compare
- Francis J. Connolly 29 shared 29 aligned compare
- Kevin G. Ross 28 shared 28 aligned compare
- Michelle A. Larkin 26 shared 26 aligned compare
- Renee Worke 21 shared 21 aligned compare
- Louise D. Bjorkman 19 shared 19 aligned compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Rachel Bond sat on the panel.