Renee Worke

Appellate Court Service:
Specialty Court Development – Veterans Treatment Court
Legislative Advisory Workgroup
Strategic Planning Workgroup
Security Committee
Children's Justice Initiative, Appellate Lead Judge
District Court Service:
Conference of Chief Judges, elected vice chair
Third Judicial District Chief Judge, two terms
Third Judicial District Assistant Chief Judge
Transformation Workgroup (responsible for recommending a leadership, management structure for the unified Judicial Branch)
Special Legislative Redistricting Panel, 2001-2002
Children’s Justice Initiative, Lead Judge
Child Protection Rules Committee
Honors:
Minnesota State University, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Ann Bancroft Foundation, Women Leader Award
Woman of Achievement, Owatonna Business & Professional Women’s Organization
Recipient of the Rosalie E. Wahl Judicial Award of Excellence, Minnesota State Bar Association
Employment Background:
Partner; Rietz, Rietz, Rietz & Worke; Owatonna, MN
Assistant Public Defender, Third Judicial District
Administrative Law Judge, Child Support Division, Office of Administrative Hearings
Law Clerk for District Court Judge Urban J. Steimann, Faribault, MN
Education:
Humphrey Institute Policy Fellow, University of Minnesota
Institute for Faculty Excellence in Judicial Education, University of Memphis
William Mitchell College of Law
Minnesota State University Mankato, Magna Cum Laude
Professional and Community Activities:
William Mitchell College of Law, Adjunct Professor
Hamline University School of Law, Adjunct Professor
St. Thomas University School of Law, Mentor
National Association of Women Judges, District 10 Director
Minnesota District Judges Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Minnesota Women Lawyers
Donald D. Eustice Law Enforcement Scholarship Board
University of Minnesota Extension Steering Committee
Steele County Agricultural Society
Mock Trial Judge