Renee Worke
Education and employment
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
Judicial record
1852 opinions where Renee Worke sat on the panel, spanning 2006–2026.
By court
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Renee Worke's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Francis J. Connolly for comparison (drop the overlay).
- Renee Worke
- 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).
- Matthew E. Johnson 231 shared 226 aligned 1 partial 4 split compare
- Francis J. Connolly 225 shared 218 aligned 2 partial 5 split compare
- Diane B. Bratvold 191 shared 188 aligned 1 partial 2 split compare
- Kevin G. Ross 178 shared 174 aligned 4 split compare
- Denise D. Reilly 151 shared 151 aligned compare
- Michelle A. Larkin 149 shared 149 aligned compare
- Louise D. Bjorkman 130 shared 130 aligned compare
- Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks 116 shared 114 aligned 2 split compare
- Heidi S. Schellhas 113 shared 113 aligned compare
- Jeanne M. Cochran 109 shared 108 aligned 1 split compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Renee Worke sat on the panel.