Sarah I. Wheelock
Education and employment
Education:
J.D., with distinction, University of Iowa
B.A., with distinction and honors, University of Iowa
Past Employment:
Legal counsel, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Prior Lake
Adjunct Professor, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Appellate Judge, White Earth Band of Chippewa Court of Appeals
Personal and Professional Memberships:
Member, Meskwaki Nation (federally recognized as the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa)
Member and past Vice President, Minnesota American Indian Bar Association
Member, National Native American Bar Association
Member, Federal Bar Association
Former member, Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection
Community Activities:
Director, board for the Division of Indian Work
Assistant Director, Twin Cities Native Lacrosse
Former chair, American Indian Parent Action Committee, Prior Lake-Savage Area School District
Judicial record
656 opinions where Sarah I. Wheelock sat on the panel, spanning 2022–2026.
By court
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Sarah I. Wheelock's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Tracy M. Smith for comparison (drop the overlay).
- Sarah I. Wheelock
- 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).
- Francis J. Connolly 120 shared 116 aligned 1 partial 3 split compare
- Tracy M. Smith 90 shared 90 aligned compare
- Kevin G. Ross 77 shared 77 aligned compare
- Jeanne M. Cochran 57 shared 57 aligned compare
- Renee Worke 55 shared 55 aligned compare
- Elise L. Larson 53 shared 50 aligned 1 partial 2 split compare
- Peter M. Reyes jr 49 shared 48 aligned 1 split compare
- Michelle A. Larkin 48 shared 48 aligned compare
- Jon Schmidt 45 shared 43 aligned 2 split compare
- Jennifer L. Frisch 43 shared 43 aligned compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Sarah I. Wheelock sat on the panel.