Davis Becomes Chief Judge of U.S. District Court - MN

July 1, 2008—U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis ('72), a Law School adjunct professor, has been named Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Davis succeeds Chief Judge James M. Rosenbaum ('69), and will serve a 7-year term.

Davis was appointed to the federal court in 1994. In 1999, he also began a 7-year term on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Davis was president of the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association from 2004-2005, and has taught at the Law School as an adjunct professor for 25 years.

In addition to his teaching, Davis has served the Law School as a member of the Law Alumni Association Board of Directors and, most recently, as part of the alumni committee that advised the dean's search committee.