Susan Richard Nelson
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March 22, 1952
Susan Richard Nelson | |
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.jpg) Nelson in 2022 | |
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
| Assumed office December 31, 2021 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
| In office December 21, 2010 – December 31, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | James M. Rosenbaum |
| Succeeded by | Jerry W. Blackwell |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
| In office June 12, 2000 – December 21, 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Susan Beth Richard[1] March 22, 1952 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Oberlin College (BA) University of Pittsburgh (JD) |
Susan Beth Richard Nelson (born March 22, 1952) is a senior United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.[2] She was previously a United States magistrate judge with the same court.[1]
Nelson was born in Buffalo, New York and graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors in 1974 and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Nelson's first job was a camp counselor and waterfront director at Camp Interlocken in Windsor, New Hampshire during the summers of 1973 and 1974.[1] Later in 1974, Nelson became a bank teller at the First Federal Savings & Loan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Between January and June 1975 she worked was a waitress at Stouffers Restaurant and later at the Pittsburgh YMCA as a camp counselor for the summer.[3]
