Sarah Hennesy

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|name = Sarah Hennesy

|office = Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court

|appointer = Tim Walz

|term_start = May 13, 2024

|term_end =

|predecessor = G. Barry Anderson

|successor =

|birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|54|2024|4|22}}

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|education = Central College (BA)
Drake University (JD)

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Sarah E. Hennesy (born 1969 or 1970){{cite web |last1=Ferguson |first1=Dana |title=Walz appoints Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy to Minnesota Supreme Court |url=https://www.inforum.com/news/minnesota/walz-appoints-theodora-gaitas-and-sarah-hennesy-to-minnesota-supreme-court |website=The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead |date=April 22, 2024}} is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Education

Hennesy earned a Bachelor of Arts from Central College in 1991 and a Juris Doctor from Drake Law School in 1994.{{Cite press release |title=Governor Walz Appoints Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy to the Minnesota Supreme Court |date=April 22, 2024 |publisher=Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan |url=https://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/press-releases/?id=1055-621124 |access-date=May 22, 2024}} {{PD-notice}}{{Cite web |title=Associate Justice Sarah E. Hennesy |url=https://www.mncourts.gov/About-The-Courts/Overview/JudicialDirectory/Bio.aspx?jid=1558 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=www.mncourts.gov}}

Career

From 1994 to 1996, Hennesy was an assistant appellate defender in the State Appellate Defender's Office. From 1998 to 1999, she was an associate attorney with Kohn & Einstein in Washington, D.C. From 1999 to 2003, she worked at the Alexandria Public Defender's Office in Alexandria, Virginia. From 2003 to 2005, she was an associate attorney with Damiani & Damiani, P.C., in Alexandria, Virginia. From 2006 to 2012, she was a staff attorney with the St. Cloud Area Legal Services of St. Cloud, Minnesota.

On March 12, 2012, Governor Mark Dayton appointed Hennesy to serve as a judge of Minnesota's Seventh Judicial District. She replaced Judge Steven P. Ruble, who retired in 2011.{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2012 |title=Sarah Hennesy Appointed to Seventh Judicial District Vacancy |url=https://www.mncourts.gov/About-The-Courts/NewsAndAnnouncements/ItemDetail.aspx?id=1082 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=www.mncourts.gov}} In December 2023, Hennesy was one of three candidates named to fill a vacancy on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The vacancy came after the resignation of Judge Jeffrey Bryan, who was appointed by President Joe Biden to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.{{Cite press release |title=Governor’s Merit Selection Panel Recommends Court of Appeals Candidates |date=December 18, 2023 |publisher=Office of Governor Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan |url=https://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/press-releases/?id=604422 |access-date=May 22, 2024}}

= Appointment to Minnesota Supreme Court =

In April 2024, Hennesy was one of six candidates named for possible appointment to the Minnesota Supreme Court.{{Cite web |last=Judd |first=Jake |date=April 1, 2024 |title=Stearns County District Court Judge Among Finalists for Minnesota Supreme Court Vacancies |url=https://knsiradio.com/2024/04/01/570579/ |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=KNSI |language=en}} On April 22, 2024, Governor Tim Walz announced Hennesy's appointment. She was appointed to the seat vacated by the retirement of Justice G. Barry Anderson. Hennesy took office on May 13, 2024. Walz also announced the appointment of Judge Theodora Gaïtas to fill the upcoming vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Margaret Chutich. With their appointments, the court will have a majority of women for the first time since Justice Rosalie E. Wahl retired in 1994.{{Cite web |last=Swanson |first=Stephen |date=April 22, 2024 |title=New Minnesota Supreme Court appointments to usher return to female-majority bench - CBS Minnesota |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-supreme-court-female-majority-theodora-gaitas-sarah-hennesy/ |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}