Anne Simonett Explained

Anne Simonett
Birth Date:July 30, 1952
Birth Place:Little Falls, Minnesota
Death Date:May 6, 1995
Death Place:Hennepin County, Minnesota
Office:Chief Judge of the
Minnesota Court of Appeals
Appointed:Arne Carlson
Term Start:July 1, 1994
Term End:March 31, 1995
Preceded:Paul H. Anderson
Succeeded:Edward Toussaint, Jr.
Alma Mater:Lawrence University
Yale University
Harvard University
Spouse:Henry Shea
Children:Two

Anne V. Simonett (1952–1995) was an American lawyer and judge from Minnesota. She was the first woman to be Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

The daughter of the Minnesota Supreme Court Justice John E. Simonett, Anne Simonett received a degree in music from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. She received a master's degree in music performance, graduating magna cum laude from Yale University. She received her law degree from Harvard University in 1981.

Simonett worked in business litigation for Faegre & Benson and became a partner. She was appointed a trial court judge in Minnesota's Fourth Judicial District. In 1994 Governor Arne Carlson named her to be Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, succeeding Chief Judge Paul H. Anderson, who had been appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court.

During her first year in office, Simonett was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor. She resigned on March 31, 1995 and died on May 6 the same year.

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