# Edward Toussaint *American lawyer and judge from Minnesota who served on the Minnesota Court of Appeals* Edward Toussaint, Jr. (born October 7, 1941) is a lawyer and retired judge from [[Minnesota]].[^1] He sat on the [[Minnesota Court of Appeals]] for 16 years, from 1995 to July 2011. He was the court's Chief Judge until October 2010.[^1] Governor [[Arne Carlson]] named him Chief Judge in 1995. Toussaint left the bench in July 2011 on reaching the state's mandatory retirement age.[^1] ## Career Toussaint was a district judge in Hennepin County before he joined the Court of Appeals.[^1] In 1995 the Minnesota [[governor]], Arne Carlson, appointed him Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.[^1] In October 2010 Toussaint gave up the chief judgeship and stayed on the court as an associate judge.[^1] His appellate service ended on July 15, 2011, when he retired under the state's mandatory retirement age.[^1] The Wikipedia article on Toussaint, as retrieved in October 2026, reports that he is a law professor at William Mitchell College of Law in Saint Paul.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Edward Toussaint, Jr., lawyer and judge, born October 7, 1941.[^1] ### What - He served on the Minnesota Court of Appeals as Chief Judge from 1995 to October 2010. He then served as an associate judge until he retired.[^1] ### When - 1995: appointed Chief Judge.[^1] - October 2010: stepped down as Chief Judge.[^1] - July 15, 2011: retired from the court.[^1] ### Where - Hennepin County: district judge, before his Court of Appeals service.[^1] - William Mitchell College of Law, Saint Paul: professorship, as reported in the October 2026 Wikipedia retrieval.[^1] ### Why - The source attributes his July 15, 2011 retirement to the state's mandatory retirement age.[^1] ### How - He took the Chief Judge position by appointment of Governor Arne Carlson.[^1] ### How many - He served 16 years on the Court of Appeals, from 1995 until July 2011.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Edward Toussaint* (revision 1378384299, retrieved 26 October 2026) — birth date; Hennepin County district judgeship; 1995 appointment as Chief Judge by Governor Arne Carlson; October 2010 stepdown; July 15, 2011 retirement under the mandatory retirement age; professorship at William Mitchell College of Law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Toussaint