Lloyd B. Zimmerman is a judge in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Judge Zimmerman was appointed by Governor Jesse Ventura in 2001. He graduated valedictorian of his class from University of Illinois in 1975 after only three years. He then went on to receive his Juris Doctor at New York University Law School, having received the full tuition Root-Tilden Scholarship, awarded to law students with a demonstrated desire to serve the public interest. During...
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Lloyd B. Zimmerman is a judge in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Judge Zimmerman was appointed by Governor Jesse Ventura in 2001. He graduated valedictorian of his class from University of Illinois in 1975 after only three years. He then went on to receive his Juris Doctor at New York University Law School, having received the full tuition Root-Tilden Scholarship, awarded to law students with a demonstrated desire to serve the public interest. During law school he assisted the U.S. Attorney's office in a special prosecution of a congressman who was taking bribes. He also worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the ACLU, and the Harvard Center for Law and Education. He provided legal assistance to indigent clients through an NYU criminal law clinic and the Correctional Association of New York's legal aid clinic. After graduating from law school in 1978, a Reginald Heber Smith Fellowship brought him to the Mille Lacs Reservation. While there from 1978 to 1978, he started a legal aid clinic...
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