Curriculum Vitae of. Professional Education. J.D. Degree, William Mitchell College of Law Admitted to Practice

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1 Curriculum Vitae of Professional Education Admitted to Practice Cara Lee Neville Hennepin County District Court 300 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, MN Phone: (612) Fax: (612) J.D. Degree, William Mitchell College of Law 1975 State of Minnesota 1975 U.S. District Court th Circuit Court of Appeals 1976 U.S. Supreme Court 1980 Professional Employment Professional Activities AMERICAN BAR ASSN. Judge, Hennepin County District Court 1983-present; All matters of Civil and Criminal and Juvenile, unlimited Jurisdiction Chair, RAI (Risk Assessment Instrument for juveniles in custody) Committee 2006-present Past Chair, Hennepin County District Court Civil Law Committee Past Chair, Hennepin County District Court Case Flow Management Committee Presiding Judge, Hennepin County Mental Health Court Presiding Judge, Hennepin County Probate Court Adjunct Professor, William Mitchell College of Law Asst. Hennepin County Public Defender, Senior Attorney Asst. Hennepin County Attorney Prosecutor, Felony Criminal Division Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct Judges Advisory Committee of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility , Chair, Ethics & Professionalism Committee of Judicial Division Chair, Coalition for Justice Justice Center Coordinating Council Board of Governors Executive Committee

2 Chair, Program and Planning Committee Program and Planning Committee member Strategic Planning Committee Liaison to: Tort and Insurance Section Standing Committee on Environmental Law Domestic Violence Commission The Future of the Profession Committee 2002 Nominating Committee HOUSE OF DELEGATES Delegate, ABA House of Delegates (1986-present elected by MN State Bar Assn. and Hennepin County Bar Assn ; Drafting Committee of the House , Issues of Concern to the Professional Committee, Minnesota State Delegate Nominating Committee, Special ABA Presidential Appointment OTHER Judges Advisory Committee of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility , Committee on Scope and Correlation of Work Fund for Justice and Education Council President-Elect Initiative Committees : General Planning Committee Access to Legal Services Planning Group Unified Court Planning Group Judicial Selection Campaign Planning Group Standing Committee on Independence of the Judiciary ABA Commission on Judicial Selection Standards Committee on Judicial Campaign Finance National Student Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition Advisory Board, John Marshall Law School, Chicago present CEELI Central East European Law Initiative. Co-authored proposed rules of law on judicature for judges in the Republic of Belarus Coalition for Justice, Vice-chair, Criminal Justice improvements ABA Presidential Task Force: Committee on Crime and Violence, Vice Chair

3 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTION Chair Chair, Long Range Planning Committee Chair, Task Force on Violent Crime by and Against Children Special Task Force on Drugs and the Criminal Justice System Executive Committee ; Governing Council , ; Chair, Outreach Committee; Chair, Long Range Planning Committee; JAC/CJS Liaison; Committee on Funding the Justice System; Defense Services Committee Member; Special Advisor to the Chair of Criminal Justice Section on Attorney Specialization; Vice-Chair, Planning Committee; Vice Chair, Providing Defense Services; Vice- Chair, Economics of Law Practice Committee; Vice-Chair Specialization Committee; Liaison to ABA, Criminal Justice Section for MN State Bar Association JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION DIVISION Chair Ethics and Professionals Committee Delegate to National Conference of State Trial Judges Assembly ; Nat'l Conf. of State Trial Judges, member 1986-present Task Force on Judicial Resources Liaison from JAD to Criminal Justice Section TORTS AND INSURANCE SECTION Standing Committee on Law and Public Service , present ABA Tips 2003 present Laison from Board of Governors INTERNATIONAL LAW SECTION Vice Chair Criminal Law Committee LITIGATION SECTION Evidence Committee Products Liability Committee BUSINESS LAW SECTION

4 Member OTHER LEGAL ASSOCIATIONS American Bar Foundation - Fellow State Chair 1999-present Life Fellow 1992-present Fellow American Judicature Society Board of Directors Member 1986-present National Association of Women Judges President Strategic Planning Committee Co-Chair, Annual Convention 2002; Annual Convention Education Committee ; Nominating Committee , ; Honoree of the Year Committee ; President Elect ; Vice-President ; Secretary ; Board of Directors , ; Chair, Long Range Planning Committee Douglas K. Amdahl Inn of Court President ; Member 1993-present Minnesota State Bar Association Co- chair, Katrina Relief Committee, Board of Governors , Judicial Selection Conference Committee 2001; Pro Se Litigant Committee ; ABA Delegate, House of Delegates ; Criminal Law Section, Chairperson ; Executive Committee; Subcommittees on: Expungement, Prison Reform, New Rules of Evidence, Revision of Criminal Code, Sentencing, Corrections, Grand Jury Reform, Specialization Judicial Plebiscite Committee (S.Ct. Vacancy); Alternate to Board of Governors Hennepin County Bar Association Nominating Committee 1980, 1990, 2005-present Delegate to ABA House of Delegates , 2002-present Governing Council , , 2002-present; Probate and Estate Forms Committee ;

5 Environmental Law Committee 1987-present:, Criminal Law Committee 1983-present; Bench & Bar Committee Minnesota Women Lawyers Association President's Special Advisory Committee 2000-present; Secretary ; Treasurer ; Member present William Mitchell College of Law WMCL - Women in the Law Committee, 2000-present Year 2000 Project Committee Alumni Association: Board of Directors ; Secretary ; Co-Chair, Membership Committee 1976 Minnesota District Judges Association Judicial Election Committee ; 2005-present Delegate to ABA National Conference of State Trial Judges , ; Board of Directors ; Secretary ; Member 1987-present International Academy of Trial Judges 2000-present International Association of Women Judges 1992-present National Conference of Women's Bar Associations Board of Directors American Inns of Court Nominating Committee; Justice Louis Powell Award 1995 Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee on Assessment of Indigent Defense Services Sponsored by a grant from U.S. Justice Department, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), and National Legal Aid and Defender Assn. (NLADA) Women Judges' Fund for Justice Board of Directors Executive Committee and Secretary Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association President ; Vice-President Secretary ; Treasurer '19'80-81; Board of Governors ; Chairperson, Education Committee ;

6 Chairperson, Legislative Committee ; Co-Chair, Criminal Law Committee ; Executive Director Hennepin County Law Library Board of Trustees Minnesota State Bar Foundation, past Board of Directors National District Attorneys Association Minnesota County Attorneys Council Minnesota Association of Women in Criminal Justice Executive Committee American Trial Lawyers Association Teaching and Lectures International Delegation Member and Lecturer, People's Republic of China 2006 Delegation Leader and Lecturer, People's Republic of China 2002, People to People, lawyers and judges Delegation Leader and Lecturer, CUBA 2000, People to People, lawyers and judges International Bar Association Violence Against Children and Sentencing, Edinburgh, Scotland 1995 Criminal Sentencing, Berlin, Germany 1996 = Trinity' r'ollege, Dulolin, Ireland, Voir nire 19'96 University College, Galway, Ireland, Student Lecture on American Criminal Justice System Presiding Judge, Trial Advocacy, Criminal Justice Section, ABA, Dublin, Ireland 1989 National Trial Advocacy, Harvard Law School, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006 (gue t teacher for one week during fall semesters for Professor Charles Ogletree) National Conference of Chief Justices , Model Rules 6

7 of Judicial Conduct, Salt Lake City, UT, New York, N.Y., Washington D.C. Midwest Regional Conference Women in the Law, St. Louis, MO 2006 APRL Association, Professional Responsibility Lawyers Model Code of Judicial Conduct 2005, 2006, Naples, FL, Chicago, IL National Association of Women Judges "After White; Judicial Speech" 2002, Model Judicial Code 2006 Independence and Accountability: Balancing Core Democratic Values in the Judiciaries of Mexico and the United States, Austin, Texas 2001 Judicial Independence, Nat'l Press Club, Washington, D.C Problems in Financing Judicial Campaigns, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1999 Judicial Selection and Judicial Campaign Finance, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, 1999 Judicial Independence, League of Women Voters of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, 1999 Lecturer/Panel Member, ABA Meetings or on behalf of ABA Philadelphia, PA; Toronto, Canada; Honolulu, HI; Boston, MA; Annapolis, MD; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Washington, D.C.; Miami, FL. Various topics, including judicial ethics, independence of the judiciary, judicial campaign finance, plea negotiation, judicial selection, criminal law, domestic violence, and prosecutorial ethics; Constitution and Bylaws and Functions of Board of Governors and its con-imittees American Inns of Court Ethics Panel Lecture, Washington, D.C National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada Faculty Advisor for General Jurisdiction Trial Judges 1987 Minnesota Hennepin County Bar Association, Separation of Powers 2006

8 Minnesota District Judges Association, Judicial Ethics 2004, 2006 Minnesota Criminal Justice Institute Sixth Amendment Right of Confrontation 2006 Spriegl and Impeachment Evidence 2005 Evidence 1998 Amdahl Inns of Court Funnies on the Bench 2005 Minnesota Judicial Training (training new judges) University of Minnesota Law School 1994-present Minnesota State Bar Association, Humphrey Institute, Judicial Elections 2001 National Practice Institute, Current Issues, Criminal Justice Reform 1999 Minnesota. Institute of Legal Education, Minneapolis, MN Chronic Pain Syndrome 1999; Guardianships and Conservatorships ; Probate Minnesota District Judges Association Judicial Elections, Code of Conduct 2006 Judicial Ethics 2004 Bioethics 1995 Minnesota Trial Lawyers View from the Bench 20 years later, Alexandria, MN 2004 Trial Tips from the Masters, Alexandria, MN 1998 Women in Trial Law, Minneapolis 1998 Views from the Bench_ 1998 Civil Pretrials and Settlement Conferences 1993 Living Legends - Civil Rule Also: Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines, Good Faith Exception to Exclusionary Rule, Fourth Amendment, Scientific Evidence, Frye tests, Women in Litigation, Voir Dire Minnesota Judicial Education Faculty, various topics, including judicial ethics, civil trial management; judicial advocacy Minnesota Veterans Home, Ethics Committee Education Forum, Neuroleptic Medications and the Law CLE Lectures for Advanced Legal Education

9 Hamline Law School, Fourth and Fifth Amendments of U.S. Constitution Hamline University Law School Trial Tactics, Trial Judge, Critique Trials Hennepin County Bar Association, Annual Probate and Estates Update 1993, 1994, 1995 Minnesota Criminal Law Trial Skills Program (NITA) Bemidji State College, Teacher Metropolitan Conservators and Guardians, Guardians' and Conservators' Authority to Give Consent to Neuroleptic Medications William Mitchell College of Law, Clinical Programs, Moot Court and Trial Practice, guest lecturer St. Thomas College, Women in Criminal Justice Minnesota Women Lawyers 1976-present, numerous and various topics, including Women in Litigation, Women in the Courtroom, Tips from the Bench Radio and Television Various programs on the courts and other topics, including inter alia: You and the Law Television: Judicial Independence and Ethics (Chicago, IL); National Press Club, Judicial Independence, Washington, DC; Financing Judicial Campaigns, National Public Radio; PBS - volunteer guardianship programs; O.J. and criminal trials, KSTP; color commentary: The Menendez Brothers' trial, Court TV, New York, NY Honors and Awards Outstanding State Chair Award, Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, 2007 Professionalism Award, Hennepin County Bar Association, 2006 GRAVIN Award, Co-chair Katrina Relief Committee, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2006 Wornan-ofFirsts - William Mitchell College of Law President's Award, Minnesota State Bar Association, June

10 Excellence in Service Award, presented at the Annual Meeting of the ABA Judicial Division by the National Association of Women Judges, Awarded to individuals who have excelled in advancing the goals of NAWJ through their contributions to fairness in the administration of justice One of the 100 Most Distinguished Graduates of William Mitchell College of Law one of the "100 WHO HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE" during the 100-year history of the school, 2000 Who's Who in America Who's Who in American Law Who's Who of American Women Named one of the Outstanding Young Women of America 1977 Named the outstanding Young Woman of MN 1977 *West Publishing Company's "Hornbook Award for Scholastic Achievement" for ranking first in law school senior class 1975 Law School Activities William Mitchell College of Law President, Student Bar Association Student Board of Governors ; Staff writer, "Opinion" newspaper Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, Treasurer Recipient of Certificate of Appreciation 1973 American Bar Association, Law Student Division, Member Publications Numerous and various materials for CLE programs. Presidents' columns for: law school, Minnesota Trial Lawyers, Criminal Justice Section of the ABA, National Association of Women Judges, and other articles for bar journals COMIlltirtity, Personal St. Louis Park nooster flub and Civic Activities Laura Sedgwick Memorial Fund Award Committee 10

11 Minneapolis Women's Rotary Club Hennepin County Law Library, Board of Trustees St. Thomas Law School Student Mentor American Cancer Association; American Heart Association Minnesota Association of Women in Criminal Justice St. Louis Park High School, student teacher in criminal law, racial issues in the law, court systems, 1997, 1998, 1999 American Saddlebred Association Tri-State Horsemen Association Minnesota Saddlebred Association American Horsemen Association