David Ryan Stras

Judicial Service

Education

• University of Kansas, B.A., 1995
• University of Kansas School of Business, M.B.A., 1999
• University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1999

Professional Career

Law clerk, Hon. Melvin Brunetti, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1999-2000; Law clerk, Hon. J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2000-2001; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002; Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 2002-2003; Hugo Black Faculty Fellow, University of Alabama School of Law, 2003-2004; University of Minnesota Law School, 2004-2011; Associate professor of law, 2004-2010; Co-director, Institute for Law and Politics, 2007-2010; Associate professor of political science (through affiliation), 2008-2010; Vance K. Opperman Research Scholar, 2009-2010; Adjunct professor, 2011; Visiting professor of law, Washington University School of Law, 2008; Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2009-2010; Associate justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 2010-2018; Visiting professor, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2012; Adjunct professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2013; Adjunct faculty member, University of Iowa College of Law, 2014-

External Links

• Federal Judicial Center Biography