Paul Thissen was born on December 10,1966 and is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
24 Facts About Paul Thissen
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Paul Thissen previously served as the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and DFL Minority Leader.
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Paul Thissen is the first person to have served both as Minnesota House Speaker and on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
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Paul Thissen earned a JD degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1992.
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Paul Thissen worked for the Minnesota State Public Defender's Office and founded "Access for Persons with Disabilities," a group of lawyers dedicated to providing legal services to persons with disabilities.
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Paul Thissen later worked as an attorney specializing in health care law at the Minneapolis office of the law firm of Ballard Spahr.
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In 2008 and 2012, Paul Thissen was recognized as one of the 100 Influential Minnesotans in Health Care by Physician Magazine.
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Paul Thissen served on the boards of the Minnesota Justice Foundation and numerous other local nonprofits.
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Paul Thissen was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2002, in his first run for public office.
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In 2006, Paul Thissen served as Finance Co-Chair of the House DFL Caucus and raised more money than the Republican opposition.
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From 2007 to 2010, Paul Thissen served as chair of the Health and Human Services Committee.
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Paul Thissen was chief author of HF 1, the Children's Health Security Act.
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Paul Thissen served on the Health Care Access Commission and served on Governor Tim Pawlenty's Health Transformation Taskforce.
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Paul Thissen was elected by his peers to be the Minority Leader for the DFL House Caucus.
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Paul Thissen was named 2012 Legislator of the Year by Politics in Minnesota.
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Paul Thissen led the Democrats back to control of the Minnesota House in the 2012 election.
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In January 2015, Paul Thissen was elected Minority Leader by his DFL colleagues; he served in that position through the end of 2016.
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In November 2008, Paul Thissen launched an exploratory campaign for the 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial race.
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At the April 2010 DFL State Convention, Thissen won more delegates than any of his rivals in the large Congressional districts outside the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul.
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On June 15,2017, Paul Thissen announced that he would run for governor again in the 2018 election.
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Paul Thissen is the first former House Speaker to serve on the court.
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In 2020, Paul Thissen was elected to a full term on the Supreme Court.
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Paul Thissen was endorsed by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Forum Communications.
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Paul Thissen won in all eight Congressional Districts in Minnesota and in 86 of 87 counties.