Honorable Cara Lee Neville Biography

SECRETARY, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION 2011 – 2014

Judge, District Court of Minnesota for Hennepin County, Minnesota
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 1975

Judge Neville was a member of the ABA Board of Governors from 2000-2003 and also chaired the Program, Evaluation and Planning Committee of the Board. A member of the House of Delegates since 1986, she served on the House Nominating Committee as State Delegate from Minnesota and as Secretary of the House Committee on Scope and Correlation of Work. She chaired the Coordinating Council of the ABA Justice Center. Judge Neville is a past member of the Standing Committee on Judicial Independence and served on the Judges Advisory Committee to the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. She also chaired the Criminal Justice Section. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Judicature Society and a past president of the National Association of Women Judges.