ST. PAUL, MN – Today, Governor Mark Dayton announced the reappointment of the Honorable Patricia J. Milun as Chief Judge of the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. Chief Judge Milun is appointed to a six year term, which will expire on January 2, 2023.
“Patricia J. Milun has served honorably on the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals, and I am pleased to reappoint her as Chief Judge,” said Governor Dayton. “This court makes important decisions for the wellbeing of working Minnesotans, and her commitment to fairness and justice has served her well as Chief Judge.”
Chief Judge Milun was appointed to the Minnesota Worker’s Compensation Court of Appeals as the Court’s Chief Judge in 2011 by Governor Dayton. Prior to her appointment to the Worker’s Compensation Court of Appeals, she was a Worker’s Compensation and Administrative Law Judge in the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings. She spent 25 years working in the area of Worker's Compensation law, including 18 years as a Workers' Compensation Judge and as Chief Judge for the Settlement Division of the Workers' Compensation Court at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. Chief Judge Milun began her legal career as a workers' compensation trial attorney at the law firm of Larsen, Heck, Klimek and Powell. She earned her B.A. from the College of St. Benedict's and her J.D. from Mitchell Hamline
Chief Judge Milun is part of the University of St. Thomas School of Law Mentor Externship Program, a volunteer and mentor for the Everybody Wins Program, and a previous member of the Convent of the Visitation Board of Trustees.
The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals is an independent agency of Minnesota’s executive branch. It reviews workers’ compensation cases decided by compensation judges at the Office of Administrative Hearings and some cases decided by the Workers’ Compensation Division at the Department of Labor and Industry.
To learn more about the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals, please visit http://mn.gov/workcomp/index.htm.
