David Ryan Stras

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

• 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-

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, May 8, 2017; no Senate vote