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Wood R. Foster, Jr.
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woodfoster@sbgdf.com
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EDUCATION
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, J.D., 1968
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, B.A., 1965
MEMBERSHIPS/LICENSES
Hennepin County Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Minnesota Court of Appeals
Minnesota Supreme Court
United States District Court, District of Minnesota
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Fellows of the American Bar Association
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights (co-founder).
Study tour to Central America with Center for Global Education, Augsburg College, 1983.
Chaperoned teenagers on 10-day “family stay” visit in Leon, Nicaragua, 1987.
Fundraiser for undergraduate alma matter, Amherst College.
Organized 1996 work trip to sister church in Port Au Prince, Haiti for Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church.
Active in numerous political campaigns for district court judgeships, county attorney, and Supreme Court races.
Licensed youth soccer coach, 1978-1991.
ACHIEVEMENTS/PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTION
President, Hennepin County Bar Association, 1992-93
President, Minnesota State Bar Association, 1999-2000
Primary editor, For the Record, 460 page history of law and lawyers in Minnesota marking the sesquicentennial of the profession in
Minnesota (1998-99)
Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board, 2001- present
Regularly identified as a “Super Lawyer” in Law and Politics
Twice honored as an “Attorney of the Year” by Minnesota Lawyer
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