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Anne Simonett
Anne V. Simonett (born July 30, 1952 in Little Falls, Minnesota, died May 6, 1995 in Hennepin County, Minnesota) was an American lawyer and judge from Minnesota. She was the first woman to serve as Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
The daughter of Minnesota Supreme Court Justice John E. Simonett, Anne Simonett received a degree in music from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. She received a masters degree in music performance, graduating "magna cum laude" from Yale University
1994, Governor Arne Carlson appointed Paul H. Anderson, then Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, to take Simonett's place, and chose one of Simonett's daughters, Hennepin County District Court Judge Anne Simonett, to succeed Anderson as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. Anne Simonett's service was cut short by a brain tumor that proved fatal the following year. Another of his daughters, Martha Simonett, was later appointed to fill a District Court vacancy in Dakota County, where she continues to serve.