2025-10-02T01:28:33-05:00 2025-06-30 471019942 CREATIVE PLANNING TAX LLC 220 PARK AVE S ST CLOUD MN 56301 990 2024-07-01 260355255 MINNESOTA DISTRICT JUDGES ASSOCIATION MINN 2184096789 25 REV DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLV ST PAUL MN 55155 DALE HARRIS TREASURER 2184096789 2025-09-25 1 1 MARIE A PRIMUS CPA P01272184 3202517010 2025-09-25 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MARY MAHLER 25 REV DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLV ST PAUL MN 55155 212869 0 X N/A X 2007 MN PROMOTES THE PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS OF JUDGES AND ESTABLISHES STANDARDS OF JUDICIAL PRACTICE. 29 29 0 127 0 0 55031 55854 152765 141517 6323 15498 0 0 214119 212869 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138328 129851 138328 129851 75791 83018 595032 678050 0 0 595032 678050 THIS ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE PROFESSIONALISM AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS OF MEMBER JUDGES, MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN MINNESOTA COURTS AND ESTABLISHING STANDARDS OF JUDICIAL PRACTICE AND ETHICS. 0 0 PREPARED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURY INSTRUCTION GUIDES. THESE WRITTEN GUIDES ARE IMPORTANT RESOURCES TO COURTS, JUDGES, AND COUNSEL IN INSTRUCTING JURIES ON THE PROCESS FOR ARRIVING AT VERDICTS FOLLOWING TRIALS. THEY ARE DEVELOPED AND UPDATED EACH YEAR BASED ON STATUTES, COURT DECISIONS, AND OTHER PERTINENT LEGAL AUTHORITIES. OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE REVIEWING PROPOSALS AND ADVISING MEMBERS ON STANDARDS OF JUDICIAL PRACTICE AND ETHICS, REVIEWING AND RESPONDING TO LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS AND ACTIONS THAT RELATE TO THE COURTS AND JUDICIARY, REVIEWING AND RESPONDING TO PROPOSED RULES OF THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT, INCLUDING CURRENT ISSUES, RULES OF THE BOARD OF JUDICIAL STANDARDS, JUDICIAL CANONS OF ETHICS, AND GENERAL RULES FOR DISTRICT COURTS. WORKING WITH LAWYERS CONCERNED WITH LAWYERS AND COORDINATING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS WITH OTHER GROUPS, INCLUDING THE MINNESOTA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL, THE MINNESOTA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION, AND THE MINNESOTA DISTRICT JUDGES FOUNDATION. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 29 29 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X EMMA MEYER 6512977582 25 REV DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLV ST PAUL MN 55155 X MARY MAHLER PRESIDENT 0.50 X X 0 0 0 RICHARD KYLE VICE PRESIDENT 0.50 X X 0 0 0 DALE HARRIS TREASURER 0.50 X X 0 0 0 LOIS CONROY PAST PRESIDENT 0.50 X X 0 0 0 AMY DOLL INTERIM SECRETARY (THRU 12/5/2024) 0.50 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER J LEHMANN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 CYNTHIA L MCCOLLUM DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 CHARLES WEBBER DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 ELENA L OSTBY DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 ROYBN MILLENACKER DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 SOPHIA VUELO DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 KELLIE CHARLES DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY CAREY DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE 0.50 X 0 0 0 ADAM YANG DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (10/1/24-6/30/25) 0.50 X 0 0 0 CARMAINE STURINO DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY JOHNSON DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 PAM KING DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE 0.50 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY M KRITZER DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE 0.50 X 0 0 0 BRIDGET SULLIVAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 SHEREEN ASKALANI DIRECTOR (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL BURNS DIRECTOR (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 LISA JANZEN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM KOCH DIRECTOR (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 GINA BRANDT DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 LAURA THOMAS DIRECTOR (10/1/2024-6/30/2025) 0.50 X 0 0 0 TERRI YELLOWHAMMER DIRECTOR (10/1/2024-6/30/2025) 0.50 X 0 0 0 LUIS BARTOLOMEI DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 THOMAS CONLEY DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (10/1/24-6/30/25) 0.50 X 0 0 0 JULIA DAYTON KLEIN DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (10/1/24-6/30/25) 0.50 X 0 0 0 RACHEL HUGHEY DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (10/1/24-6/30/25) 0.50 X 0 0 0 ANDREA LIESER DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 ROBERT DOCHERTY DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE 0.50 X 0 0 0 ROBERT FRIDAY DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JILL EICHENWALD DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE 0.50 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL D FRITZ DIRECTOR (THRU 7/31/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW ENGELKING DIRECTOR (BEG 8/1/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 TAMMY MERKINS DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 SHARON GREWELL BENSON DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE 0.50 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL D WENTZELL DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 RODNEY HANSON DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (10/1/24-6/30/25) 0.50 X 0 0 0 DAVID HERMERDING DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 KRISTINE DEMAY DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JEANINE BRAND DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE 0.50 X 0 0 0 JERROD SHERMOEN DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE 0.50 X 0 0 0 TODD SCHOFFELMAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 KAREN SCHOMMER DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 GEOFFREY TENNEY DIRECTOR (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 LAURA PIETAN DIRECTOR (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 KEVIN MUELLER DIRECTOR (10/1/2024-6/30/2025) 0.50 X 0 0 0 JOHN BOWEN DIRECTOR (10/1/2024-6/30/2025) 0.50 X 0 0 0 SIV MJANGER DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (10/1/24-6/30/25) 0.50 X 0 0 0 STONEY HILJUS DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (BEG 8/1/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 CATHERINE TREVINO DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (BEG 8/1/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 KRISTIN C LARSON DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 KEVIN MARK DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JANET L BARKE CAIN DIRECTOR, ALTERNATE (THRU 9/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 SUSAN MILES DIRECTOR (THRU 11/30/2024) 0.50 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55854 55854 JURY INSTRUCTION GUIDE 900099 141517 141517 141517 15498 15498 212869 141517 0 15498 X 1790 77050 40895 8970 GIFTS 1127 19 129851 181852 69384 413180 608666 595032 678050 0 0 X 595032 678050 595032 678050 595032 678050 83018 0 X X 0 0 0 1 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 THE BYLAWS WERE AMENDED IN JULY 2024 TO ADD A SECRETARY AS AN OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATION TO BE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP, ADD TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS A RETIRED JUDGE ALTERNATE TO BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND CLARIFY THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION PROCEEDINGS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 MEMBERSHIP IN THE CORPORATION SHALL BE OPEN TO ALL MINNESOTA TRIAL JUDGES AND ALL MINNESOTA APPELLATE JUDGES. ALL ACTIVE AND RETIRED TRIAL JUDGES OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, OTHER THAN ANY RETIRED TRIAL JUDGES PRACTICING LAW, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE CORPORATION. ALL ACTIVE AND RETIRED APPELLATE JUDGES OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, OTHER THAN ANY RETIRED APPELLATE JUDGES PRACTICING LAW, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP IN THE CORPORATION. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE AND SHALL HAVE ALL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERSHIP, BUT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS DIRECTORS OR OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION. THE MEMBERSHIP OF ANY MEMBER SHALL BE TERMINATED BY RESIGNATION, RESUMPTION OF THE PRACTICE OF LAW, OR FAILURE TO PAY MEMBERSHIP DUES WITHIN TWO (2) MONTHS AFTER DUE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE ELECTED BY THE JUDGES IN EACH INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND CHANGES TO BYLAWS ARE APPROVED BY THE MEMBERSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DRAFT OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12 THE ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, BUT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING AND APPROVING A POLICY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF DISCLOSURE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 6104(D). FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 1: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF DIRECTORS AND ALTERNATE DIRECTORS. IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY DIRECTOR, HIS OR HER DULY-ELECTED AND DESIGNATED ALTERNATE MAY VOTE AND EXERCISE THE OTHER PRIVILEGES OF THE ABSENT DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G JURY INSTRUCTIONS GUIDES 40,895. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 1: THE ORGANIZATION USES THE MODIFIED CASH METHOD OF ACCOUNTING. THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE ACCOUNTING METHOD FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.