The Central Corridor Light Rail line will run along Robert Street in front of the Stassen Building. Construction has begun, affecting access to OAH. For more information, including lane closures and parking lot access, check the Central Corridor Capitol Area Construction Update.
The Office of Administrative Hearings, together with Senate Media, has produced a video guide to the administrative hearing process. The video provides a brief overview of the process and shows examples of offering evidence, questioning a witness, and making final argument.
The Affirmative Action Plan for OAH is now available on the web. The document is available for viewing through your browser or in MS Word.
Wireless internet access is now available at the Office of Administrative Hearings in our St. Paul location. A user name and password is required to use this service. User names and passwords are obtained at the front desk from Raven Plendl-Grant (or by email at Raven.Plendl-Grant@state.mn.us). The standard access is through a one-day pass. For those with frequent business at OAH, an extended pass is available. The extended pass requires approval. Contact Raven Plendl-Grant to apply for the extended pass. One-day passes are available pending approval of an extended pass.
The Office of Administrative Hearings has added digital signage in the waiting area. The digital signboard identifies the hearings and conferences for the day, the assigned Judge, and the room. A crawl across the bottom provides other useful information. The signage is mounted on the far wall of the waiting area next to the door to the hearing and conference rooms. In the past the ADR Division has not listed specific rooms for the various Judges but that will be changing. Attorneys are encouraged to locate which room their conference is in and to proceed directly to that room just as they would for a formal hearing.
Thanks to the efforts of Judge Cheryl LeClair-Sommer, the Office of Administrative Hearings has new artwork on the first floor in the corridors between the hearing and conference rooms. Included are some spectacular photographs from the Minnesota Historical Society which we selected to show the diversity of occupations in Minnesota. Thanks to Cheryl and the folks on the Art Committee for their work on this project.
On February 28, 2008, Chief Administrative Law Judge Raymond R. Krause announced that Manuel J. Cervantes has accepted the position of Administrative Law Judge with the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings.
Cervantes, currently an Assistant Attorney General in the Charities Division of the Minnesota Attorney General's Office, has a wide background in government. He was the St. Paul City Attorney from 2002 to 2006, a Second Judicial District Court Referee from 1992 to 2002, and as a Judge on the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals from 1986 to 1992. "Manuel will be a great addition to our team," said Chief ALJ Krause.
Judge Cervantes will begin hearing cases at OAH in April.
All attorneys and parties to proceedings before ALJs and Compensation Judges are expected to follow the Professionalism Aspirations promulgated by the Minnesota Supreme Court. A Contested Case Proceedings Guide is available for persons new to the contested case process. For local units of government using OAH services there is Information for Agencies, Cities and others needing hearing services.
Municipal Boundary Adjustments has been transferred to OAH. This unit is responsible for resolving issues of annexation and detachment between cities, townships, and landowners. More information is available on the Municipal Boundary Adjustments website (maintained currently by the Department of Administration).
A Guide is available describing the process in Worker's Compensation proceedings.
Work Comp Attorneys can use the calendar update feature, now online!
OAH is not currently engaged in any office-specific rulemaking. Information is posted on the OAH Rulemaking Page when such rulemaking is undertaken.
Effective September 24, 2007, deliveries to OAH must be made at:
600 North Robert Street
St. Paul, Minnesota
Starting on September 24, 2007, the OAH mailing address is:
Office of Administrative Hearings
P.O. Box 64620
St. Paul, MN 55164-0620
Mail sent to the Minneapolis office will be forwarded for a time, but parties should be cognizant of potential delays in filings made by mail over the period of the move. To file by facsimile transmission, use 651-361-7936. The general voice number for OAH will be 651-361-7900 and individual numbers for OAH Staff are on the OAH Staff Phone & Fax List. Email addresses remain unchanged, but email sent over the September 21 to 24 period is likely to be held at the State Mail hub, pending reconnection of the OAH mailservers. Email sent to OAH over that period will be delivered.
Please check back for updates on communicating with OAH.
The January 16, 2008 CLE on PUC Hearing Room Technology and eFiling featured a presentation by Staff Attorney Michael Lewis, with Burl Haar, Executive Secretary of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, and Will Craig, of Elert & Associates. Both the eFiling powerpoint presentation and the Hearing Room Technology presentation of the CLE are available online.
The 2007 InterAgency Rulemaking Seminar featured presentations by Chief Judge Ray Krause and Staff Attorney Maria Lindstrom. Audio of the seminar is available on the Rule Seminar Audio Page. The Seminar Audio page also provides a link to the documents used in the presentation and the 2007 Rulemaking Manual, a useful tool for all your rulemaking needs.
The 2006 Survey Results are available on the Judicial Development Program Page. These results include an exemplar of the questionnaire used in the survey, response rates, tabulated responses, and a summary of written comments by respondents.
Under the Data Practices Act, agencies must publish a public document that describes nonpublic data held by the agency. To meet this requirement, the OAH public document is online.
Begining on July 1, 2004, Fair Campaign Practice and Campaign Finance Act complaints are heard at OAH. Persons filing a complaint, or seeking information about the process should visit the Fair Campaign Process page.
On April 30, 2001, the OAH Judicial Development Program was named a Semifinalist in the Management & Governance category by the Institute for Government Innovations, a competition sponsored by the Ford Foundation, administered by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in partnership with the Council for Excellence in Government.
Last Updated - September 27, 2010