Gabriel Ramirez-Hernandez has been serving as a commissioner since 2022 and has served in various leadership roles in his home state of Minnesota. Gabriel has been named a Notable Emerging Star by Twin Cities Business, in part, for his leadership and community involvement through the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association and other non-profit organizations expanding access to justice and resources.

In private practice, Gabriel is an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright representing businesses across the country in civil litigation matters, in both trial and appellate capacities. Gabriel has significant experience working with efficient trial teams to assist product manufacturers in multidistrict litigation and related state-court actions. As a valued legal writer and creative thinker, Gabriel works strategically and thoughtfully at all stages of litigation.

In his pro bono practice, Gabriel assists litigants without counsel in federal court through the pro se project. Gabriel also represents pro bono clients on appeal through the Office of the Minnesota Appellate Public Defender and argues their cases before the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Gabriel also works with a team of his colleagues representing an individual alleging civil rights claims for deprivation of civil liberties by a local county jail and its officers.

Before joining Norton Rose Fulbright, Gabriel served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jerry W. Blackwell, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota and the Honorable Peter M. Reyes, Jr., Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

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