Delivering Justice for Twenty Years.
Judge Ross's public service extends beyond the bench.
He has been a member of various bench and bar associations and served on professional and community boards. He was appointed by two supreme court justices as the judicial representative on the Minnesota Forensic Laboratory Advisory Board and remained active on the board throughout its existence. He served six years as member and then chairperson of the Minnesota YMCA Youth in Government state board. He has served on multiple committees for the appointment of federal magistrate judges, and before his appointment to the state court he was a member of the Federal Local Rules Committee and its successor, the Federal Practice Committee.
Ross was a founding member of PASIJ (Park Avenue Seeking International Justice) and has organized multiple Habitat for Humanity projects. He has coached youth soccer, baseball, and football, and mentored multiple young men through the Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge program.
He was also a principal board member of True North Constitutional Policing, through which he developed interactive, online civil rights training for Minnesota law enforcement officers.