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Contact
Gerald T. Hendrickson
City Attorney (Interim)
400 City Hall and Courthouse
15 Kellogg Blvd., West
Saint Paul, MN  55102

Ph: (651) 266-8710
Fx: (651) 298-5619

Hours
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Monday - Friday
The Saint Paul City Attorney's Office is the second-largest municipal law office in the State of Minnesota. 

The Saint Paul City Attorney's Office provides legal counsel and civil litigation services to the:
  • Mayor
  • City Council
  • City Departments
  • Housing Redevelopment Authority
  • Port Authority
  • Public Housing Agency

In addition, the Saint Paul City Attorney's Office prosecutes the criminal violation of:
  • City Ordinances
  • State Misdemeanor Statutes
  • State Gross Misdemeanor Statutes

What's New
Driving Diversion Program:
For information about the City of Saint Paul's Driving Diversion Program, click here. See also the Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial regarding the Driving Diversion Program.

Civil Gang Injunction:
The Saint Paul City Attorney's Office obtained civil gang injunctions against three criminal gangs operating in Minnesota ("Sureno 13," "Selby Siders" and "East Side Boys"). Click each to read the Judge's Orders.  City Attorney John Choi speaks about Saint Paul's civil gang injunctions here.

Bad Check Diversion Program:
Information about the City of Saint Paul's Check Diversion Program.
Watch the video here.

Saint Paul Blueprint for Safety:
In partnership with the Saint Paul Police Department, Saint Paul Domestic Intervention Project, ISAIAH and other public agencies, the City Attorney's Office participated in the creation of the "Saint Paul Blueprint for Safety."  The Blueprint is intended to establish a system wide best practice in dealing with domestic abuse in our communities and to prevent homicides.  Read more about it here and here.