FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 9, 2024
Claire Lancaster
claire.lancaster@state.mn.us
651-219-2975
Commission on Judicial Selection Recommends Fourth Judicial District Candidates to Governor Walz
[ST.
PAUL, MN] – The Commission on Judicial Selection announced today that
it is recommending three candidates for consideration to fill a vacancy
in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District. This vacancy will occur upon
the retirement of the Honorable Kristin A. Siegesmund. This seat will be
chambered in Minneapolis in Hennepin County.
Emily Froehle:
Emily Froehle is an assistant county attorney in the Dakota County
Attorney’s Office, where she prosecutes serious felony matters. She was
previously an assistant public defender in Hennepin County and a law
clerk for the Honorable Gina M. Brandt and the Honorable Mark S. Wernick
in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District. She is a member of the MSBA’s
Access to Justice Committee, the Hennepin County Bar Association Bar
Memorial Committee, and the MSBA General Assembly. Her community
involvement includes serving as a volunteer at Cornerstone and as a mock
trial judge for both the MSBA and YMCA.
Jennifer Olson:
Jennifer Olson is an assistant attorney general in the Employment,
Torts, and Public Utilities Commission Division in the Minnesota
Attorney General’s Office, where she defends constitutional, statutory,
employment, and tort litigation on behalf of the State of Minnesota and
state agencies. She was previously a partner at Best & Flanagan LLP,
where she served as the firm’s pro bono partner, and an associate
attorney at Stinson LLP. Olson’s community involvement includes serving
on the boards of the Volunteer Lawyers Network Benefactors and the
Minnesota Justice Foundation. She has also served in various leadership
roles with the Hennepin County Bar Association and on the MSBA’s Pro
Bono Council. Olson has also volunteered as a pro bono attorney with the
Advocates for Human Rights, representing clients seeking asylum.
Andrew Tweeten:
Andrew Tweeten is an assistant United States attorney in the Civil
Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota,
where he pursues affirmative health care fraud matters on behalf of the
United States and defends a wide variety of civil claims against federal
officers and agencies. He was previously an assistant attorney general
in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office and a law clerk for the
Honorable Donald W. Molloy of the United States District Court for the
District of Montana and the Honorable Sidney R. Thomas of the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals. His community involvement includes singing and
volunteering with One Voice Mixed Chorus. He also volunteers with the
Minnesota Urban Debate League and judges college and high school mock
trial and moot court competitions.
For more information about the judicial selection process, please visit the Governor’s Judicial Appointments webpage.
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