The following Mitchell Hamline graduates currently serve as U.S. or Minnesota judges, legislators, county attorneys, or other elected and appointed offices.
Federal
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U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
*Eric C. Tostrud ’90 -
U.S. Magistrate Judges for the District of Minnesota
Leo I. Brisbois ’87
Jeanne J. Graham ’85
Steven E. Rau ’83
Becky R. Thorson ’95
Elizabeth Cowan Wright ’06 -
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Senior Judges
Donovan W. Frank ’77
Paul A. Magnuson ’63 -
U.S. House of Representatives
Sean Duffy ’99, Wisc.
Tom Emmer ’88
State
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Minnesota Supreme Court
Anne K. McKeig ’92 -
Minnesota Court of Appeals
James B. Florey ’81
Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks ’85
Carol A. Hooten ’78
Matthew E. Johnson ’92 (formerly chief judge)
Michelle A. Larkin ’92
Denise D. Reilly ’83
Peter M. Reyes Jr. ‘97
John R. Rodenberg ’81
Heidi S. Schellhas ’80
Renee L. Worke ’83
District Courts
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1st District
Jerome B. Abrams ’81 (Dakota County)
Karen Asphaug ’82 (Dakota County)
M. Michael Baxter ’91 (Le Sueur County)
Janet L. Barke Cain ’89 (Carver County)
Lawrence F. Clark ’80 (Goodhue County)
Jamie L. Cork ’98 (Dakota County)
Kevin W. Eide ’79 (Carver County)
Colleen G. King ’00 (Dakota County)
David L. Knutson ’86 (Dakota County Assistant Chief Judge)
Christopher J. Lehmann ’94 (Dakota County)
Caroline H. Lennon ’89 (Scott County)
Michael Mayer ’85 (Dakota County)
Cynthia L. McCollum ’85 (Dakota County)
Timothy J. McManus ’85 (Dakota County)
Kathryn D. Messerich ’87 (Dakota County Chief Judge)
Shawn M. Moynihan ’82 (Dakota County)
Arlene Perkkio ’81 (Dakota County)
Martha M. Simonett ’84 (Dakota County)
Rex D. Stacey ’82 (Scott County)
Mark Vandelist ’83 (Le Seuer County)
Paula Vraa ’91 (Scott County)
Richelle M. Wahi ’03 (Dakota County)
Christian S. Wilton ’94 (Scott County)
Jody L. Winters ’92 (McLeod County) -
2nd District
G. Tony Atwal ’03 (Ramsey County)
Robert A. Awsumb ’86 (Ramsey County Assistant Chief Judge)
Shawn M. Bartsh ’82 (Ramsey County)
Joy D. Bartscher ’86 (Ramsey County)
Gary W. Bastian ’74 (Ramsey County)
Thomas A. Gilligan ’89 (Ramsey County)
Sara R. Grewing ’03 (Ramsey County)
John Guthmann ’80 (Ramsey County Chief Judge)
DeAnne M. Hilgers ’00 (Ramsey County)
Richard H. Kyle Jr. ’89 (Ramsey County)
William H. Leary III ’79 (Ramsey County)
George T. Stephenson ’85 (Ramsey County)
Sophia Y. Vuelo ’98 (Ramsey County)
Teresa R. Warner ’86 (Ramsey County)
Paul Yang ’00 (Ramsey County) -
3rd District
Joseph A. Bueltel ’87 (Steele County Assistant Chief Judge)
Nancy Buytendorp ’91 (Winona County)
John T. Cajacob ’78 (Rice County)
Christa M. Daily ’98 (Mower County)
Carol M. Hanks ’06 (Waseca County)
Pamela A.W. King ’00 (Olmstead County)
Mary Carroll Leahy ’90 (Winona County)
Kevin A. Lund ’80 (Olmstead County)
Matthew J. Opat ’77 (Fillmore County)
Kevin H. Siefken ’95 (Mower County)
Christina K. Stevens ’97 (Olmstead County)
Kathy M. Wallace ’96 (Olmsted County)
Jodi L. Williamson ’83 (Dodge County) -
4th District
Bev Benson ’85 (Hennepin County)
Shereen M. Askalani ’02 (Hennepin County)
Michael E. Burns ’01 (Hennepin County)
Gina M. Brandt ’91 (Hennepin County)|
Tanya Bransford ’83 (Hennepin County)
Michael Browne ’99 (Hennepin County)
Regina M. Chu ’80 (Hennepin County)
Elizabeth Cutter ’80 (Hennepin County)
Margaret A. Daly ’81 (Hennepin County)
Juan G. Hoyos ’92 (Hennepin County)
Lisa K. Janzen ’94 (Hennepin County)
Fred Karasov ’83 (Hennepin County)
James Moore ’85 (Hennepin County)
David L. Piper ’79 (Hennepin County)
Christian M. Sande ’96 (Hennepin County) -
5th District
Darci J. Bentz ’94 (Jackson County)
Mark E. Betters ’05 (Blue Earth County)
Michelle Dietrich ’94 (Lyon County Chief Judge)
Robert A. Docherty ’87 (Brown County)
Krista J. Jass ’93 (Blue Earth County)
Kurt D. Johnson ’83 (Blue Earth County)
Allison Krehbiel ’91 (Nicollet County)
Patrick R. Rohland ’00 (Redwood County)
Todd W. Westphal ’87 (Nicollet County)
Christina M. Wietzema ’93 (Cottonwood County) -
6th District
Jill Eichenwald Cornwell ’92 (St. Louis County)
Robert C. Friday ’99 (St. Louis County)
Dale O. Harris ’93 (St. Louis County)
Mark A. Munger ’81 (St. Louis County)
Theresa M. Neo ’01 (St. Louis County)
Gary Pagliaccetti ’79 (St. Louis County)
Sally L. Tarnowski ’86 (St. Louis County Chief Judge) -
7th District
Jay D. Carlson ’79 (Becker County Chief Judge)
Bill Cashman ’87 (Stearns County)
Timothy M. Churchwell ’89 (Douglas County)
Michael S. Jesse ’85 (Benton County)
Andrew R. Pearson ’98 (Stearns County)
Matthew M. Quinn ’99 (Stearns County)
Robert J. Raupp ’89 (Benton County)
John H. Scherer ’81 (Stearns County)
Leonard Weiler ’91 (Mille Lacs County) -
8th District
Stephanie Beckman ’03 (Meeker County)
Amy J. Doll ’03 (Grant County)
David L. Mennis ’85 (Swift County)
Jennifer K. Fischer ’93 (Kandiyohi County)
Randall J. Slieter ’86 (Renville County)
Rodney C. Hanson ’85 (Pope County)
Michael J. Thompson ’80 (Kandiyohi County Chief Judge)
Stephen J. Wentzell ’01 (Kandiyohi County) -
9th District
Jana Austad ’91 (Cass County)
Heidi M. Chandler ’95 (Itasca County)
Kristine R. DeMay ’95 (Crow Wing County)
David F. Hermerding ’93 (Aitkin County)
Earl E. Maus ’82 (Crow Wing County)
John G. Melbye ’95 (Beltrami County)
Robert D. Tiffany ’87 (Hubbard County)| -
10th District
Suzanne Bollman (Chicago County)
Amy R. Brosnahan ’99 (Isanti County)
Brianne J. Buccicone ’05 (Sherburne County)
Michele A. Davis ’98 (Wright County)
John Dehen ’88 (Isanti County)
Thomas M. Fitzpatrick ’81 (Anoka County)
Patrick W. Flanagan ’93 (Pine County)
Tammi A. Fredrickson ’92 (Anoka County)
Stephen M. Halsey ’78 (Wright County)
Stoney L. Hiljus ’95 (Kanabec County Chief)
John C. Hoffman ’82 (Washington County)
Jenny Walker Jasper ’87 (Anoka County)
Tad V. Jude ’77 (Washington County)
John D. Klossner ’02 (Isanti County)
Thomas R. Lehmann ’87 (Anoka County)
Nancy J. Logering ’85 (Anoka County)
John R. McBride ’77 (Washington County)
Catherine McPherson ’94 (Wright County)
Kathleen A. Mottl ’89 (Wright County)Robert G. Rancourt ’76 (Chisago County)
Todd R. Schoffelman ’94 (Chisago County)
Gary R. Schurrer ’77 (Washington County)
Elizabeth Strand ’98 (Wright County)
Dyanna L. Street ’94 (Anoka County)
Barry A. Sullivan ’83 (Anoka County)
Heather M. Wynn ’06 (Pine County) -
District Court Senior Judges
David Ackerson ’76
Diane Alshouse ’84
Hunter Anderson ’69
Thomas William Bibus ’79
Robert Birnbaum ’82
Steven Cahill ’76
Ann Carrott ’80
Gail Chang Bohr ’91
Casey J. Christian ’82
Bruce W. Christopherson ’67
Timothy K. Connell ’76
James Dehn ’75
Marybeth Dorn ’76
Steven E. Drange ’74
B. William Ekstrum ’79
James A. Fabian ’80
Paulette K. Flynn ’74
Conrad I. Freeberg ’80
Kathleen R. Gearin ’75
Sharon L. Hall ’79
Karla F. Hancock ’80
Debra Jacobson ’80
Gregg E. Johnson ’83
Philip T. Kanning ’74
William E. Macklin ’75
Elizabeth Hoene Martin ’80
Leslie M. Metzen ’79
James A. Morrow ’78
Roseanna Nathanson ’80
Cara Lee Neville ’75
Lynn C. Olson ’77
Richard Perkins ’78
James Reuter ’80
Gerald J. Seibel ’78
Joanne M. Smith ’77
Donald M. Spilseth ’78
Patrice Sutherland ’80
Heather L. Sweetland ’82
Mary J. Theisen ’84
Robert D. Walker ’75
Terrence Walters ’76
Fred W. Wellman ’74
Lucy A. Wieland ’82
Dale A. Wolf ’74
Richard Zimmerman ’80
Localities
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Minnesota Senate
Bobby Joe Champion ’95 (District 59)
Richard J. Cohen ’75 (District 64)
Nick Frentz ’87 (District 19)
Michelle Fischbach ’11 (District 13)
Melisa Lopez Franzen ’06 (District 49)
Scott Newman ’73 (District 18)
Jerry Ralph ’74 (District 14)
Torrey N. Westrom ’03 (District 12)
Charles Wiger Sr. ’77 (District 43) -
Minnesota House
Susan Allen ’00 (District 62B)
Jamie Becker-Finn ’11 (District 42B)
Mike Freiberg ’05 (District 45B)
Debra Hilstrom ’10 (District 40B)
John P. Lesch ’98 (District 66B)
Kelly O. Moller ’98 (District 42A)
Joyce J. Peppin ’13 (District 34A)
Nels Pierson III ’12 (District 26B)
Ruth A. Richardson ’06 (District 52B)
Dennis Smith ’00 (District 34B)
Jean Wagenius ’83 (District 63B)
Tou Xiong ’15 (District 53A) -
County Attorneys
James Austad (Lake of the Woods County)
James C. Backstrom ’78 (Dakota County)
Shane Baker ’97 (Kandiyohi County)
John Choi ’95 (Ramsey County)
Brent Christian ’96 (Le Sueur County)
Brett Corson ’89 (Fillmore County)
Jeffrey Edblad ’88 (Isanti County)
Michelle Eldien ’93 (Otter Tail County)
Michelle M. Zehnder Fischer ’94 (Nicollet County)
John L. Fossum ’93 (Rice County)
Reese Frederickson ’06 (Pine County)
Jonathan Frieden ’07 (Hubbard County)
Sherry E. Haley ’02 (Jackson County)
Chuck Hanson ’07 (Brown County)
Jeffrey L. Haubrich ’00 (Rock County)
Kathleen A. Heaney ’85 (Sherburne County)
Keith Helgeson ’91 (Yellow Medicine County)
Aaron Jordan ’01 (Stevens County)
Michael Junge ’82 (McLeod County)
Thomas N. Kelly ’83 (Wright County)
Kyra Ladd ’02 (Wadena County)
Chad Larson ’00 (Douglas County)
Stephen Lindee ’05 (Watonwan County)
Ben Lindstrom ’07 (Cass County)
Richard Maes ’14 (Lyon County)
Barbara A. McFadden (Kanabec County)
Daniel McIntosh ’01 (Steele County)
Mark Metz ’97 (Carver County)
Brenda Miller ’91 (Waseca County)
Phillip Miller ’90 (Benton County)
John J. Muhar ’77 (Itasca County)
Kristen Nelson ’96 (Mower County)
Danielle Olson ’05 (Swift County)
Peter Orput ’88 (Washington County)
Mark A. Ostrem ’97 (Olmsted County)
Anthony C. Palumbo ’79 (Anoka County)
Thomas Pertler ’89 (Carlton County)
Chuck Rasmussen ’88 (Todd County)
James Ratz ’94 (Aitken County)
Janet Reiter ’94 (Chisago County)
Mark Rubin ’78 (St. Louis County)
Donald F. Ryan ’88 (Crow Wing County)
Damain D. Sandy ’93 (Pipestone County)
David E. Schauer ’82 (Sibley County)
Travis J. Smith ’06 (Murray County)
Karin Sonneman ’89 (Winona County)
William J. Watson ’79 (Big Stone County) -
Saint Paul City Council
Jane Prince ’07
Chris Tolbert ’08 -
County Commissioner
Kathleen A. Gaylord ’79 (Dakota County Commissioner)
Tarryl L. Clark ’92 (Stearns County Commissioner)