ST. PAUL, MN - Today Governor Mark Dayton announced the following appointees as district members of the Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection. The terms of these district members will expire on Monday, January 7, 2019.

Nancy Platto - Chaska, MN
First Judicial District Attorney Member
Reappointment

Mary Stapleton - Chaska, MN
First Judicial District Non-Attorney Member
Reappointment

Molly Borg Thornton - St. Paul, MN
Second Judicial District Attorney Member
Reappointment

Tiffany Orth - St. Paul, MN
Second Judicial District Non-Attorney Member
Replacing: Yvonne Cheung Ho

Mark Walbran - Owatonna, MN
Third Judicial District Attorney Member
Reappointment

Linda Lares - Albert Lea, MN
Third Judicial District Non-Attorney Member
Reappointment

Martin Costello - Minneapolis, MN
Fourth Judicial District Attorney Member
Reappointment

Sondra Samuels - Minneapolis, MN
Fourth Judicial District Non-Attorney Member
Reappointment

Lynn Johnson - Slayton, MN
Fifth Judicial District Attorney Member
Replacing: Margaret Erickson

James Hepworth - Lake Crystal, MN
Fifth Judicial District Non-Attorney Member
Replacing: Richard Davenport

Daniel Lew - Duluth, MN
Sixth Judicial District Attorney Member
Replacing: Sharon Chadwick

Nevada Littlewolf - Virginia, MN
Sixth Judicial District Non-Attorney Member
Reappointment

Steven Rufer- Fergus Falls, MN
Seventh Judicial District Attorney Member
Reappointment

Jane Olsen - St. Cloud, MN
Seventh Judicial District Non-Attorney Member
Reappointment

The Honorable John Lindstrom - New London, MN
Eighth Judicial District Attorney Member
Reappointment

Colleen Thompson Michels - Spicer, MN
Eighth Judicial District Non-Attorney Member
Reappointment

Leonard Fineday - Cass Lake, MN
Ninth Judicial District Attorney Member
Replacing: Larke Huntley

Robert Johnson - Ramsey, MN
Tenth Judicial District Attorney Member
Reappointment

Judy Duffy - Birchwood, MN
Tenth Judicial District Non-Attorney Member
Reappointment

The Commission on Judicial Selection solicits, considers, and recommends candidates to the Governor for vacancies in the District Trial Courts and the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. Upon request by the Governor, the Commission has also considered candidates to the appellate courts. It is a joint Commission, appointed by the Governor and the Supreme Court, and made up of nine at-large members, including the Chair, and four district members from each of the ten Judicial Districts. Commission members appointed by the Governor, including the Chair, serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

More information on the Commission on Judicial Selection and Governor Dayton's judicial appointments can be found at http://mn.gov/governor/appointments/judicial-appointments/