ST. PAUL, MN – Today, Governor Mark Dayton announced the appointment of Sarah L. McBroom as a District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Ninth Judicial District. Ms. McBroom will be replacing the Honorable of the Honorable Lois J. Lang, and will be chambered at Grand Rapids in Itasca County. 

 

“Ms. Sarah McBroom has demonstrated a strong commitment to her community through her extensive professional accomplishments and volunteer committee work,” said Governor Dayton. “Ms. McBroom’s time as a staff attorney and judicial law clerk will serve her well as a District Court Judge for the Ninth Judicial District.”

 

Minnesota’s Ninth Judicial District consists of Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau Counties.

 

More information on the Commission on Judicial Selection, as well as vacancies it is currently considering, can be found at http://mn.gov/governor/appointments/judicial-appointments/. 

 

About Sarah L. McBroom: 

Ms. McBroom is a staff attorney at Legal Aid Service of Northeast Minnesota, where she represents clients in administrative, family, housing, expungement, and child protection matters. Previously, she was a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Paul H. Anderson, Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. She earned her B.A. from St. Olaf College and her J.D. from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. 

 

Ms. McBroom is a member of the Housing Issues Advisory Committee and Circles of Healing, and serves as Board Chair of KOOTASCA Community Action and Board Vice Chair of Second Harvest North Central Food Bank.

 

A headshot of Ms. McBroom is attached.