Lorie Gildea
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Lorie Skjerven Gildea is an Associate Justice (Seat #4) on the Minnesota Supreme Court, a position to which she was appointed on January 11, 2006 by Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
In the 2008 Minnesota Supreme Court elections, Gildea faces three challengers, Deborah Hedlund, Jill Clark and F. Richard Gallo in a non-partisan election for a six-year term on the bench. A four-way primary vote to narrow the field to two contenders for the November 4 general election takes place on September 9.[1],.[2],[3],[4]
Gildea grew up in Plummer, Minnesota. She earned her Juris Doctorate degree magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. in 1986 and her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, Morris in 1983. While in law school, Justice Gildea achieved high academic honors, including election to the Order of the Coif. She also served as an editor of the American Criminal Law Review.
Legal Career
Justice Gildea was associate general counsel for the University of Minnesota from 1993 to 2004, and an associate attorney with the law firm of Arent Fox in Washington, D.C. from 1986 to 1993. She was appointed to a Fourth Judicial District judgeship by Governor Pawlenty in September 2005 and as Associate Justice in January 2006. She had previously served, since 2004, as an Assistant Hennepin County Attorney.[5]
External Links
- Lorie Gildea for Justice, campaign website.
