The Commission on Judicial Selection announced Thursday, Dec. 24, is recommending three candidates for consideration to fill a vacancy in Minnesota’s 7th Judicial District.
The vacancy occurred upon the retirement of Judge Barbara Hanson. The seat will be chambered in Fergus Falls in Otter Tail County. Among the three candidates for the bench is Heidi Schultz.
Schultz currently serves as an assistant Todd County attorney, where she prosecutes adult criminal cases of all levels. Previously, she was a partner at Swenson Lervick Syverson Trosvig Jacobson Schultz Cass, P.A. Schultz has also served as an assistant county attorney in Douglas, Olmsted and St. Louis counties. She clerked for Judge Mark Munger.
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Schultz currently serves on the board of directors of Alexandria Dollars for Scholars and the Alexandria Figure Skating Club. She is a prior board member of the United Way of Douglas and Pope counties and a past member of the Douglas County Domestic Violence Task Force. Schultz has also served on the Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Also nominated for the seat are first-term Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd and Detroit Lakes attorney Simon George. Minnesota’s 7th Judicial District consists of Becker, Benton, Clay, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Stearns, Todd and Wadena counties. For more information about the judicial selection process, visit https://bit.ly/2KFRGqr .
