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Jana Austad
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Jana Austad is a district court judge for the Ninth District in Cass County, Minnesota. Austad was appointed by Governor Mark Dayton in April of 2013.[1]
She was re-elected in 2014 for a term that expires in 2020.[2]
Elections
2014
See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2014
Austad ran for re-election to the Ninth Judicial District.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the primary on August 12, 2014.
General: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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Education
Austad received her B.A. from Augsburg College and her J.D. from the William Mitchell College of Law in 1991.[1][3]
Career
Austad was the managing attorney in the Brainerd Regional Office of the Minnesota Public Defender. Before that, Austad was with Kief, Fuller, Baer and Wallner, Ltd. as a private practice attorney.[4]
Awards and associations
- Volunteer, Sharing Bread Soup Kitchen
- Member, League of Women Voters
- Former board member, Perry Creek Preschool[4]
See also
- Minnesota judicial elections, 2014
- Minnesota judicial elections
- Minnesota Ninth Judicial District
- Cass County, Minnesota
- Minnesota
External links
- Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 7, 2014
- GrandRapidsMN.com, "Governor Dayton appoints Jana M. Austad, Anne M. Rasmusson, and Judge Korey Wahwassuck to fill Ninth Judicial District vacancies," April 23, 2013
- Crookstontimes.com, "UPDATE: 'Excited, thrilled' Rasmusson, appointed judge, won't have to leave Crookston," April 24, 2013
- WalkerMN.com, "Gov. Dayton appoints three to fill Ninth Judicial District vacancies," April 25, 2013
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Minnesota Post Online, "Gov. Dayton appoints three judges for northern Minnesota," April 23, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 7, 2014
- ↑ William Mitchell College of Law Alumni, "Gov. Dayton appoints Jana Austad ’91 as judge in the Ninth Judicial District," April 24, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Brainerd Dispatch, "Brainerd public defender appointed to Cass bench," April 23, 2013
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Minnesota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Minnesota
State courts:
Minnesota Supreme Court • Minnesota Court of Appeals • Minnesota District Courts • Minnesota Problem-Solving Courts • Minnesota Tax Court • Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals
State resources:
Courts in Minnesota • Minnesota judicial elections • Judicial selection in Minnesota
