ST. PAUL, MN - The Commission on Judicial Selection announced today that it is recommending three candidates for consideration to fill a vacancy in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District. This vacancy will occur upon the retirement of the Honorable Kristin A. Siegesmund. This seat will be chambered in Minneapolis in Hennepin County.

Emily Froehle: Emily Froehle is an assistant county attorney in the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, where she prosecutes serious felony matters. She was previously an assistant public defender in Hennepin County and a law clerk for the Honorable Gina M. Brandt and the Honorable Mark S. Wernick in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District. She is a member of the MSBA’s Access to Justice Committee, the Hennepin County Bar Association Bar Memorial Committee, and the MSBA General Assembly. Her community involvement includes serving as a volunteer at Cornerstone and as a mock trial judge for both the MSBA and YMCA.

Jennifer Olson: Jennifer Olson is an assistant attorney general in the Employment, Torts, and Public Utilities Commission Division in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, where she defends constitutional, statutory, employment, and tort litigation on behalf of the State of Minnesota and state agencies. She was previously a partner at Best & Flanagan LLP, where she served as the firm’s pro bono partner, and an associate attorney at Stinson LLP. Olson’s community involvement includes serving on the boards of the Volunteer Lawyers Network Benefactors and the Minnesota Justice Foundation. She has also served in various leadership roles with the Hennepin County Bar Association and on the MSBA’s Pro Bono Council. Olson has also volunteered as a pro bono attorney with the Advocates for Human Rights, representing clients seeking asylum.

Andrew Tweeten: Andrew Tweeten is an assistant United States attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, where he pursues affirmative health care fraud matters on behalf of the United States and defends a wide variety of civil claims against federal officers and agencies. He was previously an assistant attorney general in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office and a law clerk for the Honorable Donald W. Molloy of the United States District Court for the District of Montana and the Honorable Sidney R. Thomas of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. His community involvement includes singing and volunteering with One Voice Mixed Chorus. He also volunteers with the Minnesota Urban Debate League and judges college and high school mock trial and moot court competitions.

For more information about the judicial selection process, please visit the Governor’s Judicial Appointments webpage .