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Governor Tim Walz announced the appointment of Veena Iyer as District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Second Judicial District. Iyer will be replacing the Honorable JaPaul J. Harris. The seat will be chambered in St. Paul in Ramsey County.
“I am honored to appoint Veena Iyer to the Ramsey County bench,” said Governor Walz. “Her diverse practice background and understanding of the impact that our justice system has on the many communities it serves gives me the confidence that she will be a fair and balanced judge.”
Veena Iyer is the executive director of the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. She was previously a shareholder at Nilan Johnson Lewis and an Equal Justice Works fellow at Legal Aid Chicago. Iyer was also a law clerk for the Honorable Natalie Hudson on the Minnesota Court of Appeals, the Honorable Susan Burke on the Fourth Judicial District, and the Honorable Matthew Kennelly on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Her community involvement includes leadership roles with the Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association and Minnesota Women Lawyers. Iyer also serves on the Board of Regents of Augsburg University and the Community Advisory Board of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and J.D. from Harvard Law School.
