Governor Names Veena Iyer As District Judge In Minnesota

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India-West News Desk

ST. PAUL, MN – Governor Tim Walz announced the appointments of Veena Iyer and Jennifer Verdeja as District Court Judges in Minnesota’s Second Judicial District.

“I am honored to appoint Veena Iyer to the Ramsey County bench,” said Governor Walz in a statement. “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, Susan Burke on the Fourth Judicial District, and 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.