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The first woman appointed to the Ninth
Judicial District trial court bench, Judge Lois J. Lang, has
used her considerable experience and principled background to
serve the people of the Ninth Judicial District since 1994. |
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Judge Lang was appointed a District Court Judge by
the Governor following screening by the Commission on Judicial
Selection. She was
elected to a six-year term as Ninth Judicial District trial
court judge in 1996. Judge
Lang was re-elected in 2002 and 2008. |
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Prior
to being appointed to the bench, Judge Lang practiced law in
Bemidji, Minnesota, from 1979 to 1994. She was an attorney
with the Powell Law Office and in 1983 became a partner in
Powell and Lang. Judge Lang has over 30 years experience
as an attorney and judge and has spent her entire legal career
in the Ninth Judicial District. |
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One of
five children, Judge Lang grew up on a farm near Henning,
Minnesota. Her father worked on the ore boats on the Great
Lakes and her mother was a homemaker. |
