David Lillehaug
Minnesota Supreme Court
Appointed/Elected:
Appointed on Mar. 26, 2013, by Governor Mark Dayton, effective June 3, 2013. Elected in 2014. Current term expires Jan. 2021.
Education:
J.D. cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1979.
B.A. summa cum laude, Augustana College, 1976.
Employment:
Law Clerk to the Hon. Harry MacLaughlin, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1979-81.
Issues Aide and Executive Assistant to the Hon. Walter Mondale, 1983-1984.
United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, 1994-1998.
Private Practice, 1981-1983, 1984-1994, 1998-2013. Last Position: Officer/Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, 2002-2013.
Professional Memberships:
Minnesota State Bar Association: Governing Council, Civil Litigation Section, 1987-1990; Author’s Award, 1990; Founding Chair, Construction Law Section, 1989-1991; Advisory Committee, Mock Trial Program, 2012-present.
Honors:
Outstanding Alumnus Award, Augustana College, 2006.
Minnesota Lawyer Attorney of the Year, 2009.
Hall of Fame, Sioux Falls Washington High School, 2012.
- Justice
- Minnesota Supreme Court
- - Current
- Officer/Shareholder
- Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
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- Attorney
- Private Practice
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- Private Practice, 1981-1983, 1984-1994, 1998-2002.
- United States Attorney
- District of Minnesota
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- Issues Aide and Executive Assistant
- Hon. Walter Mondale
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- Law Clerk
- Hon. Harry MacLaughlin, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
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- Harvard Law School
- J.D. (1979) | Law
- Honors: cum laude
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- Augustana College
- B.A. (1976)
- Honors: summa cum laude
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- Hall of Fame
- Sioux Falls Washington High School
- Attorney of the Year
- Minnesota Lawyer
- Augustana College
- Outstanding Alumnus Award
- Mock Trial Program
- Advisory Committee
- - Current
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- Construction Law Section
- Founding Chair
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- Minnesota State Bar Association: Governing Council, Civil Litigation Section
- Member
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