Alumni News: Governor Tim Walz Appoints Lisa Beane ’13 and Anne M. Rasmusson ’99 to the Minnesota Court of Appeals

In December, Governor Tim Walz announced the appointment of Lisa Beane ’13 and the Honorable Anne M. Rasmusson ’99 to the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Beane and Rasmusson will fill the vacancies that will occur upon the retirement of the Honorable Louise Dovre Bjorkman and the Honorable Randall J. Slieter. Beane will replace the Honorable Louise Dovre Bjorkman, who serves in an at-large capacity. Rasmusson will replace the Honorable Randall J. Slieter, whose seat is designated for Minnesota’s Seventh Congressional District. 

Beane is a senior associate general counsel in the University of Minnesota's Office of the General Counsel. She previously was an associate in the Minneapolis office of Jones Day and at Robins Kaplan LLP. Beane also previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota and Minnesota Supreme Court. Her community involvement includes serving on the boards of the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association and the Minnesota Women Lawyers Foundation. Beane earned her B.A. from Augustana College, her M.P.A. from the University of Wisconsin, LaFollette School of Public Affairs, her M.A. in political science from Pennsylvania State University, and her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. 

Rasmusson is the assistant chief judge of the Ninth Judicial District and is chambered in Polk County. Through her work, she established and served on the White Earth/Mahnomen DWI and Drug Courts, and the DWI Courts for Polk, Red Lake, and Norman counties. Rasmusson was previously a partner at Rust, Stock, & Rasmusson, P.A. She is chair of the Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the General Rules of Practice, chair of the Ninth Judicial District Case Flow Committee, and a member of the Children’s Justice Initiative Committee.  Rasmusson’s community involvement includes chairing the RiverView Healthcare Association Board of Directors and the Polk County Developmental Achievement Center. She earned her B.A. from St. Catherine University, M.A. from the University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Policy, and her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.

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