Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Douglas P. Anderson to a Seventh Judicial District trial court bench judgeship in the city of Little Falls in Morrison County. This judgeship is a new position created by the 2007 Legislature (2007 Minnesota Laws, Chapter 54, Article 1, Section 5), which takes effect on January 1, 2008. The Supreme Court has certified the chambers of this position for the city of Little Falls in Morrison County.

Anderson is a partner with the Little Falls law firm of Rosenmeier, Anderson and Vogel. He has been an attorney with the firm and its predecessors, Rosenmeier and Simonett, and Rosenmeier and Anderson, since 1975. Anderson earned his juris doctorate degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1975 and his bachelor of arts degree summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota – Duluth, in 1972.

“Doug comes to this position with a wealth of civil trial experience, which will complement the Morrison County bench,” Governor Pawlenty said. “He is also a considerate and patient man who will make the parties that appear before him feel more at ease in what is often a tense time in their lives.”

Anderson is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association; Seventh District Bar Association, of which he is a past president; Seventh District Bar Ethics Committee, where he was chair for six years; and Morrison County Bar Association, currently serving as treasurer. He is also a member of Justice Minnesota, formerly known as the Minnesota Trail Lawyers Association; Central Minnesota Legal Services Advisory Board; John E. Simonett Inn of Court; Council for School Attorneys; is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association as well as a qualified neutral; and was a member of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. Anderson has been active in the Little Falls community for over 30 years, currently serving on the Boy Scouts of America Central Minnesota Council Advisory Board, Bank of the West Board of Directors, Little Falls Area Foundation Board member, First Lutheran Church chair of facilities and property commission, and team captain of the Community Paint-a-Thon.

Anderson, 57, was born in Hallock, and lives in Little Falls with his wife, Lois. They have two children, Lindsey, 26, and Todd, 21.