Duffy among candidates for judgeships

The Commission on Judicial Selection has announced that it is recommending five candidates for consideration to fill two vacancies in Minnesota’s Ninth Judicial District. Pennington County Attorney Seamus Duffy is one of the candidates being recommended. Duffy was previously an assistant public defender in the Ninth Judicial District and an attorney at Duffy Law Office. Duffy’s community involvement includes serving as a member of the Pennington County DWI Court and a lecturer at Northland Community and Technical College. His community involvement also includes volunteering with the Thief River Falls Amateur Hockey Association and the Thief River Falls Archery Club. Other candidates include Itasca County Attorney Matti Adam; Tom Kuesel, solo practitioner at Tom Kuesel, P.A.; Clearwater County Attorney Kathryn Lorsbach and Assistant Beltrami County Attorney Symon Schindler-Syme. One of the vacancies occurred upon the retirement of the Honorable Shari R. Schluchter, and the other vacancy will occur upon the retirement of the Honorable Darlene Rivera Spalla. These seats will be chambered in Bemidji in Beltrami County and Mahnomen in Mahnomen County.