[ST. PAUL, MN] – Governor Tim Walz today announced the appointment of Daniel Hawley as a District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Ninth Judicial District. Hawley will replace the Honorable Erik J. Askegaard and will be chambered in Aitkin in Aitkin County.

“Daniel Hawley is going to be a remarkable jurist,” said Governor Walz. “His distinguished career, marked by a breadth of experience across diverse areas of the law, will undoubtedly bring depth, balance, and fairness to the people of Aitkin County."

Minnesota’s Ninth Judicial District encompasses Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau Counties.

Daniel Hawley is a partner at Gammello-Pearson PLLC, where he practices in the areas of family law, criminal defense, civil litigation, real estate, corporate and business law, estate planning, and municipal law. In this role, he serves as defense counsel for the Crow Wing County DWI Court program. Hawley was previously an associate at Gammello-Pearson PLLC and a law clerk for the Honorable David J. Ten Eyck in the Ninth Judicial District. Hawley’s community involvement includes serving as vice president of the Aitkin/Crow Wing Bar Association and the 15th District Bar Association, president of the Crow Wing County Law Library Board of Trustees, and chair of the board of directors of Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity. He earned his B.A. from Grinnell College and his J.D. from Hamline University School of Law.

For more information about the judicial selection process, please visit the Governor’s Judicial Appointments webpage.