Saint Paul – Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Judge Vicki Landwehr and Judge Daniel Mabley, and the reappointment of Patrick Sexton to the Board on Judicial Standards. All three are appointed to four-year terms that expire on January 2, 2012.

Landwehr, of St. Cloud, is a Seventh Judicial District trial court judge in Stearns County. She has been a Seventh District judge since 1993, was assistant chief judge of the district from 1997 to 2000, and chief judge from 2000 to 2005. Landwehr has served on the Conference of Chief Judges, and the Supreme Court Judicial Evaluation Committee, and was named “Judge of the Year” in 2006 by the Minnesota Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. She has also been a member of the John E. Simonett American Inn of Court where she was president in 2002, Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), Stearns-Benton Bar Association, Seventh Judicial District Bar Ethics Committee, Minnesota Women Lawyers, Stearns County Family Violence Council, and co-chaired the MSBA’s Pro Se Implementation Committee. Landwehr earned her juris doctorate degree cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School and her bachelor of arts degree from State Cloud State University. Landwehr replaces the Honorable James Dehn as a trial court judge member of the board.

Mabley, of St. Louis Park, is a Fourth Judicial District trial court judge in Hennepin County where he currently serves in the court’s felony division and has previously served in the family, criminal, and civil divisions. He has been a Fourth District judge since 1992, and was chief judge of the district from 1996 to 2000. Mabley also served as an international judge in Kosovo from 2002 to 2003 through the United Nations International Judge program. He is a member of the Minnesota District Judges Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, and International Association of Arson Investigators. Mabley earned his juris doctorate degree from the University of Minnesota Law School and his bachelor of arts degree from Carlton College in Northfield. Mabley replaces the Honorable E. Anne McKinsey as a trial court judge member of the board.

Sexton, of Minneapolis, is the director of legislative affairs with the Minnesota Department of Commerce. He has previously held public relations and communications positions with Himle Horner, Inc., West Group, Honeywell, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, and Governor Arne Carlson’s office.

He is a member of the Supreme Court’s ad hoc Advisory Committee to Review the Judicial Code of Conduct, and has been a policy fellow with the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum, a member of the Minnesota State Board of Investment’s Investment Advisory Council, and a mentor for the University of Minnesota School of Journalism. Sexton earned his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sexton, who has been a member of the Judicial Standards Board since 2004 and is currently chair of the board, is reappointed as a public member.

The Board on Judicial Standards investigates allegations of misconduct by Minnesota judges and referees and recommends discipline to the Minnesota Supreme Court, including censure, suspension, retirement or removal of judges. The board consists of ten members appointed by the Governor, including one judge of the Court of Appeals, three trial court judges, two attorneys with at least ten years of experience in the state and four public members.