Albert Lea – Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the appointment of Steven R. Schwab to a Third Judicial District trial court bench vacancy in the city of Albert Lea in Freeborn County. The vacancy occurred with the retirement of the Honorable James E. Broberg on April 29, 2008.
Schwab is the Albert Lea City Attorney, a position he has held since 1989. He was a corporate attorney with Farm Credit Service of Mankato from 1986 through 1988, and an associate attorney as well as an assistant Brown County attorney with the Berens, Rodenberg and O’Connor Law Firm in New Ulm from 1982 to 1986. Schwab earned his juris doctorate degree from St. Louis University Law School in St. Louis, Missouri in 1982, and his bachelor of science degree from St. John’s University in Collegeville in 1979.
“Steve brings a broad legal background and a demonstrated willingness to take on an additional workload to the bench,” Governor Pawlenty said. “He will be an immediate asset to the judicial system in the disposition of the court’s large caseload.”
Schwab is a member and past president of the Freeborn County Bar Association, a member and past president of the Minnesota City Attorney’s Association, and a member and former chair of the 10th District Ethics Committee. He is also a member and past president of the Albert Lea Rotary, a member and past president of the Albert Lea Exchange Club, a member of the Albert Lea Family Y Board of Directors, a board member of Group Support Services, and a mock trial coach for Albert Lea High School. Schwab, 51, was born in New Ulm, and lives in Albert Lea with his three children, Gracie, 23, Eric, 20, and Katie, 16.
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