ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton today announced the appointment of Jeffrey M. Johnson as a District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Third Judicial District. Mr. Johnson will be replacing the Honorable Thomas M. Neuville, and will be chambered at Faribault in Rice County.

“I am pleased to appoint Mr. Jeffrey Johnson to serve as District Court Judge,” said Governor Dayton. “Mr. Johnson will bring a breadth of public and private sector experience to the bench. I thank Mr. Johnson for his continued service to the people of Minnesota.”

Johnson previously served as the Third Judicial District Chief Public Defender. Previously, he was the interim Managing Attorney and an Assistant Public Defender in the Third Judicial District Public Defender’s Office, the president of Jeffrey M. Johnson, P.A., and a partner at Schurhammer & Johnson, P.A. He earned his B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College and his J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law.

Minnesota’s Third Judicial District consists of Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, and Winona Counties.