Goggins a finalist for First District Bench

 
Patrick Goggins, a partner at Wornson, Goggins, Neisen, Morris & Brever law firm in New Prague, was one of three finalists named Monday, July 24 for an upcoming vacancy on the First Judicial bench. The vacancy will be chambered in Shakopee and is due to the upcoming retirement of the Hon. Diane M Hanson. The Commission of Judicial Selection submitted the names of three candidates for the post to Gov. Mark Dayton. 
In addition to his law practice, Goggins is also a Defense Counsel at Le Sueur County Drug Court, and previously was an attorney at the First Judicial District Public Defender’s Office, and a law clerk in the Dakota County Attorney’s Office.  Mr. Goggins is a member of the St. Wenceslaus Grade School Board, former president of the New Prague Chamber of Commerce and the Eighth District Bar Association, and a youth coach for both the New Prague Hockey and Baseball Associations.
He is the son of former Judge Robert Goggins and brother of current First District Judge Colleen Goggins King, both also New Prague residents. 
Other candidates for the position include: Tanya O’Brien, an Assistant Ramsey County Attorney and former Assistant Scott County Attorney, and Paula Duggan Vraa, a partner at Larson King, LLP and a former adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and the University of St. Thomas School of Law.  
An announcement of the appointment will be made following an interview process over the next few weeks.

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