Churchwell appointed to Seventh District Bench

Barbara L. Jones//December 23, 2016//

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On Friday, Gov. Mark Dayton announced the appointment of Timothy M. Churchwell as District Court judge in Minnesota’s Seventh Judicial District. Churchwell is replacing Judge David R. Battey, and will be chambered at Alexandria in Douglas County.

Churchwell is a shareholder at Peters & Churchwell, P.A. and is also an Assistant Seventh District Judicial District Public Defender. Previously, he was an attorney at the law firms Brown & Sellnow and Curott & Jesse, and a judicial law clerk to Judge Lawrence T. Collins. Mr. Churchwell earned his B.A. from Northern Illinois University and his J.D. from Hamline University School of Law.

Churchwell serves on the Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. He is also a member of the Todd-Wadena Community Corrections Board and Swanville Lion’s Club, and past chair of the Todd County Law Library Board of Trustees.

Minnesota’s Seventh Judicial District consists of Becker, Benton, Clay, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Stearns, Todd, and Wadena Counties.