Daniel Hawley named judge in 9th Judicial District

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Gov. Tim Walz has announced the appointment of Daniel Hawley as a district court judge in Minnesota’s 9th Judicial District. Hawley will replace Judge Erik J. Askegaard and will be chambered in Aitkin in Aitkin County.

“Daniel Hawley is going to be a remarkable jurist,”  Walz said in a news release. “His distinguished career, marked by a breadth of experience across diverse areas of the law, will undoubtedly bring depth, balance, and fairness to the people of Aitkin County.”

Minnesota’s 9th Judicial District encompasses Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau Counties.

Hawley is a partner at Gammello-Pearson PLLC, where he practices in the areas of family law, criminal defense, civil litigation, real estate, corporate and business law, estate planning, and municipal law. He serves as defense counsel for the Crow Wing County DWI Court program.

Hawley was previously a law clerk for Judge David J. Ten Eyck in the 9th Judicial District. Hawley served as vice president of the Aitkin/Crow Wing Bar Association and the 15th District Bar Association, president of the Crow Wing County Law Library Board of Trustees, and chair of the board of directors of Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity.

He earned his B.A. from Grinnell College and his J.D. from Hamline University School of Law.