Keiko L. Sugisaka (’96) Named to Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection

Governor Mark Dayton has announced the appointment of Keiko L. Sugisaka (’96) to a three-year term as an at-large member of the state’s Commission on Judicial Selection. The commission solicits judicial candidates, evaluates applicants, and recommends nominees to the governor.

Sugisaka is the chair of the Tort & Product Liability Practice Group at the Minneapolis law firm Maslon, as well as a partner and trial lawyer in the firm’s Litigation Group. She is responsible for handling state and federal cases nationwide involving product liability defense, intellectual property, trade secret misappropriation, commercial disputes, and business torts. Previously, she was an assistant attorney general for the state of Minnesota, an intellectual property litigation associate at Robins Kaplan, and a law clerk to former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan C. Page (’78).

Sugisaka serves as the vice chair of Minnesota’s 4th Judicial District Ethics Committee and is a member of the Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Minnesota Women Lawyers, and the Federal Bar Association Diversity Committee. She is also a volunteer attorney for the Pro Se Project, The Advocates for Human Rights, the Volunteer Lawyers Network, and the Minnesota Federal Court Open Doors Program.