Dulce Foster ’98 Sworn in as U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota

Dulce Foster ’98 was recently sworn in as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.  

On Aug. 31, Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz administered the oath of office to Foster at the Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse in Minneapolis.

Before becoming a U.S. magistrate judge, Foster was a shareholder and former chair of the White Collar and Regulatory Defense Group at Fredrikson & Byron. During her tenure at Fredrikson, she litigated complex False Claims Act and civil business disputes, defended white collar criminal cases, and served as a Criminal Justice Act panel attorney. Foster’s practice also included managing internal and government investigations, developing compliance programs, and conducting anti-corruption due diligence for multi-national corporations.

Foster was the president of the Fredrikson & Byron charitable Foundation, an advisory board member of Children of Incarcerated Caregivers, treasurer of the U.S. District Court’s History Committee, and a member of the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance. She is a former executive board member of the Federal Bar Association’s Minnesota Chapter and former co-chair of its Diversity, Education, and Prisoner Transportation Project Committees. Foster previously served on the Minnesota Law Review Alumni Board, the Loan Repayment Assistance Program Board, U.S. District Court, District of the Federal Practice Committee of the U.S. Minnesota District Court, and the MSBA Criminal Law Accreditation Committee.

Foster devoted significant time doing pro bono work, representing plaintiffs in civil rights and domestic abuse cases, defending indigent clients in criminal cases, and helping victims of torture obtain political asylum in the United States. She has volunteered with the Advocates for Human Rights for many years, including work in Nepal to support a school for low-income children and work in Liberia with the Liberian Truth & Reconciliation Commission.

Before joining Fredrikson & Byron in 2000, Foster served as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge John R. Tunheim '80.

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