Monthly Meeting - June 2024 - Revitalizing Minneapolis and Beyond
2024-06-05 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | The Minneapolis Club, 729 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55402, United States
EVENT INFORMATION
Andy Luger is serving his second five-year term as the US Attorney General in Minnesota. In the period between his two terms, he realized there were substantial differences in the issues facing Minnesota. Violent crime and gang activity rose significantly. Believing “there is no magic solution” to this problem, Attorney Luger will describe his aggressive fight to eradicate violent crime and the progress made to date. It’s his passion to return Minneapolis and Minnesota to where we were before the Pandemic. You will learn in this talk what the difference is in state and federal crime fighting procedures and how he and his team have achieved significant wins.
SPEAKER INFORMATION

Andrew M. Luger was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden and sworn in on March 30, 2022, as the 37th United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota. As U.S. Attorney, Mr. Luger leads an office responsible for prosecuting federal crimes in the district, including crimes related to terrorism, violent crime, narcotics, child exploitation, human trafficking, fraud, public corruption, and tribal justice issues. The office is also responsible for representing the United States in affirmative and defensive civil cases, as well as assisting communities throughout Minnesota in community-building efforts designed to enhance public safety.

Prior to returning to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Luger was a partner at the law firm Jones Day since 2017. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Luger served as the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota. He was a partner at the law firm Greene Espel in Minneapolis from 1996 to 2014. Mr. Luger previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota and for the Eastern District of New York.

Mr. Luger received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1985 and his B.A., summa cum laude, from Amherst College in 1981.

RECORDED SESSION
If you missed the in-person session, we invite you to review the recorded session below.

https://mwer.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Zoom-2024-06.mp4
