Background
Yetka, Lawrence Robert was born on October 1, 1924 in Cloquet, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frank and Martha (Norkowski) Yetka.
Yetka, Lawrence Robert was born on October 1, 1924 in Cloquet, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frank and Martha (Norkowski) Yetka.
He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1948, and served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1951 to 1961.
Founder, partner firm, Yetka & Newby, Cloquet, 1949-1973;
special municipal judge, 1960-1964;
city attorney, Cloquet, 1964-1973;
attorney, Duluth Port Authority, 1957-1960;
attorney, Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, 1970-1973;
The American Association For Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, St. Paul, 1973-1993. Attorney, director Carlton County Federal Savings & Loan Association, 1958-1973. Chairman State Judicial Council, 1974-1982, Select Committee on State Judicial System, 1974-1977,State Judicial Planning Agency, 1976-1984.
Delaware, 12 state Democratic conversations,1948-1972, Democratic National Convention, 1956, 64, 68. Chairman Students for Humphrey for Mayor, 1947. Democratic Farmer Labor county officer, 1948-1972, (8th District), 1962-1966.
State Democratic vice chairman, 1966-1970. Member Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-1961. Chairman House Judicial Committee, 1955-1961, assistant majority leader, 1959-1961.
Graduate Appellate Judges Seminar sponsored by Institute Judicial Administration at New York University Law School, 1976.
Member American Bar Association, Minnesota Bar Association, Carlton County Bar Association (president 1963-1973), American Judicature Society, Institute Judicial Administration.
Married Ellen Marie Fuller, November 11, 1950. Children: Frank Barry, Lawrence George, Christopher Hubert.