Fred W. Tiemann received his J.D. degree from the University of Notre Dame and his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota. He is a member in good standing of the Minnesota and Texas state bars and of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, the Southern District of Texas, and the Southern District of Alabama, and of the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals. He previously worked as an assistant state public defender in Minnesota and as an assistant federal public defender for the Southern and Northern Districts of Texas. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and various state criminal defense organizations.