Vera Institute of Justice

Lola Velazquez-Aguilu is Vice President and Chief Counsel for Medtronic's Neuromodulation operating unit. She has previously served as lead counsel for the Brain Modulation business, which is one of the businesses within Neuromodulation, and before that, as litigation and investigations counsel in Medtronic’s litigation group. Prior to joining Medtronic, Lola served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Minnesota, where she was assigned to the white-collar and public corruption section of the criminal division. Before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Lola was a litigation associate at Dorsey and Whitney; she also clerked for retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan C. Page and U.S. District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery.

Lola is engaged in significant volunteer and pro-bono efforts outside of her work at Medtronic. She served as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the prosecution of the former Minneapolis police officers charged with the killing of George Floyd. Additionally, Lola served as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's appointed Chair of the Commission on Judicial Selection—a jointly appointed body that oversees the recruitment and recommendation of judicial nominees.