After a legal career that included private practice, public service, and teaching law, he was appointed by Governor Tim Walz in 2023.
[6] He was later a partner at Greene Espel PLLP, where he represented clients in complex business and commercial disputes, in both litigation and arbitration.
[4] Announcing Procaccini's appointment, Walz said: "Karl understands how legal decisions impact the lives of Minnesotans.
[18] Procaccini achieved academic recognition while attending Harvard College, including being elected to Phi Beta Kappa,[19] being selected as a John Kenneth Galbraith Scholar, and receiving the John Petersen Elder,[20] James Gordon Bennett,[21] and Thomas T. Hoopes[22] prizes.
[25] Procaccini's published work includes an article in the Harvard Human Rights Journal about the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights,[26] an article in the University of St. Thomas Law Journal[27] about Minnesota's pardons process, and book chapters about attorney-client privilege.
While in Egypt, Procaccini worked as a band and history teacher and obtained a master's degree in international and comparative law from the American University in Cairo.