Appointed/Elected:Appointed on Jan. 20, 2006. Elected in 2008 and 2014. Her current term expires in January 2021.
Education:J.D., cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1990
B.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1984
Employment:Fourth Judicial District Referee, 2004-2006
Fourth Judicial District Child Support Magistrate, 1999-2004
Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings, 1997-1999
Attorney, Best and Flanagan, 1990-1997
Professional Memberships:
- Minnesota American Indian Bar Association, founding member and past treasurer
- July 2013 to present - Member – Judicial Council, Minnesota Judicial Branch
- 2014 to 2016 - President – Minnesota District Judges Foundation
- 2014 to 2018 Board Member – Minnesota District Judges Foundation
- 2017 to present - Chair – Human Resources/Education and Organization Development Committee, Minnesota Judicial Branch
Assignment History:
- Criminal, Mar. 2015 - Present
- Family, Nov. 2010- Feb. 2015
- Criminal, Jan. 2009-Oct. 2010
- Family, 2006-Dec. 2008