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