Appointed/Elected:
Appointed January 18, 2019, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2020. Current term expires January 2027.
Education:
J.D.,
cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1993
B.A.,
magna cum laude, College of St. Thomas, 1990
Past Employment:
- Senior Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, 2013 to 2019
- Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, 1993 to 2013
Judicial Committees:
- Co-chair of Domestic Violence Steering Committee
- Member, Children’s Justice Initiative
- Board Member, Youth Coordinating Board
- Representative, Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
Professional and Community Activities:
- Adjunct Professor, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- Minnesota District Judges Foundation
- Minnesota District Judges Association
- Former member, National District Attorney’s Association
- Former member, Minnesota County Attorney’s Association
Assignment History:
- Presiding Judge in Juvenile - November 2023 to present
- Criminal Court - January 2019 to September 2021
- Juvenile – September 2021 to present