Appointed/Elected:

Appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty on Dec. 30, 2010.  Elected in 2012 and 2018. Current term expires Jan. 2025.

Education:

• J.D., magna cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1998
• B.A. in political science, cum laude, Kansas State University, 1995

Employment:

• General Counsel to Governor Tim Pawlenty, 2009-10
• Associate attorney, Morrison Fenske & Sund, P.A., 2007-09
• Attorney & partner, Rider Bennett, LLP, 2005-07
• Associate attorney, Rider Bennett, LLP, 2000-05
• Associate attorney, Briggs & Morgan, P.A., 1999-2000
• Law clerk to Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Joan Ericksen Lancaster, 1998-99

Professional Memberships:

• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Member, Hennepin County Bar Association
• Hennepin County Law Library Board of Trustees
• Douglas K. Amdahl Inn of Court
• Former Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Ethics Board
• Former board member, Minnesota District Judges Association

Professional and Community Activities:

• Article published in Bench & Bar of Minnesota, Vaccines and the Law, August 10, 2015
• Former chair, Minnetonka Park Board
• Former member, Lake Minnetonka/Excelsior Rotary

Assignment History:

• Civil, May 2019 – Present
• Family Presiding Judge, June 2016 – April 2019
• Family, Dec. 2011 – May 2016
• Criminal, Dec. 2010 - Nov. 2011