Appointed/Elected:

Appointed chief judge of the Court of Appeals by Governor Tim Walz, effective January 1, 2025.

Appointed to the Court of Appeals on May 4, 2020, by Governor Tim Walz. Elected in 2022. Current term expires Jan. 2029.

Appointed to District Court January 13, 2014, by Governor Mark Dayton. 

Education:

• B.A. Macalester College, magna cum laude
• J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, cum laude

Employment History:

• Senior Associate General Counsel, University of Minnesota
• Attorney, Kelly & Berens, P.A. 

Advisory or Policy-Making Positions:

• Member, Minnesota Judicial Council
• Chair, Court Operations Policy and Strategy Committee
• Member, Governor’s Council on Justice Reinvestment in Minnesota
• Member, Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee, Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure
• Member, Civil Litigation Council, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Faculty, Judicial Trial Skills Program
• Member, Judicial Trial Skills Program Re-design Committee
• Member, New Judge Orientation Re-design Committee
• Member, Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee, General Rules of Practice for District Courts
• Member, Federal Practice Committee, United States District Court, District of Minnesota

Professional and Community Activities:

• Board Member, Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society
• Member, Macalester College Twin Cities Advisory Task Force
• Supervising Judge, Mitchell Hamline School of Law Judicial Externship Program
• Supervising Judge, University of Minnesota Law School Judicial Externship Program
• Presiding Judge, Law in Practice Chambers Conference, University of Minnesota Law School
• Legal Writing and Moot Court Instructor, University of Minnesota Law School
• Volunteer, Minnesota High School Mock Trial
• Volunteer, Ramsey County Bar Association Claire’s Court Program
• Volunteer, Ramsey County Job Shadow Program
• Volunteer, Neighborhood House Food Shelf
• Volunteer, Meals on Wheels

Academic Positions:

• Moot Court Instructor, University of Minnesota Law School
• Legal Writing Instructor, University of Minnesota Law School
• Adjunct Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law