Appointed/Elected:

Appointed Nov. 1, 2016, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2018. Current term expires Jan. 2025.
 

Education:

J.D., University of Minnesota Law School
B.A., University of Notre Dame
 

Past Employment:

• Judicial Referee, Family Court Division, Fourth Judicial District
• Attorney and shareholder, Henson & Efron, P.A.
• Assistant Hennepin County Attorney
• Assistant Minneapolis City Attorney
• Judicial law clerk, Honorable Richard B. Solum, Fourth Judicial District

Professional and Community Activities:

• Chair, Mental Health Gap Workgroup, July 2021 to present
• Former Co-Chair, Second Judicial District/Ramsey County Pretrial Justice Committee
• Former Chair, Ramsey County Family Violence Coordinating Council
• Former member, Ramsey County Corrections Advisory Board
• Former Board Member, The Arc Greater Twin Cities

Assignment History:

• Behavioral Health Assignment (treatment court, incompetency “Rule 20” court and civil commitment), December 2023 to present
• Civil Division, August, 2022-December, 2023
• Civil commitment and juvenile delinquency, March 2019-August, 2022
• Criminal, November 2016-March 2019