Appointed/Elected:

Appointed July 11, 2016, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2018. Current term expires Jan. 2025.

Professional and Community Activities:

• Chair, Fourth Judicial District Facilities and Security Committee
• Member, Fourth Judicial District Executive Committee
• Member, Board of Directors, Minnesota Volunteer Lawyers Network (2022 to present)
• Minnesota Lavender Bar Association (Board member, 2020 to present; Member, 2017 to present)
• Minnesota State Canvassing Board (2020)
• Minnesota Campaign Finance & Public Disclosure Board (Chair, 2016; Member, 2013 to 2016)
• Volunteer high school mock trial judge, Minnesota State Bar Association (2015 to present)
• Board of Directors, Consumer Credit of Minnesota (2015 to 2016)
• GED tutor, Open Door Learning Center (North Minneapolis), Minnesota Literacy Council (2014 to 2019)
• Minnesota State Bar Association (1996 to present)
• Washington State Bar Association (2004 to 2016)

Past Employment:

Attorney, Christian Sande LLC (2006 to 2016)
Attorney, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. (1996 to 2005)

 

Education:

J.D., cum laude, William Mitchell College of Law (1996)
B.A., International Relations, Hamline University (1990)

Assignment History: 

Civil/Criminal, August 3, 2020 - Present
Family, April 14, 2017 - July 31, 2020
Criminal,  July 11, 2016 - Present

Practice Pointers and Preferences
Trial Ground Rules