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