Appointed/Elected:

Appointed on Dec. 12, 2000. Elected in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. Retired on Sept. 16, 2022. Appointed and assigned to serve statewide as Senior Judge from Dec. 19, 2022, to June 30, 2025.

Education:

J.D., Rutgers Law School, 1986
B.A., Smith College, 1977

Employment:

• Deputy Hennepin County Attorney, 1999
• Senior Hennepin County Attorney, Domestic Violence Unit, 1996
• Hennepin County Attorney Office - Criminal Trials, 1990
• Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, 1986

Additional Information:

Assignment History

• Criminal, 3/2013-9/2022
• Juvenile Court Presiding Judge, 11/2008-2/2013
• Juvenile, 7/2008-10/2008
• Felony Block, 3/2006-6/2008
• Juvenile, 1/2003-2/2006
• Criminal, 12/2000-12/2000

Judicial Activity

• Chair of the Fourth Judicial District committees on judicial education and mentoring of new judges
• Representative to the Fourth Judicial District Executive Committee
• Training Minnesota judges through Minnesota Supreme Court Judicial Education
• Instructor with the National Judicial College
• Past chair of the Hennepin County Fatality Review Project
• Past co-chair of the Hennepin County Bar Association's Juvenile Law Section, 2004
• Past chair of the multi-disciplinary committee on juvenile mental health issues