EDUCATION:

University of Minnesota, B.A.
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D.

REFEREE EXPERIENCE:

Appointed May 2013

• Juvenile Court: Delinquency and Petty Arraignments and Pretrials, Contested Evidentiary Hearings, Serious Traffic Matters, Truancy, Motions to Change Custody and for Parenting Time Assistance, State Wards. 

PRIOR LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

Law Clerk to the Honorable Susan N. Burke
Staff Attorney, Hennepin County Juvenile Court
 

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

• Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
  • Co-Chair of the Eliminating Racial Disparities Committee
  • Executive Steering Committee Member
  • Case Processing Committee Member
• MN Supreme Court Appointee to the School Safety and Technical Assistance Council
• Children’s Justice Initiative Member 
• Adjunct Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law
• District Chair of the Northern Star Council, Juvenile Diversion
• Former Member of the Family Violence Coordinating Council