Appointed/Elected:

Appointed Dec. 30, 2010, by Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Elected in 2012, 2018, and 2024.
 

Education:

J.D., California Western School of Law, 2000
B.A., University of St. Thomas, 1997
 

Employment:

Howse & Thompson, P.A., 2005 - 2010
Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry, 2003 - 2005
Minnesota House of Representatives, 2003
Himle Horner, Inc., 2000-2002
 

Professional Memberships:

• Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence, member (November 2024 – present)
• National Judicial College, faculty (November 2019 – present)
• Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), member (2001 – present)
• Hennepin County Bar Association, member (2001 – present)
• MSBA Civil Litigation Section Council, member (2023 – 2025)
• Judicial Council, at-large member (2018 – 2024)
• Pretrial Release Initiative Implementation Steering Committee, member (2018 – 2019)
• Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Procedure Governing Proceedings Under the Minnesota Commitment and Treatment Acts, chair (2015 – 2018)
• MN Supreme Court Joint Workgroup for Mental Health Evaluations in Criminal Proceedings (Minn. R. Crim. Pro. 20), chair (2017)
• Governor’s Task Force on Mental Health, member (2016)
• MN WINGS (Working Interdisciplinary Network of Guardianship Stakeholders) Steering Committee, member (2015 – 2016)
• Eldercaring Coordination Pilot Project, administrator (2015 – 2016)
• Minnesota District Judges Association, board member (2011 – 2012)

Assignment:

• Civil - July 2019 to present
• Criminal - July 2016 to June 2019
• Probate/Mental Health Presiding Judge - March 2013 to June 2016
• Criminal - January 2011 to February 2013