Appointed/Elected:

Appointed January 18, 2019, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2020. Current term expires January 2027.
 

Education:

J.D., cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1993
B.A., magna cum laude, College of St. Thomas, 1990
 

Past Employment:

• Senior Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, 2013 to 2019
• Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, 1993 to 2013

Judicial Committees: 

• Co-chair of Domestic Violence Steering Committee
• Member, Children’s Justice Initiative
• Board Member, Youth Coordinating Board
• Representative, Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee

Professional and Community Activities: 

• Adjunct Professor, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
• Minnesota District Judges Foundation
• Minnesota District Judges Association
• Former member, National District Attorney’s Association
• Former member, Minnesota County Attorney’s Association

Assignment History:

• Presiding Judge in Juvenile - November 2023 to present
• Criminal Court - January 2019 to September 2021
• Juvenile – September 2021 to present