Appointed/Elected:
Elected Nov. 2012 and 2018. Retired on Mar. 4, 2022. Appointed and assigned to serve statewide as Senior Judge from June 6, 2022, to June 30, 2025.
Education:
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1980
University of Minnesota, Bachelor of Arts, 1974; Master of Arts, 1992
Employment:
Minnesota District Court Judge, Jan. 2013-Mar. 4, 2022
Senior Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, 2005-2012
Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, 1988-2005
Special Assistant Attorney General, 1980-1987
Professional Memberships:
Minnesota Women Lawyers
American Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Hennepin County Bar Association
Professional and Community Activities/Other Information:
- President, Minnesota Women Lawyers, 2010-2011
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Minnesota Women Lawyers
- Interact Center for the Arts
- Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association
- Minnesota Swimming, 1987-2012
- Former member, Minnesota State Institutional Review Board, 1992-2004
- Former member, Bar Association District Ethics Committees for Hennepin and Ramsey counties
- Former member, Hennepin County Bar Association Nominating Committee, 2004-2012
- Minnesota State Bar Association Mock Trial judge and former coach, 2001-present
- McGee Moot Court Judge, 2003-present
- Former member, Family Violence Coordinating Council, Domestic Violence Steering Committee, and Fatality Review Team, 2006-2012
- 2011 Minnesota Lawyer Attorney of the Year
- Bush Leadership Fellow, 1991-1992
- Mentor, Minnesota Women Lawyers and St. Thomas School of Law, 2005-present
Assignment:
Family, June 10, 2019 - Mar. 4, 2022
Probate/Mental Health, July 1, 2016 – June 7, 2019