Appointed/Elected:

Appointed September 6, 2017, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2018. Current term expires January 2025.

Education:

• J.D., with distinction, University of North Dakota School of Law
• B.A. University of North Dakota

Past Employment:

• Range Division Head, St. Louis County Attorney’s Office
• Assistant County Attorney, St. Louis County Attorney’s Office
• Associate Attorney, Prebich and Sullivan, P.C.
• Judicial Law Clerk, Sixth Judicial District, Hon. Gary J. Pagliaccetti

Professional Memberships:

• Admitted to the Minnesota State Bar and the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
• Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Minnesota Women Lawyers
• Minnesota District Judges Foundation/Association

Professional and Community Activites:

• Range Hybrid Court Team Member
• Range Mental Health Court Team Member
• Range Treatment Court Team Member
• Iron Range Equal Justice Committee
• BRIDGEs
• Hoops Club, volunteer
• Sixth Judicial District Children’s Justice Initiative (CJI) Committee Member
• CJI Indian Child Welfare Act Subcommittee Member
• Sixth District Re-engineering Committee Member
• Sixth District Pandemic Steering Committee Member
• Sixth District Administrative Committee Member
• Judicial Conference Planning Committee, 2019
• Former Vice-President, Mountain Iron-Buhl Parent Teacher Association
• Former member, YMCA Strategic Planning Committee
• Former board member, Independent School District #712, Mountain Iron-Buhl
• Former Vice-President, Sexual Assault Program of Northern St. Louis County Board of Directors
• Former member, Do Good Club
• Former member, Lake Superior Drug and Violent Crime Task Force Advisory Board
• Former member, Arrowhead Peace Officer Association
• Former member, Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence