Appointed/Elected:
Appointed July 1, 2016, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2018. Current term expires Jan. 2025.
Education:
B.A., Minnesota State University-Mankato
J.D., Hamline University School of Law
Past Employment:
- Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, Prosecution Division
- Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, Juvenile and Child Support divisions
- Law clerk, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
- Senior law clerk, Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office
Legal and Professional Activities:
- Trial Judge Board Member, Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards
- Co-chair, Family Violence Coordinating Council
- Mentor, St. Thomas School of Law Mentee Program
- Mentor, Hopkins High School ProPEL- (Professionals Providing Experience for Life)
- Member, Fourth Judicial District Equal Justice Committee
- Member, Minnesota District Judges Foundation
- Member, Hennepin County Bar Association
- Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
- Member, Minnesota Women’s Lawyers
- Former Co-chair, Domestic Violence Steering Committee
- Former member, Fourth Judicial District Juvenile Eliminating Racial Disparities Committee
- Former member, Minnesota Supreme Court Juvenile Rules Committee
Community Activities:
- Committee Member, Ann Bancroft Foundation
- Girls Traveling Basketball Program Volunteer
- Girls on the Run Volunteer
- United Way School Supply Drive Volunteer
- High School Mock Trial Judge
- High School and College Speech and Debate Judge
- Board Member, Past President, Minnesota State University, Mankato College of Social and Behavior Science Board
Assignment History:
Criminal: January 1, 2022 to present
Juvenile: December 31, 2018, to December 31, 2021
Criminal: July 1, 2016, to December 30, 2018