Appointed/Elected:
Appointed June 27, 2014, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2016 and 2022. Term expires January 2029.
Education:
- J.D., with distinction, University of North Dakota, 1983
- B.A., magna cum laude, French and Political Science, University of North Dakota, 1980
Employment:
- Assistant St. Louis County Attorney (Juvenile, Criminal and Civil divisions), 1995-2014
- Special Assistant United States Attorney, 2011-2014
- Assistant Carlton County Attorney, 1991-1995
- Staff Attorney, Legal Aid of Northeastern Minnesota, 1985-1991
- Law clerk, Magistrate Patrick McNulty, United States District Court, 1983-1985
- Past Adjunct Professor, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Professional Memberships:
- Minnesota Bar Association
- Member and past president, 11th District Bar Association
- Admitted to the Minnesota State Bar and the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
- Racial Justice Improvement Project
- Mending the Sacred Hoop Safety Audit Team
- Minnesota District Judges Association
Member:
- Chief Judge, Sixth Judicial District, 2022-present
- Minnesota Judicial Council, 2019-present
- Minnesota Judicial Council Executive Committee, 2020-present
- Assistant Chief Judge, Sixth Judicial District, 2020-2022
- 6th Judicial Council Executive Committee, 2020-present
- Co-Chair, Committee for Equality and Justice, 2021-present
- Member, Committee for Equality and Justice, 2015-present
- Chair, Sixth Judicial District Committee for Equality and Justice, 2015-2020
- Minnesota Judges Criminal Law Benchbook Committee, 2017-2021
- Minnesota Criminal Jury Instructions Committee, 2015-2021
- Presiding Judge, Carlton County Treatment Court, 2014-2019
- Presiding Judge, Southern St. Louis County DWI Court, 2020-present
- Federal District Court Judge Selection Committee, October 2021
- One Court Minnesota Hearings Initiative Steering Committee, October 2021-present