Appointed/Elected:
Appointed June 9, 2006. Elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020. Current term expires in January 2027.
Education:
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law, 1991
B.A., College of St. Benedict, 1988
Employment:
Judge – Fourth Judicial District
2006 – present
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Adjunct Faculty
2014 – present
Campbell Knutson, P.A.
Associate Attorney
Assistant Chief; Criminal Prosecution; Cities of Plymouth, Burnsville, Lakeville, Farmington
1999 – 2006
Carver County Attorney’s Office
Criminal Division
1996 – 1999
City of Hutchinson,
Chief of Criminal Prosecution
Assistant City Attorney
1995 – 1996
Arnold and McDowell
Associate Attorney, Assistant Hutchinson City Attorney
St. Louis Park and Hutchinson Locations
1993 – 1995
First Judicial District
Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Philip T. Kanning
1991 – 1993
Professional Memberships:
American Judicature Society, 2008-present
American Judges Association
Minnesota District Judges Association
Minnesota State Bar Association, Criminal Section
Eighth District Bar Association, past president
Hennepin County Bar Association
Professional and Community Activities:
Judge, State of Minnesota Teacher of the Year Panel
Past Chair, Fourth Judicial District Domestic Fatality Review Team
Alumni Mentor for Students from College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University
Mentor for Students from the University of Minnesota (Law School and Undergraduate), Mitchell Hamline College of Law, and the University of St. Thomas Law School
Member, University of Minnesota Alumni Association
Member, University of Minnesota Law School Judicial Externship Program
Member, University of St. Thomas Law School Judicial Externship Program
Assignment History:
Criminal: October 2021 – Present
Treatment Courts: July 2018 – October 2021
Criminal: September 2010 – June 2018
Juvenile: August 2007 – August 2010
Criminal: June 2006 – August 2007