Appointed:

Appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Mark Dayton on Sept. 1, 2016. Elected in 2018. Current term expires Jan. 2025.

Appointed to the Hennepin County bench on Mar. 10, 2008, by Governor Tim Pawlenty.  Elected in 2010.

Education:

J.D., Hamline University School of Law, 1992

B.A., College of St. Catherine, 1989

Employment:

Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, Child Protection Division, 1992 - Mar. 7, 2008

Indian Child Welfare Act Specialist 

Staff attorney, American Prosecutors Research Institute, Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2007 (part-time)

Memberships:

American Indian Bar Association

Former member, County Attorney's Association

Additional Information:

Trainer, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Adjunct professor, Hamline University School of Law

Assignments:

Family Court Presiding Judge, July 1, 2013-Aug. 31, 2016
Family Court, March 2009-Aug. 31, 2016
Criminal, 2008-March 2009