Appointed/Elected: 

Appointed April 7, 2008, by Governor Tim Pawlenty.  Elected in 2010, 2016, and 2022. Current term expires December 31, 2028.

Education:

J.D., Yale Law School, 1981

A.B., Stanford University, with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, 1978

Employment:

Attorney and shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1989-2008

Associate attorney; Dunlap, Keith, Finseth, Berndt, & Sandberg; Rochester, Minnesota; 1986-89

Associate attorney; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; San Francisco, California; 1983-86

Staff law clerk assigned to Judges Myron H. Bright and Richard S. Arnold, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, St. Louis, Missouri, 1981-83

Professional Memberships:

Bar admissions: 

• Minnesota (1981)
• California (1983)
• Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (1983)
• Northern District of California (1984)
• Eastern District of California (1985)
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1986)
• District of Minnesota (1987)
• Eastern District of Wisconsin (1989)
• Central District of Illinois (1992)
• United States Supreme Court (1993)

Member of American Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association

Professional and Community Activities:

Board of Directors, Housing Preservation Project, 1999-2008

Volunteer, Children’s Law Center of Minnesota, 1998-2008

Assignment History:

Civil & Criminal, 5/2013 - Present

Criminal, 6/29/12 - 4/2013

Family Court, 3/09 - 6/28/12

Criminal, 2/08-2/09