Appointed/Elected:

Appointed September 6, 2017, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2018 and 2024. Current term expires January 2031.
 

Education:

J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2002.
B.A., Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, 1999.
 

Past Employment:

• Asst. Chief – Criminal Division, Stearns County Attorney’s Office (2007 – 2017)
• Asst. Stearns County Attorney, Stearns County Attorney’s Office (2004 – 2007)
• Law Clerk, Hon. Regina M. Chu, Hennepin County District Court (2002 – 2004)

Professional Memberships:

• Asst. Chief Judge, Seventh Judicial District.
• Chair, Judicial Officer Technology Advisory Team.
• Member, Supreme Court Council on Child Protection and Maltreatment Prevention.
• Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence.
• Member and Past President, John E. Simonett Inn of Court.
• Member and Past President, Stearns-Benton Bar Association.
• Member, Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association.
• Founding member, Stearns County Felony Domestic Violence Court.
• Past Member and Faculty, Minnesota County Attorneys Association.
• Past Member, Gerald D. Vick Human Trafficking Task Force.

Professional and Community Activities:

Past President, St. Cloud Library Board of Trustees