Appointed/Elected:
Appointed June 9, 2017, by Governor Mark Dayton. Elected in 2018 and 2024. Current term expires January 2031.
Education:
J.D., Hamline University School of Law
B.S., University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
Past Employment:
- Gavin, Winters, Donley & Ostlund, Ltd., shareholder / managing partner
- Qualified Neutral / Mediator / Social Early Neutral Evaluator / Financial Early Neutral Evaluator
- Assistant McLeod County Attorney
- Judicial Law Clerk
Professional and Community Activities:
- Presenter, 2023 MN District Judges Foundation Fall Conference
- Eighth District Bar Association
- McLeod County Bar Association
- MN State Bar Association
- Equal Justice Committee
- Weighted Caseload Committee
- McLeod County Corrections Advisory Board Member
- McLeod County Law Library Board member
- McLeod County Children’s Justice Initiative member
- Committee for Equality and Justice – 1st Judicial District Representative