• District Court, D. Minnesota

  Judge

  1994 – present · 32 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• Instructor

  Minnesota Institute of Legal Education

  1990 – present · 36 yrs

• Judge

  Minnesota District Court, Fourth Judicial District

  1984 – 1994 · 10 yrs

• Judge

  Hennepin County Minnesota Municipal Court

  1983 – 1984 · 1 yr

• Adjunct professor

  University of Minnesota Law School

  1982 – present · 44 yrs

• Attorney

  Hennepin County Minnesota Public Defender's Office

  1978 – 1983 · 5 yrs

• Instructor

  William Mitchell School of Law

  1977 – 1981 · 4 yrs

• Attorney/commissioner

  Minneapolis Minnesota Civil Rights Commission

  1977 – 1981 · 4 yrs

• Attorney

  Legal Rights Center

  1975 – 1978 · 3 yrs

• Criminal defense lawyer

  Neighborhood Justice Center, Inc.

  1974 – present · 52 yrs

• Attorney, U.S. Social Security Administration

  1973 – present · 53 yrs

• Law clerk

  Legal Rights Center

  1971 – 1973 · 2 yrs

Education