Admitted
1994, Minnesota, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
Law School
University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, J.D., cum laude, 1993
Law School Graduation Year
1993
College
St. Olaf College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1989
Memberships
Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota State and Federal Bar Associations; Minnesota Women Lawyers.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; National Women's Honor Society. Recipient, Amos Deinard Award. Note and Comment Editor, Minnesota Law Review. Author, Article, The Sentencing Guidelines: Downward Departures Based on a Defendant's Extraordinary Family Ties and Responsibilities, 76 Minnesota Law Review 957, April 1992. Federal Law Clerk to Honorable Robert G. Renner, Federal District Court, District of Minnesota, 1993-1995. Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing, University of Minnesota Law School, 1994-1995.