Education: William Mitchell College of Law
Degree: JD
Year: 2004

Key Practice Experience

• Commercial Litigation
• Creditor’s Remedies
• ERISA and ERISA-Exempt Group Plan Litigation
• Ski Area Defense
• Shareholder and Member Disputes
• Defamation
• Appellate Practice

Key Industry Experience

• Financial Services
• Employee Welfare Benefit Plans
• Construction
• Title Insurance

Professional Recognitions/Honors

• Featured in Minnesota Rising Stars (2010, 2009, 2008)
• Certified Public Accountant (Inactive), 2001
• William Mitchell Law Review, Asst. Editor, 2003-04, Staff Member, 2003-03, Earned CALI Awards of Excellence for the highest class grade in Constitutional Law – Liberties & Advanced Criminal Law Topics – Sanctions
• Judicial Extern to the Honorable E. Ann McKinsey, Hennepin County District Court
• City prosecutor for several Ramsey County cities through the misdemeanor clinic

Professional Associations

• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Hennepin County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association

Community Involvement

• Roseville Police Reserve Officer, 2002 – present
• Spirit Mountain Ski Patroller, 1996 – present, including term as group leader of 18 other patrollers
• National Ski Patrol, Central Division, Western Region Treasurer, 2008 – present

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota State Courts
• U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
• U.S. District Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
• U.S. District Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Other Education

• B.S. in Accounting, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN