Practice Areas:

Appellate Practice; Family Law; Adoption; Juvenile Delinquency; Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Custody; Child Advocacy; Child Protection; Childrens Rights; Grandparents Custody; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Juvenile Law; Step Parent Adoptions; Surrogacy Law; Cohabitation Agreements; Divorce; Domestic Partnerships; Non-Traditional Family Law; Paternity; Post Divorce Modification. 

Admitted: 1997, Minnesota; 2000, Arizona

Law School: Hamline University School of Law, J.D., 1997

College: University of South Dakota, B.A., Criminal Justice, 1994; Eckerd College

Member: Ramsey County Bar Association,  Minnesota State Bar Association(Member, Family Law Section); Minnesota Women Lawyers. Former Member, Second Judicial District Ethics Committee.

Biography:

Named:  Minnesota Rising Star, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, Minnesota Law and Politics, Minneapolis/Saint Paul Magazine.  

Favorite Family Law Attorney, Minnesota Women's Press, 2007;  Mentioned, 2008.

Chair, Family Law Bush League.  

Presenter,  2008 Family Law Institute: "Seven Things to Know about Juvenile Court".

Presenter, 2009 Family Law Institute: "Juvenile Court 101".

Presenter, 2009 Statewide GAL Training: "Preparing for and Testifying in Court: A Primer."

Contributor: "Balancing Act" With Equal Right, Minnesota Women Lawyers, July 2005 

"Understanding the Child Protection System"  Minnesota Family Law Quarterly, Winter, 2008-2009.

Reported Cases:

 In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of T.R., T.M., P.P. and B.H. (Minn. May 29, 2008, rehearing denied July 2, 2008).