Chief Justice, Minnesota State Supreme Court, 2023-present

Candidate, Minnesota State Supreme Court, Chief Justice, 2024

Appointed by Governor Tim Walz, Chief Justice, Minnesota State Supreme Court, October 2023

Associate Justice, Minnesota State Supreme Court, Seat 6, 2016-2023

Candidate, Minnesota State Supreme Court, Seat 6, 2016, 2022

Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2002-2015

Appointed by Governor Mark Dayton, Associate Justice, Minnesota State Supreme Court, Seat 6, October 2015

Candidate, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2004, 2010

Appointed by Governor Jesse Ventura, Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals, June 2002

Member, Minnesota Legal Services Planning Committee, 2008-2011

Member, Implementation Committee on Multicultural Diversity and Fairness in the Courts, 1993-2001

Member, Minnesota Supreme Court Racial Bias Task Force, 1991-1993

Retired Pastor, Saint John’s Missionary Baptist Church in Minneapolis

Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, 1994-2002

Attorney, City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1992-1994

Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Hamline University School of Law, 1989-1992

Associate Attorney, Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi, 1986-1988

Staff Attorney, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Incorporated, 1982-1986

Group Leader, Warren E. Burger Inn of Court, 2011-present

Member, Advisory Board, Minnesota Women Lawyers, present

Member, American Bar Association, present

Member, Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church, present

Reading Buddy, Everybody Wins Program, Benjamin E. Mays Elementary School, present

Member, Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers, present

Member, Minnesota Association of Black Women Lawyers, present

Member, Minnesota Court of Appeals Dorothy Day Center Cookout, present

Member, Minnesota State Bar Association, present

Member, Ramsey County Bar Association, present

Former Mentor, Youth and Women's Ministry Programs

Member, Alumni Board, University of Minnesota Law School, 2004-2010

Spouse's Occupation:

Retired Saint Paul Police Officer, pastor of St. John's Missionary Baptist Church in Minneapolis, chaplain for the Saint Paul Police Department