Honors and Awards:

• "Rising Star", Minnesota Law & Politics "Who's Who in Personal Injury", Minnesota Law & Politics
• Who's Who in Criminal Law, Law and Politics, 2009

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• United States District Court - District of Minnesota, 1993

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Minnesota State Bar Association; Hennepin County Bar Association; Minnesota Association for Justice (formerly Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association); Douglas K. Amdahl Inns of Court; Co-Founder - Juris Divas

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Board of Directors, DIVA MN (2007 - present); University of Minnesota, Judicial Trial Skills Training, volunteer attorney (2007);Muscular Dystrophy Association "Stars Behind Bars" fundraiser (2006); Minnesota Saddlebred Horse Association - Board of Directors (2004- 2007); Smile Network International, Inc. (2003 to present); Tri-State Horsemen's Association - Board of Directors (1997 - 1999); William Mitchell College of Law - A.B.A. Negotiation and Trial Advocacy In-School and Regional Competition Judge (1992 - 1997)- Junior League of Minneapolis (1991 - 1995)

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Dealing With the Goods Hands People, MTLA Seminar - Speaker, October 22, 1999; Independent Exam of the AME, MTLA Seminar - Speaker, January 14, 2000;No-Fault Arbitration: Strategies for Success, MTLA Seminar - Speaker, October 19, 2001;Beating Goliath at Trial, MTLA Seminar - Speaker, January 25, 2002;Putting Them Back Where They Belong: Beating Farmers Insurance at Their Own Game, MTLA Seminar - Speaker, January 17, 2003;Effectively Handling No-Fault Arbitrations (Members Only), MTLA Seminar - Speaker, November 19, 2004;Trial Skills #3: Building the Plaintiff's Case, MTLA Seminar - Speaker, December 8, 2005;"Women in the Law", Ramsey County District Court Judge Judith Tilsen and Judge Gary Bastian, co-hosts, One & The Same Community Cable Access Television Program, June 9, 2006;"What To Do When You Are In A Car Accident", Ramsey County District Court Judge Judith Tilsen and Judge Gary Bastian, co-hosts, One & The Same Community Cable Access Television Program, August 4, 2006; Handling the Car Crash Case - MTLA Seminar - Speaker, Friday March 9, 2007; Handling theCar Crash Case - MTLA Seminar - Speaker, Thursday, February 14, 2008; The No Fault Toolbox - MNAJ Seminar - Speaker, Thursday, October 29, 2009; Trying the Car Crash Case - MNAJ Seminar - Speaker, Friday, February 12, 2010; Ethics and Elimination of Bias - Lawyer's Behaving Badly - What NOT To Do - MNAJ Seminar - Chairperson, Speaker, Thursday, June 3, 2010; Americal Family: Deny and Delay: Wht Can Be Done? - MNAJ Seminar - Speaker, Friday, November 12, 2010; Ethics and Eliminationa of Bias - MNAJ Seminar - Chairperons, Speaker, Wednesday, May 11. 2011

Verdicts and Settlements:

• https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=4&oq=five+years&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS419US419&q=five+years+bounty+hunter+verdict&gs_upl=0l0l0l9047lllllllllll0&aqi=g4s2, 2011

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Co Founded "Juris Divas", a socializing, networking and fundraising organization for women laweyrs and judges, featured in Minnesota Lawyer, June 11, 2007. Recently featured in the Minneapolis Star Tribune September 3, 2011 http://m.startribune.com/news/?id=129130368&c=y  

Educational Background:

• Breck School (Elementary years) 1980 graduate of Edina West High School, Edina, MN 1984 graduate of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management   1991 cum laude graduate of William Mitchell College of Law