Directory Profile

Awards, Distinctions, and Honors

• Named a 2004 “Rising Star” in Minnesota Law & Politics
• 2006 Volunteer of the Year, Friends of the Crookston Public Library, Inc.
• Editor-in Chief, North Dakota Law Review (1993 - 1994).

Educational Background

• B.A., summa cum laude Political Science and Business Administration, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
• J.D., University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND

Biography

• Board Member, Crookston Education Foundation
• Director, Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota
• Director/Treasurer, Crookston Friends of the Library
• Judge, Ninth Judicial District of Minnesota, April 2006 to present
• Licensed to practice law in both Minnesota and North Dakota
• Practicing attorney in the law firm of Johannson, Rust, Yon, Stock & Rasmusson, P.A. from August 1994 to April 2006
• President, 14th District Bar Association