Nominated by Barack Obama
Received commission December 17, 2013
Chief Judge March 2020- present
 





• EDUCATION: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, B.A., 1986, M.A. 1987, J.D. 1992

• CAREER RECORD:  Law Clerk Hon. John T. Noonan, Jr.;  Law Clerk Hon. William H. Rehnquist 1993-1994; Legal Assistant Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal 1994-1995;Goetz, Madden & Dunn 1995-2000; Solicitor Montana Department of Justice 2000-2005; Justice Montana Supreme Court 2005-2013

• MEMBERSHIPS: State Bar of Montana; American Law Institute