country to work on a three-year pilot program to examine how the court addresses domestic violence in contested custody and parenting time matters, including order for protection pro ceedings. Justice McKeig serves on a National Advisory Coun cil, working with Futures Without Violence and the National Juvenile and Family Court Judges Association (NJFCJ) on child welfare involving children and families experiencing domestic violence, and she sits on the Family Violence Domestic Rela tions Advisory Committee for NJFCJ. Justice McKeig is a former assistant attorney for Hennepin County, where she worked for over 16 years handling child pro tection cases and adoption matters with a specialty in cases that fall under the provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Justice McKeig co-authored law school curriculum entitled Child Abuse and the Law, which she currently teaches at Mitch ell Hamline School of Law as an adjunct professor. Justice McKeig has spoken at many national conferences regarding child protection issues and working with tribal com munities, as well as the intersection of family court and child protection and a multitude of other topics. She trained the Minnesota Department of Human Services for over 10 years on child protection procedures. She is currently a member of the Speakers Bureau for the National Child Protection Training Center, a past board member of the Minnesota Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, past member of the Governor’s Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and past chair and current board member of the Division of Indian Work, located in Minneapolis. Justice McKeig is a native of Northern Minnesota, where she grew up on the Leech Lake reservation. She is married and a proud mother of five children.
Richard D. Mink
David N. Mortensen Utah Court of Appeals Judge David N. Mortensen was appointed to the Utah Court of Appeals in June 2016 by Governor Gary M. Herbert. Prior to his appointment, Judge Mortensen had been serving as a trial judge in the Fourth District Court since September 2006, as a presiding judge and associate presiding judge. Judge Mortensen graduated from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 1993. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Mortensen was in private practice as a trial attorney. He is a member of the A. Sherman Christensen Inn of Court. He serves on the Utah State Bar Fee Arbitration Committee. Judge Mortensen is a member of the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence. He previously served as a member of the Utah Judicial Council and as a member of the Board of District Court Judges. Judge Mortensen also served on the Judicial Council Study Committee on Technology Brought into the Courtroom. In 2015 and 2016, he received the Judicial Excellence Award from the Litigation Section of the Utah State Bar and in 2016 received the Distinguished Service Award from the Government and Politics Legal Society of the J. Rueben Clark Law School. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the J. Reuben Clark Law School.
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US Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals Colonel Richard D. Mink is an appellate military judge on the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals. The Court of Criminal Appeals is an indepen dent judicial body authorized by Congress and established by The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 866(a). In his capacity as a judge, Colonel Mink rules on appeals from Air Force courts-martial cases worldwide when the approved punishment includes death, confine ment for one year or more, or a punitive discharge. Decisions of the Court of Criminal Appeals are reviewable only by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the US Supreme Court. Colonel Mink was commissioned and entered active duty in March 1993 by accepting a direct commission and re-entered active duty in February 2015 after a 15-month break in service.
He has served as a staff judge advocate twice, a deputy staff judge advocate twice, an area defense counsel, and a circuit defense counsel. He also deployed in support of both Opera tion Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Prior to entering the Air Force, Colonel Mink practiced law with civilian firms in Huntsville, Alabama, and Birmingham, Alabama, concentrating in general civil litigation and residen tial real estate loan closings. He is married to Colonel Lorraine Mink, who is a judge advocate in the Air Force Reserves. They have three children: Jesse (14), Selah (10), and Elizabeth (8). Colonel Mink’s major awards and decorations include: Meritorious Service Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters; Air Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster; Army Com mendation Medal; National Defense Service Medal with Service Star; Iraq Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Korean Defense Service Medal; and being named 2004 Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe Outstanding Judge Advocate of the Year.
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