Notes from our Alumni CLASS ACTION
Class of 2004 Send your 2004 class notes and photos to Liz Odette (erodette@stthomas.edu) or Susan Beltz (beltzsm@gmail. com). Jennifer Kraska is executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, where she represents the public policy positions of the Catholic Church. Jennifer previously served as executive director of the Colorado Catholic Conference for 12 years. Congratulations to Joel Schroeder , who was recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a Minnesota Labor and Employment Star, one of 32 lawyers in the state to receive the recognition. Joel practices at Best & Flanagan (Minneapolis). On Aug. 25, 2019, Jonathan
Maggie Skelton will celebrate her 15th year as an employee for the state of Minnesota, with 10 of those years working in the Juvenile Division of the Fourth Judicial District Court. For the last seven years, Maggie has been the staff attorney and hearing officer in Juvenile Court working in the areas of child protection, delinquency and adoptions. Carolyn Tuohy joinedWells Fargo as senior counsel in 2019. She supports the distribution of broker-dealer, investment adviser and wealth management offerings in the retail and institutional space with a priority on providing practical and sound legal advice and maintaining trusted relationships with business partners. In her job, she is consistently assessing risk while identifying opportunities for efficient practices. Mike Warren (pictured below)
mezzanine and structured financings. He also counsels banks, fund and family office clients on mergers and acquisitions and minority investments. Class of 2005 Send your 2005 class notes and photos to Kerry McAndrew (klmcandrew@stthomas.edu). Heidi Bassett moved back to Minnesota with her husband and son. Heidi is a litigation and appellate attorney at Hellmuth & Johnson.Welcome back, Heidi! Charlie Beck joined Elevate Services as a senior product consultant for the ContraxSuite software platform. He creates tools using artificial intelligence andmachine learning to increase the speed and efficiency of negotiating contracts while decreasing risk exposure for clients. Congrats, Charlie! The shattering of glass could be heard on Sept. 7, 2019, when Jo Clyborne pinned her second star and became the first woman in the Minnesota National Guard tobepromoted to the rank of major general. Jenni Lohse ’s work as general counsel of Hazelden Betty Ford was featured in Vanguard LawMagazine. In the article, Jenni talks about the work that Hazelden Betty Ford is doing to heal and prevent addiction, and about the evolution of her legal career.
After practicing divorce and family law solo for seven years at Maxim Law, PLLC, Allison Maxim-Carlson and her friend and former co-worker, Tara Smith, partnered to formMaxim Smith Family Law, PLLC. Maxim Smith is located on Grand Avenue in St. Paul. Allison and Tara bring heart and grit to their practice, advocating for clients who find themselves in the midst of some of the most difficult family dynamics as they navigate the legal system. Lael Robertson started working as the policy attorney at Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. She focuses on fair housing compliance as well as affordable housing preservation
and production policy. Congratulations, Lael!
Class of 2006 Send your 2006 class notes and photos to Ian Dobson (imdobson@live.com). Greetings, Class of 2006! I hope all is well with each of you. We have several great updates for this issue. First off, Carrie Anders had a second child, Annette Louise, inApril 2019.
Sigelman was married to Brianna (pictured below) . They reside in the Seattle, Washington, area. Congratulations, Jon!
moved his practice to Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP (Minneapolis).
As a commercial finance attorney, Mike advises private equity groups, lenders and borrowers on legal matters related to leveraged, project, unitranche, asset-based,
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