SOL Lawyer Magazine_Fall 2021

Nick Borger (picturedbelow) is now an account manager for Crisp. Global brands trust Crisp for their social media safety, protecting their enterprise and brand value from harmful social content by guaranteeing they are always the first to know and first to act.

AdamRohne (picturedbelow) is now the Trust ManagingDirector in U.S. Bank’s PrivateWealth Management Group. He leads a teamproviding professional trust and estate services to clients in Oregon andWashington. Adam andwife Bri moved to Portland and are enjoying the Pacific Northwest’s beautiful outdoors!

Vatsaas , Chestnut Cambronne PA (Minneapolis); and Patrick Zomer , Moss & Barnett (Minneapolis). Congrats also to MichelleVesole , Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC (Rockville), who was recognized by bothMaryland Rising Stars &Washington D.C. Rising Stars. What’s newwith your editors? On June 25, Pamela Steinle and husband Justin officially welcomed seven-year-old Daniela Debora Bartz into her forever family. Watonwan County Judge Stephen Ferrazzano presided

United States.Maridex continues to practice immigration law in the

greater Los Angeles area. Elyssa (Banwell) Danahy

transitioned into the real estate business – she is now a real estate agent and training coordinator at Kris Lindahl Real Estate. She teaches the process of a real estate transaction to new agents of the brokerage. Marcus Jones (picturedbelow) was promoted toDeputy City Attorney in Duluth,MN.

over the joyous ceremony (pictured below). Fun fact:

Franklin and Shelley became Pam and Justin’s first “kids” 16 years earlier, on June 25, 2005.

Jihone Du (picturedbelow) is now a Senior Business Development Manager at Lyft in San Francisco.

Tony Toepfer’s St. Cloud-based law firm, Toepfer at Law, PLLC, rapidly expanded fromone to three employees this year. The firm provides family law, estate planning and other legal services.

Oliver Kiefer nowpractices at DLAPiper (San Diego, CA) in the Litigation, Arbitrations and Investigations group. MatthewMcMullen (pictured below) nowpractices at Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP (Corpus Christi, Texas).Matthew advocates for those who have been seriously injured or whose rights have been violated by the wrongful or negligent acts of others.

InAugust, Amanda Crain became aManaging Partner at HKM Employment Attorneys LLP’s Minneapolis office, alongwith colleague Emma Denny. HKM is a national plaintiff’s employment law firmbased out of Seattle,WA. Amanda is excited to grow the Minneapolis office! And that’s a wrap! Keep sending those notes to our Gmail address (above) or to either of your editors. Class of 2012 Send your 2012 class notes and photos to SalenaKoster (salena. koster@gmail.com) or JRWise (jwise1985@gmail.com). MaridexAbraham became a boardmember of the Philippine American Bar Associate (PABA) of Los Angeles in 2021. PABA is the oldest and largest local association of FilipinoAmerican lawyers in the

Angela Follett (picturedbelow) is now Senior Director of Legal, Intellectual Property at Treeline Biosciences, a newbiotech company. The company will prioritizemolecular targets in oncology that are validated but difficult to drug. If successful, their approaches could apply to other therapeutic areas as well.

InMay, JonWolf interviewed Bryan Huffman, Senior Legal Counsel at Prime Therapeutics, for Above the LawMagazine. Jon is a litigator at Rinke Noonan, located in St. Cloud, and a regular contributor toAbove the Law. Congratulations to our Minnesota Rising Stars: Amy Boyle , Halunen Law (Minneapolis); Justin Bruntjen , Decerto Law LLC (Wayzata); Amanda Crain , HKM (Minneapolis); Jenna Eisenmenger , Heimerl & Lammers LLC (Minnetonka); Ryan Else , Brockton D. Hunter P.A. (Minneapolis); Kate Fisher , Nichols Kaster, PLLP (Minneapolis); Angela Follett , Treeline Biosciences (Minneapolis); Molly Gherty , Felhaber Larson (Minneapolis); Charlie Nelson , Ballard Spahr LLP (Minneapolis); Ross Stadheim , Halunen Law (Minneapolis); Pamela Steinle , Steinle Law PLLC (St. James); Tony Toepfer , Toepfer at Law, PLLC (St. Cloud); Chris

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