SOL Lawyer Magazine_Summer 2021

Class of 2018 Send your 2018 class notes and photos to Wally (Hwang) Behmer (jshwang423@gmail.com). Wally (Hwang) Behmer and Jacob Behmer ‘19 J.D. (pictured below) celebrated the new year – January 2, 2021, to be exact – in San Diego getting married surrounded by family. They are now enjoying life in Southern California with their new rambunctious pup, Remy.

Taylor Fast and wife Hayley welcomed their second child, Mason Taylor (pictured below), on April 7, 2021.

Maria Pitner married Leo Plese (pictured below) on October 10, 2020. They are expecting their first baby in July! The gender of their little one will be a surprise.

Danielle Liebl moved from California toWashington to start her new job as Associate Corporate Counsel for Amazon Web Services this spring.We are excited for your new adventures in the Pacific Northwest, Danielle! Jessica Pounds is now corporate counsel at Life Time Inc. William Reynaga is now an assistant attorney general with the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General.William is assigned to the Public Safety Division and represents the Commissioner of Public Safety. Ronnie Santana now practices at GeraldMiller P.A. (Minneapolis). Ronnie’s practice focuses on DWI/ DUI defense matters and all other aspects of criminal law. Ronnie got marriedMay 29, 2021 in St. Paul. Dorothy Summers nowpractices at Cousineau,Waldhauser & Kieselbach, P.A. (Mendota Heights, MN). Dorothy represents employers and insurers in all stages of workers’ compensation defense litigation, from initial consultations regarding compensability to formal hearings. AlainaWenning started a new job at Hill Crabb LLC practicing family law at the end of 2020. Even more exciting news is that she will also be getting married this summer, joined by law school side-kick Wally Behmer as one of her bridesmaids. Congrats, Alaina! Class of 2019 Send your 2019 class notes and photos to Meredith McKnight (mgmmcknight@gmail.com) or BriWhiting (brwhit122@gmail.com). Kirsten Kay Bolaños now practices at Two Rivers Law, P.A. (Otsego, MN). Kay’s practice focuses on family law and criminal defense. Brandon Engbloom is expecting his first baby (a little girl) in July and has just accepted the position of general counsel for the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in Duluth, MN. Breanna Halyburton started as the Assistant State Public Defender for theWisconsin State Public Defender's office in November

Laura (Wall) Gottschalk and Brian Gottschalk welcomed their second child, Louis Mae (pictured below),

Jules Porter was featured in Twin Cities Business Magazine (pictured below) as one of MN’s top tech innovators and featured on their podcast called “By All Means.” Jules was also featured on KARE 11’s Communities that KARE, and on the Lawyers of Color Hot List for 2020.

in the truck on the way to the hospital! What an entrance!

Annie Bodeau started as an associate at Fisher Bren & Sheridan LLP in August 2020. FBS is lucky to have you, Annie!! Mauricio Duarte, LL.M. in U.S. Law , (pictured below) fromGuatemala recently coordinated and co- authored a book titled, “Arbitration and New Technologies.” The book has over 45 contributions by prominent international authors who aim to make a diagnosis of the current state of convergence between technological advances and international arbitration.

Colin Hargreaves now practices in the Labor and Employment Group at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Minneapolis). Taylor Hein started a new role as a Regulatory ExamManager, joining fellow alumni at U.S. Bank, such as Carrie (Thysse) O’Neill. Amuch-anticipated update from Mark Mickow , who was busy a few years ago with shoveling lots of snow. He is now co-owner of the law firm Ryan Associates, LLC, in St. Charles, MN, where he has been practicing for the past few years.

Congratulations to Molly Sigler and her colleagues at Barnes & Thornburg (Minneapolis) for receiving Turnaround Management Association of Minnesota’s Transaction of the Year award for 2020. Shortly after graduation, Diana Soto, LL.M. in U.S. Law , started working as an associate at CEM Abogados, a general business law firm in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Diana focuses mainly on corporate, real-estate and estate planning. Brittany Yelle now practices at Moss & Barnett (Minneapolis). Brittany advises individuals, businesses and lenders in real estate, corporate and lending transactions.

Molly Butler Hanning and husband, Cooper, welcomed their son Gus into the world on September 25, 2020, and could not be happier! Congratulations,Molly!!

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