2010 Send your 2010 class notes and photos to Meghann Kantke or Garin Strobl (ustlaw2010@ gmail.com). Congratulations to Nickey Kettwick (pictured below), who is now a named partner at Brandt Kettwick Defense. Nickey’s practice focuses exclusively on criminal defense.
On October 23, Peter Glessing (pictured below) married Pari Cariaga at the Basilica of St. Mary. The reception was at Interlachen in Edina. Five of Peter’s law classmates attended the celebration. Peter practices at Lockridge Grindal Nauen, focusing on state government relations and communications.
John Kantke (pictured below) joined the Adult Representation Services team at Hennepin County. This seems like a good fit. Since I’ve known John, he has been a pretty solid representation of an adult. Now I guess he’ll also be a full-time, court-appointed attorney.
Christopher Paul (pictured below) now practices at Trautmann Martin PLLC. The firm provides legal services for business transactions, nonprofit organizations, real estate, litigation, and estate planning throughout Minnesota.
Jon Scheib , wife Kate Munro, and their two daughters are finishing their fourth year in Poland. Jon is a remote litigation consultant for U.S.-based attorneys and Kate teaches at the American School of Warsaw. Alumni who want to explore Central Europe are welcome to visit. Adam Terwey is honored to receive the 2022 Living the Mission award for forming and directing St. Croix Legal Services, which provides legal system access to those who could not otherwise afford representation. Any alumni donations to St. Croix Legal will help fund a paid internship for a St. Thomas law student. www.stcroixlegal.org And with that, we must bid you adieu. But please keep those updates coming! – Pam and Amanda 2012 Send your 2012 class notes and photos to Salena Koster (salena. koster@gmail.com) or JR Wise (jwise1985@gmail.com). Maridex Abraham (pictured below) now practices at Loke Walsh Immigration Law (Culver City, Calif.). The firm focuses on obtaining visas for individuals in various industries, such as new graduates, artists and entertainers, professors and researchers, athletes, investors and multinational company transfers.
Counsel & VP at Caribou Coffee. Don’t even ask her if she heard of that McDonald’s case where that lady spilled coffee on herself and sued. Dumb. Chuck Berendes hasn’t quite finished building his garage and has been chasing pigeons out of it with a broom. Once in the office, he spends time trying to get Green Card applications approved in less time than it takes the Olympics to come back around. 2008 Send your 2008 class notes and photos to Andrea Hoversten (ahoversten@goklawfirm.com). Renee Carlson , True North Legal General Counsel, co-authored a SCOTUS amicus brief with Professor Teresa Collett in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which was argued in December. The brief was for former Vice President Pence’s nonprofit and other family policy groups. Kirsten (Zewers) Donaldson is now Vice President of Legal at the Digital Media Association, which is the leading organization advocating for digital music services. Shauna Kieffer is a part-time ski instructor in Montana due, in part, to her use of extreme skiing to overcome trauma. Shauna is a public defender in Minneapolis. She and partner Tony raise two kids. She’s excited her mentee Ashley Fischer ‘22 is joining her office this summer. Congratulations to Kathleen McDaniel (pictured below), who has been appointed as City Attorney for the City of Sun Prairie, WI. She serves as the city’s chief legal officer and provides legal counsel on a variety of items.
And luckily it’s not all work for our 2010 classmates: Sarah (Twinem) Roeder and MaryCathleen Fenske (pictured below) dragged their families to Disney World … twice, and lived to tell the tale.
mid-2021. Larry stays engaged with pro bono and political work, family time, and an incredible trip through the Pacific Northwest. Congrats on your retirement! Alexis Fink (pictured below) is now a consulting manager at Point B doing healthcare strategy work. Point B brings expertise in customer engagement, growth investments, workforce experience and operations excellence to customers and communities nationwide.
2011 Send your 2011 class notes and photos to Amanda Crain or Pamela Steinle at (ust2011classnotes@ gmail.com). Pam wanted to write “CONGRATULATIONS!” three times behind each submission, but for brevity you will have to mentally insert it (three times). In all seriousness, our class is doing great things, whether at work, at home, or in the community! Caitlin Andersen is now Senior Counsel at Wells Fargo in the Employment Counseling and Litigation Section. Amy Boyle and Ross Stadheim (pictured below), who have worked together since 2015, teamed up with two other partners to form MJSB Employment Justice LLP – a firm specializing in employment law—hanging out their shingle in October 2021. Way to go Ross and Amy! [
Ryann Peyton (pictured below) was named to the Denver Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list for 2022. Ryann is the executive director at the Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program.
Jenese Larmouth moved from the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office to serve as a Ramsey County District Court Referee (judicial officer). If you’re picturing the uniform of a sales associate at Foot Locker, forget it. See Jenese’s photo with her husband Daniel Larmouth ’05 on page 11. Lara Marion (pictured below) is a Public Policy Manager at Amazon. As part of the Connectivity Public Policy Team, Lara works with think tanks, nonprofits, and other stakeholders on Amazon’s broadband and connectivity initiatives. I’m guessing these connectivity/broadband issues can’t just be unplugged and plugged back in.
Kiesha Mayes is now Deputy General Counsel for Employment Law at Optum, which is part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses. Congratulations to Simeon Morbey (pictured below) for receiving the Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement by a Young Lawyer award from the American Antitrust Institute. Simeon was recognized in connection with a case against peanut shelling companies for price-fixing. Simeon is Senior Counsel at Lockridge Grindal Nauen.
Bryan Ludwig was promoted to Senior Corporate Counsel at Jamf Software this Spring. He will assist with negotiating and management of contracts within Jamf’s commercial, government, and education markets … among various other lawyerings. Contrary to malicious rumors likely started by Dan Mikkelson , David Gorksi is very much employed in the St. Paul City Attorney’s Office, where he is doing client services for the human rights office and office of financial empowerment. Go Gorski! John Nielsen accepted a new position as Underwriting Counsel at First American Title - National Commercial Services in Nashville, Tennessee. John, wife Tani, and their two kids will move to Nashville this summer to join John’s parents and siblings, who moved there from the Midwest. Bonnie Norlander reports two fantastic updates. In July 2021, she was promoted to the Range Criminal Division in St. Louis County. And on January 31, 2022, she gave birth to her first child, a healthy baby girl, Mabel (pictured below).
Mike Giefer is now Partner and Private Wealth Manager in the Minneapolis office of Creative Planning, one of the largest independent wealth management firms in the U.S. He loves the work. Mike lives in St. Paul with his wife and three children. Dominic Mitchell and husband Travis (pictured below) welcomed their second son in November! After Travis had an extended bout with leukemia in 2019, they are so happy to focus on better things and are grateful for their growing family.
2009 Send your 2009 class notes and photos to Lisa Thimjon (Lmthimjon@gmail.com).
Greetings class of 2009 – hope you are all doing well. If you can believe it, 15 years ago this spring we were preparing for our 1L finals; hope you can take a moment to pause and reflect on how far you’ve come in 15 years of loving the law. Rachel Brygger re-joined Winthrop & Weinstine’s Employment Counseling Practice. Rachel advises clients on employment law matters. Chris Cagle began a new job with Examination Resources as a Supervisor in the Health Consulting Services Division. There, Chris leads a team working with regulators enforcing the federal No Surprises Act (NSA), which protects people from receiving surprise medical bills. Larry Frost aimed to practice law for a decade, but he overshot by a few years, finishing his last hearing in
James Olsen (pictured below) is now a partner at Seiler Law (St. Paul) after merging his solo practice (JTO Legal) into the firm. Seiler Law provides businesses and business owners with consulting and transactional legal services.
Colin Peterson (pictured below) is now Project Manager at Abbott Laboratories in their structural heart business. Colin and David Otero got married in a small ceremony on 2.22.22 and will celebrate with friends and family this June.
Joy Mickels started at Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota practicing Elder Law. It’s cool that Legal Services is finally taking the complex issues of the elderberry plant seriously. Although used as medicine since ancient Egyptian times, the bark and leaves can be poisonous. Twin Cities Business named Jessica Monson a 2022 Notable Woman in Law for her work as General
Subia Beg and David Carrier welcomed their second daughter, Maziya, born 2/22/22. Congratulations to Matthew Boleyn on launching Boleyn Law P.C. (Dubuque, Iowa). The firm handles family law, estate planning, probate, business incorporation and advisement, real estate and copyright matters.
Megan Marrinan Feliciano is a part-time attorney at Soule & Stull (Minneapolis) and part-time stay- at-home mom. After pandemic distancing, she is reconnecting beyond her bubble as a Girls on the Run coach and a cast member of the Twin Cities Listen to Your Mother show.
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