Krista (Guinn) Fink currently serves as Chief Compliance Officer at Fairview Health Services and works in the areas of healthcare regulatory and corporate compliance. She and her husband Ben Fink J.D. ’08 live with their twin boys and puppy in St. Louis Park. Nick Halbur (pictured below) moved his elder law practice to Koukol Johnson Schmit & Milone in Omaha. He is a local leader in Medicaid planning and its intersection with estate planning, guardianship and probate. Freshman child Grace enjoys band and show choir; fifth-grade child Jackson, scouting and band.
Mike Cass is currently watching a youth hockey game. Andrea Dahly (pictured below left) changed jobs again, but didn’t have to move this time. She left Bemidji State University and is now an Assistant County Attorney in Beltrami County, handling civil matters including civil commitments, guardianships, and land issues. David Hanson ’07 J.D. (right) is the Beltrami County Attorney.
Kathy (Klos) Knight (pictured below) was married in October. She reports, “Joe is great, but he is a Vikings fan. We did have raucous ‘Skol/Go Pack Go’ chants at our reception!” Remember, counting Lombardi Trophies won’t solve any dispute, even though it might feel good in the moment.
Janet Krueger retired from public defense after 17 years of representing juveniles in delinquency and CHIPs cases. She plans to spend time traveling and visiting her grandchildren. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum appointed Chas Neff (pictured below) to a judgeship for the Northwest Judicial District. Judge Neff is pictured at his swearing-in ceremony.
Oliver Maron joined the Asset Disposition team in the Commercial Real Estate department at U.S. Bank (Minneapolis). Oliver returned to Minnesota after many years in the Pacific Northwest. Anna Petosky (pictured below) is now Senior Legal Counsel in the litigation group at Prime Therapeutics, a pharmacy benefit management company.
Jon Farnsworth is an equity partner at Spencer Fane LLP, practicing business/ technology law in Minneapolis and Tampa. He celebrated his fifth anniversary at the firm after he and Jessica Nelson ’05 J.D. opened Spencer Fane’s Minneapolis office. Spencer Fane has nearly 500 attorneys nationwide.
Liz Drotning Hartwell (pictured below) is now a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Jessica Slattery is currently Acting Political Chief at the U.S. Embassy, Dakar, Senegal, where she leads U.S. foreign policy engagement in Senegal. Jessica will be in Dakar until summer 2025. 2007 Send your 2007 class notes and photos to Chuck Berendes (chuckberendes@gmail.com). ______________________________ Michael Baker (pictured below) is now a Global Executive Talent Acquisition Consultant at Cargill.
Jacob Thorington is in Tennessee, going on 17
years at Cheatham Palermo & Garrett. Jacob and his wife Jen have 3 kids, 2 cats and 1 dog. They just survived what people in Tennessee are calling “snowmaggedon,” something people in Minnesota would generally call “Wednesday.” Alyssa Toft started a new position as Employee Relations Attorney at Dorsey & Whitney, but I don’t think that means she has any control over “casual Fridays.” You’ll have to take that up elsewhere.
Kate Hibbard (pictured top of next column) received the 2023 Alumnae Achievement Award at the 13th Annual Law Alumnae Brunch: Leadership at Your Best, which was held in November. Kate is the Managing Associate General Counsel at Cargill.
Erika Toftness Kelly transitioned her estate planning practice to Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren (Bloomington, MN). Erika is pictured (right) with Heidi Bassett ‘05 J.D. (left), a litigator with the firm.
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