Congratulations to Mike Stephani (pictured below) on becoming a Partner at Best & Flanagan (Minneapolis). Mike represents a wide array of clients in bankruptcy/ restructuring matters, commercial litigation, and trust and estates litigation.
Chuck Berendes continues to practice immigration law in La Crosse, WI. He recently made a pair of pot holders from an old wool sweater that went through the wash on a hot cycle. 2008 Send your 2008 class notes and photos to Andrea Hoversten (ahoversten@goklawfirm.com). ______________________________ In October, Laura Hammargren (pictured below) moved from an in-house litigation role at 3M back to private practice as a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig. Laura will keep track of her time once again on toxic and mass tort litigation and related investigations.
Angie Streit (pictured below) celebrated Streit Law’s first anniversary in February. Her fiancé, Thierry Ajas, has been a huge support. They will marry and blend families (3 boys total) on October 4. Angie’s also learning French and hopes to use it next time they visit Thierry’s family in France.
Sara Micheletti now practices at McCarty Law (Appleton, WI). She handles estate planning, guardianship, estate settlement and probate matters.
Brandon Niles (pictured below) became a vice president with Acadian Companies (Lafayette, LA). Brandon leads the strategic development of Acadian Total Security. He has been with Acadian in various roles since 2010.
2010 Send your 2010 class notes and photos to Meghann Kantke or Garin Strobl (ustlaw2010@ gmail.com). ______________________________ Hello from the Class of 2010! Kari Kanne (pictured below) became a named shareholder at the family law firm of Honsa Mara & Kanne (Minneapolis). The firm is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise.
2009 Send your 2009 class notes and photos to Lisa Thimjon (lmthimjon@gmail.com). ______________________________ Nate Dahl’s family moved to St. Joseph, MN, and are living their dream farm life on a lake. Nate continues to run the Meshbesher & Spence St. Cloud office. He and Eric Palmer ’07 J.D. secured the largest personal injury verdict ever obtained in Sherburne County and were both honored as Minnesota Attorneys of the Year. Roll Toms! Kory Kotrba (pictured below) is now a non-equity partner at Seager, Tufte, Wickhem (Minneapolis). Kory is a registered patent attorney.
Shauna Kieffer opened her own criminal defense firm and represents clients across Minnesota. Shauna continues to serve on the board of directors for the Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and authored several amicus
briefs to the Minnesota Supreme Court last year.
Colin Peterson (pictured below) is now an Operations Project Manager at Medica. Colin focuses on operations growth initiatives and efficiency projects.
Laura Loeffler (pictured below) joined Oportun as a Senior Supervisor in Risk and Control Management. Oportun is a financial services and loan company headquartered in San Carlos, California.
Nickey Kettwick (pictured below) became the 106th president of the Hennepin County Bar Association on June 8, 2023.
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