SOL Lawyer Magazine Spring 2024

2014 Send your 2014 class notes and photos to Austin Bowyer (austin.bowyer@gmail.com) or Anthony Truong (ants.conglomerate@gmail.com). ______________________________ Maria Bazakos (pictured below) is now a partner in Ice Miller’s Real Estate Practice (Chicago), where she guides clients through all aspects of real estate acquisitions and sales, from due diligence through title clearing and commercial leasing.

Alison Ovenden (pictured below) was promoted to Senior Legal Counsel VP at Pathward, National Association.

Carolyn (Latimer) Frazer welcomed her second son in November 2023. Carolyn, her husband Jeremy, and their two boys live in Dallas, Texas, where Carolyn is legal counsel for Safran USA. Emily Anne Gullickson recently made the cross-country move from Arizona to Virginia, where she now serves as Deputy Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia. She started her new role with Governor Glenn Youngkin in July 2023. Dominika Kins (pictured below) is now an Assistant Attorney General with the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, where she handles Medicaid Fraud prosecutions.

Neal Pearson (pictured below) has worked at U.S. Bank for 10 years as of December. Neal and his wife celebrated their 15-year anniversary last year, have 4 kids (15, 11, 8 and 2), and love it all!

Katie Rheault and Jamie Arenz ‘06 B.A. are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Eleanor Margaret Arenz born May 8, 2023 at 6 lbs 3 oz and 19 inches long.

Josh Socks and Elizabeth Malay continue to grow their law practice. Liz is now a partner, and the firm is being restructured as Collier Socks LLP. The firm is a boutique, trial-focused practice with an emphasis on employment litigation and civil rights. Adrienne (Geile) Stanley and Rafe Stanley (pictured below) are looking forward to their 10th wedding anniversary later this year. They just celebrated the 4th and 1st birthdays of their two kids, Roslyn (Rosie) and Francis (Fox). Adrienne and Rafe currently live in East Side St. Paul.

Whitney Davister (pictured below) is now the Register in Probate and Clerk of Juvenile Court for Brown County, Wisconsin.

Roger Maldonado (pictured below) became a partner at Faegre Drinker (Minneapolis). Roger practices in Faegre’s Finance & Restructuring group. He represents corporate trustees, creditors, equipment lease lenders, investment firms and large financial institutions in state and federal courts, including bankruptcy court.

Kathryn Short (pictured below) is now senior counsel at Wells Fargo.

Laura Gisler now practices at a Copenhagen intellectual property firm called aera IP. Beth Jennings (pictured below) is now an associate professor and Director of the Legal Information Center at Widener University Delaware Law School (Wilmington, DE).

Stephanie Wiersma joined the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) in July 2023 as Legal Counsel. Stephanie oversees implementation and

2013 Send your 2013 class notes and photos to Carolyn (Latimer) Frazer (cglfrazer@ gmail.com) or Grant Gherity (ggherity@gmail.com). ______________________________

compliance of the State Settlement Agreement

between MDHR and the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Police Department.

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