Jacob Dannen (pictured below) is now a municipal court associate judge for the City of Bastrop, Texas, which is located outside of Austin. Jacob also continues to practice family law at Key Law Office.
Steve Kool (pictured below) is now a shareholder at Winthrop & Weinstine (Minneapolis). Steve handles affordable housing and real estate finance matters.
Kaitlyn Andren (pictured below) is now a partner at Terzich & Ort (Maple Grove, MN). Kaitlyn devotes her practice exclusively to family law.
Brett Kelley was appointed to the Criminal Justice Act Panel of private attorneys for the District of Minnesota and named a Super Lawyers’ Rising Star. Lindsay Lien (pictured below) now practices at Nicolet Law Office, where she focuses on Wisconsin and Minnesota personal injury and product liability cases.
Congratulations to Katie Nagel (pictured below) on her promotion to Assistant General Counsel for Accession Risk Management Group, a nation-wide family of insurance distribution and specialty risk management companies.
Maggie (Novack) Cook is now a Partner at Gorman & Lodermeier, PLC, in Red Wing, Minnesota. She practices primarily in the areas of elder law and estate planning. Maggie and Jordan Cook ‘15 J.D. welcomed their second son, Zeke Thomas Cook (pictured below), on August 19, 2023.
Caitlin Hull is now a Dorsey & Whitney partner in their Minneapolis-based Government Solutions and Investigations Group. Anne Rondoni Tavernier (pictured below) is now a shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron (Minneapolis). Anne specializes in trusts and estates litigation, focusing on disputes involving fiduciary powers and obligations, trust and estate interpretation and enforcement and related business matters.
Bryan Wachter is now a shareholder at Aafedt, Forde, Gray, Monson & Hager, P.A.
2016 Send your 2016 class notes and photos to Rachel Scherf at (racheleliedavis@gmail.com) or Chris Clark (christopher.clark@ stthomas.edu). ______________________________ Saarah Berenjian (pictured below) joined Honsa Mara & Kanne (Minneapolis), where she focuses exclusively on family law. The firm is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise.
Debbie Walker Kool (pictured below) rejoined Fredrikson & Byron in their Minneapolis- based Start Up & Rapid Growth Enterprises (SURGE), Venture Capital & Angel Financing, Corporate, Finance & Securities, and Mergers & Acquisitions groups.
Ricky DeMello (pictured below) joined Thomas|Horstemeyer’s Atlanta-based Electrical/ Computer and Life Sciences groups. Ricky handles patent application drafting and prosecution, and IP portfolio development and litigation.
Derek Thooft became the new Director of Law Clinic Operations for St. Thomas Law. Derek brings years of experience operating Thooft Law, LLC, to his new role at the Clinic.
2015 Send your 2015 class notes and photos to Amanda Diedrich at (classnotesustlaw2015@ gmail.com). ______________________________
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