RAISING THE BAR
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Joseph Dixon, Jr. was named
a 2021 Minnesota Icon honoree by Minnesota Lawyer. Dixon practices in the areas of commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution at Henson Efron in Minneapolis. He previously served as firm president for 25 years.
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J. Patrick Plunkett was
named a 2021 Minnesota Icon honoree by Minnesota Lawyer. Plunkett is a shareholder at Larkin Hoffman in Minneapolis. He provides counsel to family-owned and closely held businesses, as well as nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations.
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Fred Krohn
published a memoir titled Standing in the Wings: My Life On (and Mostly Just Off) Stage. A pioneering promoter, Krohn revisits how he made Minneapolis a destination for Broadway, concerts, and celebrities. Alan I. Silver was named a 2021 Minnesota Icon honoree by Minnesota Lawyer. Silver is a shareholder at Bassford Remele in Minneapolis, where he practices in the commercial and trust group and estates litigation group.
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John M. Mulligan
published his third novel, Exemption. The dark comedy is set on the University of Minnesota campus, primarily within Fraser Hall, during the
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1960s. The novel follows a law student who marries an acquaintance to obtain an exemption from the draft.
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Richard Ostlund,
partner at Anthony Ostlund Louwagie Dressen & Boylan in Minneapolis, was the lead author of the fiduciary claims section of the fifth edition of Thompson Reuters’ Business and Commercial Litigation in the Federal Courts.
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Timothy Marx joined
Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis as counsel in the firm’s real estate finance/ affordable housing, regulatory and government relations, and nonprofit corporation practices. Previously, Marx was the president and chief executive officer of Catholic Charities. Robert K. Ranum
published his memoir, Clinical Trial: An ALS Memoir of Science, Hope, and Love, in December 2021. The book details his personal journey battling ALS, as well as a breakthrough in science inspired by his wife Laura’s decades of research. Tonia Teasley was named the Minnesota and Dakotas regional chief executive officer for the American Red Cross. Teasley has extensive experience working in the business world and is passionate about nonprofit management.
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Kathryn Graves
was named one of the 2022 Notable Women in Law by Twin Cities Business. The award recognizes exemplary professionals who handle complex transactions and use their expertise to guide a variety of clients. Graves is a shareholder at Henson Efron in Minneapolis.
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John P. Boyle
was re-elected to a three-year term on Moss & Barnett’s board of directors. Boyle is a member of the Minneapolis firm’s litigation, employment law, and financial services teams.
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Mark Gergen
was made chief executive officer of Poseida Therapeutics, a clinicalstage biopharmaceutical company using proprietary genetic engineering platform technologies to create cell and gene therapeutics. Previously, he served as president and chief business officer. Andrea Walsh was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare. Walsh is president and chief executive officer of HealthPartners. She was chosen for her leadership in the health care industry throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Stephen O. Plunkett was
named the 2021 recipient of the Defense Research
Institute’s Tom Segalla Excellence in Education Award. Plunkett was also elected to a three-year term as a national director to DRI’s board. Plunkett is a shareholder at Bassford Remele’s Minneapolis office.
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Richard J. Anderson
joined Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks in Boston as chief operating officer. Anderson focuses his practice on intellectual property law. Previously, he co-founded the Minneapolis office of Fish & Richardson, acting as the firm’s chief operating officer. Chad Baruch was named among the Top 100 in Texas by Texas Super Lawyer. Baruch practices at Johnston Tobey Baruch in Dallas and is an appellate specialist. Jack Luellen published a true crime suspense novel, Someone Had to Die, which follows a fictional lawyer as he digs into the true story of Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena’s abduction and murder in 1985. It includes interviews and facts never before published.
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Noemi Donovan
joined Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice in Kansas City, Missouri. Donovan focuses on surety bond litigation matters, debtor-creditor rights, premises liability, and general business and civil litigation.
