RAISING THE BAR
Class Notes
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John J. Michalik
has published The Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899: Scientists, Naturalists, Artists and Others Document America’s Last Frontier. The book explores the lives and adventures of the group of experts who participated in an expedition of the Alaskan territory.
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Paul Legler
received multiple recognitions for his book Half the Terrible Things. The novel was selected as a finalist for the Midwest Book Awards, Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards, and the Eric Hoffer Book Award. Tom McDonald, as a member of the Board of Lawyers Committee, played a role in moving Kristen Clarke’s nomination to head the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division to confirmation. Clarke was confirmed by the Senate in May 2021. Ambassador McDonald is an attorney with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Washington, D.C.
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Jon Hoganson
was named a “Leader in Their Field” in the Chambers USA Awards 2021. He is a shareholder practicing in the areas of banking, real estate, and general corporate law at Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis.
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MINNESOTA LAW
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NEWS ABOUT YOUR CLASSMATES AND COLLEAGUES
Timothy Barnett was
named a “Leader in Their Field” in the Chambers USA Awards 2021. He is a shareholder at Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis, with a practice focused on commercial lending. Todd Urness was named a “Leader in Their Field” in the Chambers USA Awards 2021. He practices law at Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis, where he focuses on tax credit financing and syndication, as well as real estate development and transactions.
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Kathryn Graves was
named a 2020 North Star Lawyer by the Minnesota State Bar Association. Graves is a family law attorney at Henson Efron in Minneapolis. Ronald Woessner joined Jackson Spencer Law, a Dallas-based employment law firm, as senior counsel. His practice focuses on advocacy for employee rights.
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Tom Thomas
joined Vincerx Pharma, Inc. in Palo Alto, California, as general counsel and chief legal officer. His practice focuses on corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, technology transactions, and executive compensation.
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John F. Docherty was
appointed to serve as magistrate judge for the District of Minnesota. Previously, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota.
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Michael C. Glover joined
DeWitt in its Minneapolis office. Glover practices in the areas of transportation and logistics, business, labor and employment, and litigation.
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Toni Halleen
published The Surrogate. The novel explores questions regarding family, love, and relationships. Halleen was inspired to write the book after taking a family law class with Professor Judith Younger during her time at Minnesota Law.
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Jim Chosy
received the 2021 Exemplar Award from the National Legal Aid and Defender Association. Chosy is the senior executive vice president of U.S. Bancorp, the parent company of U.S. Bank. Nancy Staudt has accepted a position as the Frank and Marcia Carlucci Dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School and vice president of innovation at RAND, a California-based research and public policy organization. Staudt was formerly dean of the
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
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Neil Ayotte
was appointed to serve as senior vice president, general counsel, and chief compliance officer at Nuwellis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota Chad Baruch, of Johnston Tobey Baruch in Dallas, was named to Best Lawyers in America for the third consecutive year. His practice includes civil, criminal, and family law appeals. Toni Michelle Jackson
joined Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in its litigation and labor and employment groups, as well as the firm’s state attorneys general practice. Previously, Jackson served as deputy attorney general of the public interest division at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. Christine A. Long was elected to serve a two-year term as assistant chief judge in the Third Judicial District of Minnesota. She has served on the bench since 2010.
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Suzanne Spellacy joined
the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx as general counsel. Spellacy oversees areas involving risk management, employment law, contract negotiations, dispute resolution, and league rules and regulations. Daniel Tschida was selected one of four finalists for the 28th
