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Michael Dougherty '81 has been reelected as President of Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, PA. He has also been elected to the firm's Board of Directors.
Paul McKeen '81 has been appointed by United Airlines (UA) as Senior Vice President in Labor Relations. McKeen, an employment lawyer and highly regarded labor negotiator, will oversee all labor relations functions.
John Rodenberg '81 was named as a finalist by Governor Pawlenty for a vacancy on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He is currently a Fifth Judicial District trial court bench judge in Brown County.
J. Michael Bitney '85 was recently featured in a special Heart Healthy section of the February 11th edition of Newsweek magazine. Michael is a volunteer fire fighter in Spooner, WI, as well as District Attorney for Washburn County, WI.
Loren Solfest '86 has been elected to the Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, PA, Board of Directors.
Sharon Hills '89 has been elected to the Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, PA, Board of Directors.
Roger Kramer '89 has started his own law firm, Kramer & Short located in St. Paul.
Robert Bauer '92 has been elected to Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, PA Board of Directors.
Anne McKeig '92 was recently appointed to a vacancy on the 4th Judicial District trial court bench.
Michael Gableman '93 has been elected as the newest member of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court. Judge Gableman currently serves as a Burnett County Circuit Judge and is a former an adjunct professor at Hamline University School of Law.
Gregory Duncan '96 has been elected as a Shareholder by McCollum, Crowley, Moschet, & Miller, Ltd.
Mary Schwind '96 Chair of Leonard, Street, and Deinard's Construction Law Practice, is one of three attorneys nationwide to be awarded a Women and Minority Fellowship by the American Bar Association Forum. She will serve a three-year term to the ABA forum on the Construction Industry.
Livia Babcock '99 has been elected as a partner by Meagher & Geer, PLLP. She practices commercial litigation, employment, and professional liability.
Cyrenthia Jordan '02 has joined the University of Minnesota Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action as an Equal Opportunity Consultant, where she will investigate and analyze complaints of discrimination and conduct dispute resolutions.
Jessie Becker '06 recently joined the St. Cloud law firm of Rajkowski Hansmeier Ltd. Becker will practice in general litigation, insurance defense, criminal, municipal and construction law.
Amber Lawrence '06 has been working at Downing, Dittrich & Lawrence since October of 2007. The firm specializes in Family Law and Criminal Law.
Stephen Ringquist '06 recently joined Jensen Anderson Sondrall, P.A. He practices in the area of real estate lending and land development.
Meghan Gaspar '07 has joined the Minneapolis office of Gislason & Hunter, LLP. She practices in the areas of medical malpractice defense, insurance defense, and civil litigation.
Amanda Hall '07 attended the Pepperdine University School of Law Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute in Malibu, CA. Hall will be serving as a clerk to Judge Gregory Kishel on the District of Minnesota Bankruptcy Court.
Nathan Hansen '07 attended the Pepperdine University School of Law Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute in Malibu, CA. Hansen will be serving as a clerk to Judge Terrence O'Brien on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Sarah Hunter '07 was recently hired as an associate attorney by Johnson & Condon, PA.
Family
Daniel Gregerson '04 and wife Cari Gregerson are pleased to announce the birth of their second child, Peter Sampson Gregerson, born on September 8, 2007.
Jonathan Ozanne ‘04 and Sarah Dyrdal married on July 14, 2007. The couple lives in Apple Valley, Minnesota.