December 2007 Class Notes

Sarah Edstrom Smith ’07 has joined Briggs & Morgan, Professional Association. She is a member of the financial institutions and real estate section.

Jesse Flynn '07 has joined Ahlquist & Wiltrout, LLP. He will be involved in the general practice of law.

Christine Hlavac ’07 has joined the law office of Wessels and Pautsch, PC as an associate attorney.

Nadege Souvenir '07 has joined Masion Edelman Bormann and Brand LLP, as a member of the litigation and labor and employment groups.

Zhiyu (Sonny) Zhan ’07 has joined the law firm of Merchant & Gould as an associate.

Amy Draeger '06 has helped Minneapolis City Council with a proposal that broadens the definition of what a dangerous or potentially dangerous animal and restrictions on felons owning potentially dangerous animals.

Meghan Greenwell '06 has joined Wolters Kluwer Financial Servicesin Minneapolis as an attorney in the Compliance and Banking Division.

Scott A. Witty '06 has joined Hanft Fride law firm in Duluth, Minnesota as an associate attorney focusing on business law.

Jennifer Daugherty ’04 has joined the Minneapolis office of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP. Her practice will focus on business litigation.

Melissa Sheridan Embser-Herbert '04, has published a new book, "The U.S. Military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy: A Reference Handbook."

Ryan Kaatz '04 has joined Faegre & Benson LLP. He is a staff attorney in the intellectual property practice.

William Topka ’04 has joined Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, PA. He will practice litigation in the areas of commercial, banking, real estate, and personal injury law.

Heather Toft '02 has joined The Esquire Group as an attorney placement director.

Kelly Shannon ’01 has joined G & K Services

Kermit Nash ’00 has joined the law firm of Fredrikson & Byron.

Richard Englemann '99 is now a partner in the law firm Prince& Keating. He specializes in insurance defense personal injury, catastrophic injury claims and insurance bad faith.

Rachel Calanan '97 has recently joined the American Heart Association as the Senior Advocacy Director for Minnesota.

Samantha Gemberling '97 has joined the Eden Prairie law firm of Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC. Her practice will be focused on helping clients navigate difficult and emotional legal challenges.

Peter Gray ’97 has joined the law firm of Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson.

Joseph Roach ’94 has joined Briggs & Morgan as a shareholder.

Anne McKeig ’92 has been chosen as a finalist by Governor Pawlenty to fill a vacancy in the Fourth Judicial District in Hennepin County.

Janet Barke Cain '89 has been appointed by Governor Pawlenty as a First Judicial District trial court judge in Carver County.

Roger L. Kramer '89 was elected to the board of the Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota (ACTLM) by the regional law firm Gislason & Hunter.

James Moore ’85 has been chosen as a finalist by Governor Pawlenty to fill a vacancy in the Fourth Judicial District in Hennepin County.

Todd Bjerke '84 was elected as a trial court judge in Wisconsin and began his six-year term on the bench in La Crosse County the first of August, 2007. He is currently a Colonel in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Army Reserves, assigned as the Staff Judge Advocate for the 88th Regional Sustainment Command at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

Jeffrey Carpenter ’84 has joined Henson & Efron as a partner and member. His practice will focus on banking, real estate, and business presentation.

Jeffrey Baill '80 has been awarded the 2007 Don Kramer Award by the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys at their annual meeting in Atlanta. Jeffrey was honored for his longstanding impact on the legal profession as the founder of the National Association Subrogation Professionals.

Kathleen Martin '80 has been elected chair of the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law for the 2007-2008 bar year.

Family

Joshua Kindkeppel '03 and Caryn Christianson were married on August 5, 2007 in Madison, WI. Joshua is an attorney with Eustice, Laffey, Sebranek, & Auby, S.C. in Sun Prairie, WI. His practice focuses on business and real estate transactions, employment law and civil litigation.

Jonathan Reppe '95 and Liz Robb '95 were married on October 19, in Nerstrand, MN. Jonathan practices out of his firm, the Reppe Law Office in Northfield and Liz manages the Washington County Law Library in Stillwater. The couple resides in Northfield.

Phillip Trobaugh '91 and his wife Elizabeth Lake, announce the birth of their first child, son Dutcher Maclean Lake Trobaugh.

Obituaries

Susan Lynn Paul '86 passed away on November 6, 2007, in Fitchburg, Wisconsin surrounded by her family.

Karen Saxhaug Walden '86 passed away from complications associated with a rare type of T-cell lymphoma.

Class Notes November 2007

Edward Kautzer '76 was presented with the Pro Bono Award by the Ramsey County Bar Association for his commitment to legal representation for low-income and disadvantaged clients.

Mary Schwind '96 has been honored by the Justice Foundation for her exemplary legal service to the public by a private practice attorney.

Brian Toder '86 received his "A" license from the United States Parachute Association in July after a year of skydiving.

James Mathis '79 has been named as an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Department of International Law in September of 2007.

Christine E. Hlavac '07 is an associate attorney in Wessels & Pautsch, P.C.'s Minneapolis office.

Jennifer Daugherty '04 has joined the Minneapolis office of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. as an associate practicing in the area of business litigation.

Christopher Anderson '07 has joined Hammarback, Murray, and Jacobson, S.C., in River Falls, Wisconsin, as an associate attorney. He will be practicing in the area of general litigation.

Family News

Kelly Sofio (Fisher) '98 and husband Greg Sofio '98 have had their third child, Martha Kay, on July 24, 2007. She joins her siblings Tina, four and Nicky, two.

Tara Ferguson Lopez '02 and Thomas Lopez '02 welcome their first child, a beautiful daughter named Quinne Ysabella, on March 19, 2007. The family resides in St. Cloud, MN. Tara works as an Assistant Mille Lacs County Attorney in the criminal division, and Tom works as an Assistant Mille Lacs County Attorney in the civil division.

Emily Fox Williams '99 and her husband Alan, welcomed their daughter Ashlyn on October 2, 2007. She joins her sister Riley 2 ½. Emily is a corporate and estate planning attorney with Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty, and Molenda, P.A. in Apple Valley.

Class Notes October 2007

Eric P. Joranson '06 has joined DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C.'s Litigation Practice Group in Madison, Wisconsin.

Joshua Larsen '02 has returned to his practice at Erickson, Zierke, Kuderer & Madesn, P.A., in Fairmont, MN after a 22 month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. As a Judge Advocate with the Minnesota National Guard, he served as Chief of Legal Assistance and provided legal assistance to the American Servicemembers and Contractors stationed in Iraq.

Michelle L. Ibeling ‘01 and Jessica Hafemeyer opened Ibeling Hafemeyer, Ltd. a boutique law firm focusing on family law, wills/trusts, and bankruptcy. The firm opened August 1, 2007, and is located in Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota.

Michael "Kip" Browne `99 received a fellowship from Helsinki España to study in Human Rights, Crisis Management and Post-Conflict Rehabilitation in Madrid, Spain for the month of November. The month-long fellowship for the course, "Training of Experts in Rapid Co-operation and Assistance for Conflict Prevention Operations, Crisis Management and Post-conflict Rehabilitation (REACT)," includes training that will allow him to serve as a United Nations consultant helping developing nations transition from military occupation to civilian law enforcement that respects the civil rights of citizens.

Tamika R. Nordstrom ‘97 has joined the firm Miller & Martin PLLC's Atlanta office in the Labor & Employment Department. A native of Rome, Georgia, Nordstrom concentrates her practice in the area of labor and employment law. She has been consistently named a "Rising Star" by Minnesota Law & Politics, a recognition based on attorney polling across Minnesota and was recently selected as an "Up and Coming" attorney by Minnesota Lawyer magazine.

Joel Larson (DuFault) '96 was presented with the award for Outstanding Attorney of the Year for a Rural Jurisdiction by the Arizona Public Defender Association at its June 2007 conference in Tempe, Arizona. The award recognizes outstanding achievement/ performance by a public defender oustide of Pima and Maricopa counties. Joel is employed by the Cochise County Legal Defender in Bisbee, Arizona. The award was presented in recognition of a verdict of acquittal obtained in a case involving a soldier accused of child abuse.

Kristine R. DeMay '95 was appointed by Governor Pawlenty to the bench of the Ninth Judicial District.

Timothy Quarberg '93 has recently released his debut CD of original songs, "Go Fly a Kite." You can visit him at http://www.timquarberg.com/.

Michael Gableman '93 plans to run for a spot on the Wisconsin State Supreme Court this coming April.

Linda Wold '93 was elected to serve as the MSBA Family Law Section Publication Chair. The publication is a quarterly publication for family lawyers called the Family Law Forum. She practices family law as a solo practitioner in Maple Grove.

Keith J. Grady '88 has been appointed as Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Group and a member of the Commercial and Business Litigation Group at Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC.

Nell E. Mathews '85 has joined Lindquist and Vennum PLLP attorney office in Minneapolis.

Mark Malzahn '83 has been made a finalist by Governor Pawlenty for the position on the Tenth Judical District trial court bench.

John R. Rodenberg '81 has been selected as a finalist by Governor Pawlenty for the position of judgeships on the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Ann L. Carrott '80 has been appointed to the 7th District bench by Governor Pawlenty. She will be taking the place of Honorable John E. Pearson, who has retired.

Family News

Crisha (Haugen) Pugh ‘02 was married on September 1, 2007 to Gavin Pugh and he is from Wales, United Kingdom. They were married at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Burnsville.

Anthony Smith '98 and his wife, Julie, welcomed daughter Sydney Lauren on February 22, 2006. She joins her brother Andrew Riley, who was born December 13, 2004.

Tim Kenny '94 and his wife Joan welcomed their third daughter, Margaret Rose, on July 12, 2007. Margaret joins big sisters Mary (7) and Catherine (5). Tim is an Intellectual Property Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in Minneapolis.