Class Notes March 2008

Dustin Bower '07 joined the Minneapolis-based law firm of Purdue & Awsumb, PA. He will focus he practice on commercial litigation and construction law.

Meghan Gaspar '07 has joined the Minneapolis office of Gislason & Hunter LLP. Gaspar will be practicing in the areas of medical malpractice defense, insurance defense and civil litigation.

Stephen Largent '07 was hired as an Associate on the Worker's Compensation team at Whyte Hirschboek Dudek S.C. in Milwaukee, WI.

Susan Tegt '07 joined Barna, Guzy, & Steffen, Ltd. as an associate in the firm's employment litigation and business law practice section.

Stephen Ringquist '06 joined the firm Jensen Anderson Sondrall, P.A. located in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Stephanie Haedt '03 has joined the law firm of Peterson, Savelkoul, & Benda Ltd. as a shareholder.

Heather Toft '02 is an attorney placement director for the Esquire Group, A Special Counsel Company. She will specialize in attorney job searches.

Todd Anlauf '00 has become a partner at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, LLP. He works in the commercial finance department.

Jason Kohlmeyer '00 joined Farrish Johnson Law Office, Chtd., he will practice in the fields of criminal defense, family law, and civil litigation.

Angela Beranek Brandt '99 was named as a partner at the Larson King law firm. Brandt is a trial lawyer and focuses her civil litigation practice in the areas of products liability, commercial, and employment litigation.

Livia Babcock '99 was elected partner by Meagher & Geer P.L.L.P. She practices in the areas of commercial litigation, employment practices, and professional liability.

Eric Gonzaga '99 recently was named Managing Director & Practice Leader of the Compensation & Benefits Consulting Group (CBC) at Grant Thornton, an international accounting and management consultancy. Gonzaga will continue to focus his practice on design, governance, and tax compliance of management and staff total compensation programs.

Michael Jacobs '98 was elected as shareholder for the Minneapolis firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard.

Julie Callsen '93 was elected as a partner to the firm Tucker Ellis & West LLP. Callsen is a member of the Trial Department and focuses her practice on pharmaceutical, medical malpractice, and product liability litigation.

Robert Bauer '92 was elected to the Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, P.A. firm's board of directors.

Janet Barke Cain '89 was appointed by Governor Pawlenty to a new 1^st Judicial District trial court bench judgeship in Carver County.

Roger Kramer '89 was elected to the board of the Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota (ACTLM). Kramer's trial practice focuses on the areas of personal injury insurance law and alternative dispute resolution.

Loren Solfest '86 was elected to the board of directors at Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, P.A.

Debra Yerigan '85 was named shareholder of the Minneapolis firm Messerli & Kramer P.A. Yerigan practices exclusively in divorce and family law. She has extensive experience representing clients in marriage dissolution, child custody, child support, parenting time, spousal maintenance, property division, post-dissolution, paternity, domestic abuse and antenuptial matters.

Michael G. Dougherty '81 was re-elected president of Severson, Sheldon, Dougherty & Molenda, P.A. He also has been elected to the firm's board of directors.

Jeffrey Baill '80 has been awarded the 2007 Don Kramer Award from the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys (NARCA). Baill was honored for his longstanding impact on the legal profession as the founder of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals.

Family

Nathan Hansen '07 and Heather (Rain) Hansen'07 were married on October 6, 2007 in Lincolnshire, IL.

Kevin Melvin ('06) and his wife, Sara Smith ('04), announce the birth of their first child, Nicholas Patrick Melvin, born on December 10, 2007.

Emmerson Ward '02 and wife Susan Ward welcomed the birth of Talbot James Ward on January 21, 2008. Talbot is adored by his two older sisters, Louisa (4) and Lily (2 1/2).