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Affordable Housing

Mr. Peter J. Berrie
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
90 S Seventh St #2200
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 3901
Co-chair (612) 766-7080 peter.berrie@FaegreBD.com
Ms. Susan S. Fauver
Sherman Associates Inc
233 Park Av S #201
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Co-chair (612) 332-3000 sfauver@sherman-associates.com
Ms. Bridget A. Hust
Hust Law Firm
222 N Second St #300
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Co-chair (612) 747-8801 bridget@hustlawfirm.com

Bar Memorial

Mr. Thomas F. Nelson
Leonard Street and Deinard
150 S Fifth St #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Chair (612) 335-1500 tom.nelson@leonard.com; pat.baughman@leonard.com;

Bench and Bar

Mr John M Degnan
Briggs and Morgan PA
80 S Eighth St #2200
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 977-8660 Jdegnan@briggs.com
Hon. Jay M. Quam
Fourth Judicial District
300 S Sixth St #C12
Minneapolis, MN 55487
Co-chair (612) 348-5474 jay.quam@courts.state.mn.us

Board of Directors

Mr Eric T Cooperstein
Law Office of Eric T Cooperstein PLLC
800 Nicollet Mall # 2600
Minneapolis, MN 55402
President-elect (612) 436-2299 etc@ethicsmaven.com
Mr John M Degnan
Briggs and Morgan PA
80 S Eighth St #2200
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 977-8660 Jdegnan@briggs.com
Ms. Celeste DeMars
Hennepin County Attorneys Office
C-2000 Government Center
Minneapolis, MN 55487
Member (612) 348-5550 celeste.demars@co.hennepin.mn.us
Ms. Sarah M. Fleegel Averbeck
4027 24th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Member (612) 963-4134 sfleegel@gmail.com
Mr Paul M Floyd
Wallen Friedman & Floyd PA
527 Marquette Ave #860
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 399-0773 paul@wfflawfirm.com
Mr. Aaron P. Frederickson
PO Box 491
Circle Pines, MN 55014
Member (651) 900-1528 a.frederickson@allsupinc.com
Mr. Kenneth H. Fukuda
Sapientia Law Group
12 South Sixth Street # 1242
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 756-7100 kennf@sapientialaw.com
Ms. Claire E. Gagnon
1020 Discovery Road #100
Eagan, MN 55121
Member (651) 994-8608 claire.gagnon@buffetsinc.com
Mr Daniel J Gilchrist
Lindquist & Vennum PLLP
80 S Eighth St #4200
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 371-6227 DGilchrist@Lindquist.com
Ms Jewelie A Grape
Leonard Street & Deinard
150 S Fifth St #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Past-President (612) 335-1605 Jewelie.Grape@leonard.com
Ms. Susan M. Holden
Sieben Grose Von Holtum & Carey
800 Marquette Ave #900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 333-4500 susan.holden@knowyourrights.com
Mr. Thomas D. Jensen
Lind Jensen Sullivan & Peterson PA
1300 AT&T Tower
Minneapolis, MN 55402
President (612) 333-3637 thomas.jensen@lindjensen.com
Mr. Alan P. King
Goetz & Eckland PA
43 SE Main St #505
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Member (612) 874-1552 aking@goetzeckland.com
Ms Kimberly A Lowe
Fredrikson & Byron PA
200 S Sixth St #4000
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 1425
Secretary (612) 492-7324 klowe@fredlaw.com
Ms. Allison Wiles Maxim
311 Ramsey St #201
St Paul, MN 55102
Member (651) 294-2407 allison@maxim-law.com
Ms. Adine Momoh
Leonard Street and Deinard PA
150 S Fifth St #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 335-1880 adine.momoh@leonard.com
Ms. J. Alison Morris
William Mitchell College of Law
875 Summit Ave
St Paul, MN 55105
Member (651) 290-6452 alison.morris@wmitchell.edu
Ms. Kerri J. Nelson
Bassford Remele A Professional Association
33 South Sixth Street #3800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 333-3000 knelson@bassford.com
Mr. Thomas F. Nelson
Leonard Street and Deinard
150 S Fifth St #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Treasurer (612) 335-1500 tom.nelson@leonard.com; pat.baughman@leonard.com;
Mr. Chad E. Novak
Old Republic National Title Ins Co
400 Second Av S #100
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Member (612) 336-7190 cnovak@oldrepublictitle.com
Ms. Jennifer Olson
Leonard Street and Deinard PA
150 S Fifth St #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member jennifer.olson@leonard.com
Mrs. Amy E. Papenhausen
Henson & Efron PA
220 S Sixth St #1800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 252-2878 apapenhausen@hensonefron.com
Mr Paul J Quast
Halleland Habicht PA
33 S. Sixth St., STE 3900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 836-5543 pQuast@hallelandhabicht.com
Mr Reid S Raymond
Hennepin Co Attorneys Office
300 S Sixth St #C2000
Minneapolis, MN 55487
Member (612) 348-9893 reid.raymond@co.hennepin.mn.us
Ms Susan C Rhode
Moss & Barnett PA
90 S Seventh St #4800
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 4129
Member (612) 877-5303 rhodes@moss-barnett.com
Mr. Esteban A. Rivera
Rivera Law Firm, LLC
91 Snelling Ave N #120
St Paul, MN 55104
Member (763) 442-5467 rivera.esteban@gmail.com
Ms. Sarah E. Rohne
University of Minnesota Law School
Mondale Hall- Rm 96
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Member (612) 626-9467 srohne@umn.edu
Ms Gloria Stamps-Smith
17820 32nd Place North
Plymouth, MN 55447
Member Gloria.Stamps-Smith@co.hennepin.mn.us
Mr Jonathan A Strauss
Sapientia Law Group
12 South Sixth Street # 1242
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 756-7110 jons@sapientialaw.com

Business & Securities Law

Mr Larry A Bakken
Hamline University School of Law
1536 Hewitt Ave
St Paul, MN 55104 - 1237
Co-chair (651) 523-2189 lbakken@gw.hamline.edu
Mr Kenneth S Engel
Kenneth S Engel & Associates PC
80 S Eighth St #4555
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 343-4555 kene@kennethengel.com

Civil Litigation Section

Ms. Adine Momoh
Leonard Street and Deinard PA
150 S Fifth St #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 335-1880 adine.momoh@leonard.com
Ms. Kerri J. Nelson
Bassford Remele A Professional Association
33 South Sixth Street #3800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 333-3000 knelson@bassford.com

Community Relations

Scott R. Johnson
Goetz & Eckland PA
43 SE Main St SE Ste 505
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Chair (612) 874-1552 sjohnson@goetzeckland.com

Continuing Legal Education Committee

Mr. Chad E. Novak
Old Republic National Title Ins Co
400 Second Av S #100
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Chair (612) 336-7190 cnovak@oldrepublictitle.com
Ms Linda K Wray
Twin Cities Legal Service
7201 Ohms Ln #215
Edina, MN 55439
Member (952) 806-9900 lwray@tclegalservice.com

Corporate Counsel

Ms. Lee M. Reihsen Pulju
Universal Hospital Services Inc
6625 W. 78th St. #300
Minneapolis, MN 55439
Co-chair (952) 893-3227 lmpulju@uhs.com
Mr Todd A Taylor
Fredrikson & Byron PA
200 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 492-7355 ttaylor@fredlaw.com

Criminal Law

Ms. Laura L. Baldwin
3121 Elliot Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Co-chair llb.attorney@gmail.com
Ms. Nicole Nichols
Brandt Criminal Defense
2150 3rd Ave. N #210
Anoka, MN 55303
Co-chair 763-421-6366 NNichols@brandtdefense.com
Mr. Lee M. Orwig
Halberg Criminal Defense
3800 American Blvd W #1590
Bloomington, MN 55431
Co-chair (952) 224-4848 lorwig@halbergdefense.com

Debtor/Creditor Remedies

Mr. Carl E. Christensen
Christensen Law Office PLLC
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Co-chair (612) 823-4427 carl@clawoffice.com
Mr. Jonathan R. Septer
Messerli & Kramer PA
1400 5th Street Towers
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 1217
Co-chair (763) 548-7901 jsepter@messerlikramer.com

Delivery of Legal Services

Ms. Tricia M. Pepin
United States District Court
300 S Fourth St #202
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Chair (612) 664-5129 tricia_pepin@mnd.uscourts.gov

Diversity Committee

Ms. Ellen J. Krug
521 SE Second St #204
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Co-chair (319) 360-1692 ellen.krug@callforjustice.org
Mr Paul J Quast
Halleland Habicht PA
33 S. Sixth St., STE 3900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 836-5543 pQuast@hallelandhabicht.com

Eminent Domain

Mr David M Jann
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
2200 Wells Fargo Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Secretary (612) 766-8674 david.jann@FaegreBD.com
Mr. Peter G. Mikhail
Kennedy & Graven Chartered
200 S Sixth St #470
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 1458
Vice-Chair (612) 337-9220 pmikhail@kennedy-graven.com
Mr Rob A Stefonowicz
Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd
7900 Xerxes Ave S #1500
Bloomington, MN 55431
Chair (952) 896-3254 rstefonowicz@larkinhoffman.com

Environmental Law

Mr Richard A Duncan
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
90 S Seventh St #2200
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 3901
Co-chair (612) 766-8612 richard.duncan@FaegreBD.com
Ms Susan D Steinwall
Fredrikson & Byron PA
200 S Sixth St #4000
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 1425
Co-chair (612) 492-7171 ssteinwall@fredlaw.com

Executive Committee

Mr Eric T Cooperstein
Law Office of Eric T Cooperstein PLLC
800 Nicollet Mall # 2600
Minneapolis, MN 55402
President-elect (612) 436-2299 etc@ethicsmaven.com
Ms. Claire E. Gagnon
1020 Discovery Road #100
Eagan, MN 55121
Member (651) 994-8608 claire.gagnon@buffetsinc.com
Ms Jewelie A Grape
Leonard Street & Deinard
150 S Fifth St #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Past-President (612) 335-1605 Jewelie.Grape@leonard.com
Mr. Thomas D. Jensen
Lind Jensen Sullivan & Peterson PA
1300 AT&T Tower
Minneapolis, MN 55402
President (612) 333-3637 thomas.jensen@lindjensen.com
Ms Kimberly A Lowe
Fredrikson & Byron PA
200 S Sixth St #4000
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 1425
Secretary (612) 492-7324 klowe@fredlaw.com
Mr. Thomas F. Nelson
Leonard Street and Deinard
150 S Fifth St #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Treasurer (612) 335-1500 tom.nelson@leonard.com; pat.baughman@leonard.com;

Family Law Section

Mr. John W. DeWalt
2536 Millwood Ave
Roseville, MN 55113
Program Chair jack.dewalt@wbdlaw.com
Ms. Amanda J. Maenner
11670 Foundtains Drive, #200
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Secretary (763) 445-2618 amanda@maennerlawoffice.com
Ms. Allison Wiles Maxim
311 Ramsey St #201
St Paul, MN 55102
Co-chair (651) 294-2407 allison@maxim-law.com
Ms. Melissa J. Nilsson
Henson & Efron PA
220 S Sixth Street #1800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Secretary mjn@hensonefron.com
Ms. J. Lee Novelli
100 S. 5th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Program Chair (612) 767-6478 lee@novellilaw.com
Mr James J Vedder
5256 Drew Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55410 - 2004
Co-chair (612) 877-5294 vedderj@moss-barnett.com

Finance & Planning

Mr Creig L Andreasen
Messerli & Kramer PA
100 S FIFTH ST, STE 1400
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Vice-Chair (612) 672-3663 candreasen@messerlikramer.com
Ms. Kerri J. Nelson
Bassford Remele A Professional Association
33 South Sixth Street #3800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Chair (612) 333-3000 knelson@bassford.com
Mr. C. Edward Royal
Sapientia Law Group
12 S Sixth St #1242
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Member (612) 756-7101 chrisr@sapientialaw.com
Cyrenthia D. Shaw
1660 Highway 100 South
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Member (612) 559-6538 cshaw@shawlawllc.com
Ms. Sarah West
701 Fourth Avenue South, Suite 1400
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Member sarah.west@co.hennepin.mn.us

Government Relations

Mr. Douglas J. Franzen
1675 Highland Pkwy
St Paul, MN 55116
Chair (651) 698-0832 djf@franzen-mn.com

Insurance and Tort Law

Ms. Diana Young Morrissey
Wallen Friedman & Floyd PA
527 Marquette Av #860
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Chair (612) 338-3574 diana@wfflawfirm.com

Judicial Plebiscite

Mr Christopher Morris
Bassford Remele A Professional Association
33 S Sixth St #3800
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 3707
Chair (612) 376-1627 cmorris@bassford.com

Juvenile Law

Ms Stacia C W Driver
Walling Berg & Debele PA
121 S Eighth St #1100
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 2823
Chair (612) 335-4295 Stacia.Driver@wbdlaw.com

Labor/Employment Law

Ms. Sarabeth A. Ackerman
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
50 S Sixth St #1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Chair (612) 492-6013 ackerman.sarabeth@dorsey.com

Landlord/Tenant Law

LRIS Oversight

Ms. Kathleen M. Murphy
Attorney at Law
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 659-9108 km@kmurphylaw.com
Mr. Vytas M. Rimas
Rimas Law Firm PLLC
Wayzata, MN 55391
Co-chair (952) 476-4000 vytas@rimaslawfirm.com

Membership Services

Mr Creig L Andreasen
Messerli & Kramer PA
100 S FIFTH ST, STE 1400
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 672-3663 candreasen@messerlikramer.com
Ms. Rebecca Kuehn Schack
Meier Schack LLC
100 S Fifth Street, #1900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 605-6103 rebecca@meierschack.com

New Lawyers Section

Ms. Claire E. Gagnon
1020 Discovery Road #100
Eagan, MN 55121
Chair (651) 994-8608 claire.gagnon@buffetsinc.com
Mr. Stephen P Hoffman
1670 S. Robert St. #290
West St. Paul, MN 55118
NLS CLE Director (651) 237-9890 stephen@sphoffmanlaw.com
Mr. Joseph O. Mrkonich
22 Creekside Dr
Long Lake, MN 55356
NLS Community Service Director joe.mrkonich@gmail.com
Ms. Nicole Nichols
Brandt Criminal Defense
2150 3rd Ave. N #210
Anoka, MN 55303
Treasurer 763-421-6366 NNichols@brandtdefense.com
Ms. Jennifer Olson
Leonard Street and Deinard PA
150 S Fifth St #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Vice-Chair jennifer.olson@leonard.com
Mr. Lee M. Orwig
Halberg Criminal Defense
3800 American Blvd W #1590
Bloomington, MN 55431
Secretary (952) 224-4848 lorwig@halbergdefense.com
Ms. Donika Pentcheva
Westman Champlin & Kelly PA
900 Second Ave #1400
Minneapolis, MN 55402
NLS ABA/MSBA Liaison (612) 334-3222 dpentcheva@wck.com
Ms. Sarah E. Roeder
Donna Law Firm
7601 France Av S #350
Minneapolis, MN 55435
NLS Professionalism Director 952-562-2466 sroeder@donnalaw.com
Suncica Sejdinovic
26 West 10th Street #304
St. Paul, MN 55102
NLS CLE Director 651-380-8756 sejdinovicsuncica@gmail.com
Ms. Wing-Sze Sun
The Wong Sun Law Firm
Golden Valley, MN 55426
NLS Communications Director (612) 886-6951 wsl@wongsunlaw.com
Jayne E. Sykora
Sykora & Santini PLLP
125 Main Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
NLS Social Director 612-465-9442 jayne@sykorasantini.com

Nominating Committee

Hon. Mary R Vasaly
Hennepin Co District Court
C-1251 Government Center
Minneapolis, MN 55487
Chair (612) 348-0087 mary.vasaly@courts.state.mn.us

Probate and Trust Law

Ms. Carissa W. Brown
Lindquist & Vennum PLLP
80 S Eighth St #4200
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Vice-Chair cbrown@lindquist.com
Ms. Sharma K. Foley
Leonard Street and Deinard
150 South Fifth Street, #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Program Chair (612) 335-1500 sharma.foley@leonard.com
Ms. Jessica Brooke Johnson
Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett PA
80 S Eighth St #500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Program Chair (612) 632-3282 jessica.johnson@gpmlaw.com
Mrs. Amy E. Papenhausen
Henson & Efron PA
220 S Sixth St #1800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 252-2878 apapenhausen@hensonefron.com
Ms. Michelle L. Rehbein
Leonard Street and Deinard PA
150 S Fifth St #2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Vice-Chair (612) 335-1638 michelle.rehbein@leonard.com
Ms Robin R. Tutt
Lindquist & Vennum PLLP
80 S Eighth St #4200
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Co-chair (612) 371-3965 rtutt@lindquist.com

Professionalism/Prof. Conduct

Mr David L Sasseville
Lindquist & Vennum PLLP
80 S Eighth St #4200
Minneapolis, MN 55402 - 2205
Chair (612) 371-3237 dsasseville@lindquist.com

Real Property Section

Mr. Chad E. Novak
Old Republic National Title Ins Co
400 Second Av S #100
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Chair (612) 336-7190 cnovak@oldrepublictitle.com
Mr. John N. Saunders
4123 26th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Vice-Chair (612) 724-1765 noblesaunders@gmail.com

Solo and Small Firm

Tax Law Section

The Hennepin Lawyer

Ms. Sandra E. Feist
825 Nicollet Mall, STE 1648
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Chair (651) 492-8389 sfeist@grellfeist.com

Workers Compensation Law



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