The Hennepin County Bar Association is proud to recognize members who provide 50 hours or more of pro bono legal services per year as North Star Lawyers.
Lawyers who serve low-income Minnesotans without charge should be celebrated. By generously donating their time and talent, they change lives. They help people who otherwise could not afford counsel achieve justice. For hours volunteered in calendar year 2021, the MSBA gave special recognition to members who provide 50 hours or more of legal services as defined in Rule 6.1(a), (b)(1) and (b)(2) of the Rules of Professional Conduct. This year, the following 579 HCBA members were certified as North Star Lawyers for their work in 2021.
Thank You, 2021 HCBA North Star Lawyers!
Jacob Abdo
Nathaniel Ajouri
Marc Al
Briana Al Taqatqa
Hannah Albrecht
Jody Alholinna
Richard Allyn
Abou B. Amara
Hannah Anderson
Christopher Anderson
Ryan D. Anderson
Kaitlyn Andren
Volha Andreyeva
Landon Ascheman
Samuel Audley
Janae Aune
Ashley Bailey-Chang
John Baker
Blaine Balow
Leyla Bari
Katherine Barrett Wiik
Anna Barton
Kate Baxter-Kauf
Melissa Bayne
Lisa Beane
Paul K. Beck
Rebecca Bell
Andrew Benson
Christopher Bercaw
Maureen Kane Berg
Larry Berg
Matthew Bergeron
Brayanna Bergstrom
Thomas Berndt
Rebecca J. Bernhard
Beth Bertelson
Marc Betinsky
Elie Biel
Timothy Billion
Jevon Bindman
Patrick Bisenius
Catherine Bitzan Amundsen
Kathryn Bjorklund
David Bland
Mark Blando
Jane Blaney
F. Cameron Bliss
Joshua Bobich
Bruce Boeder
Lukas Boehning
Michael Boulette
Christopher Bowman
Thomas Boyd
Katherine Boyle
Brian Boysen
Mark Bradford
Traci Bransford
Timothy Brausen
Maria Brekke
Victoria Brenner
Michael Brey
Jill Brisbois
Andrew Brown
Trevor Brown
Erin Bryan
Molly Bryant
Theodore Budd
David Bunde
Chelsea Bunge-Bollman
Christopher J. Burns
Jamie McCarty
Aristotle Butler
Jonathan Bye
Marielos Cabrera
Michelle Cardona Vindasco
Clayton Carlson
Andrew M. Carlson
Samantha Carmickle
Thomas E. Casey
Anabel Cassady
Joseph Cassioppi
Robert Cattanach
Tucker Chambers
Christine Chambers
Grace Chanin
Erik Christensen
Megan Christner
Angela Christy
Gay B. Clapp
Monica Clark
Marilyn Clark
Michael Cockson
Michael Cohen
Patrick J. Cole
Craig Coleman
Jennifer Colich
Kelvin Collado
Kevin Conneely
Clinton Conner
Amy Conners
Sydney Courrier-Oaster
Christine Courtney
Peter Coyle
Daniel Cragg
Sarah Crippen
Joshua Curry
Clinton Cutler
J. Michael Dady
Amanda Daeges
Cathy Dahl
Annamarie Daley
Christian Davis
John Degnan
Christopher DeLong
Kaitlyn Dennis
Jodi DeSchane
Jody DeSmidt
Craig Deutsch
Katherine DeVries Smith
John "Jack" DeWalt
Tammera Diehm
Rikke Dierssen-Morice
Brian Dillon
Joseph Dixon III
David Dobmeyer
Aaron Dobosenski
Holly Dolejsi
Daniel Donovan
Thomas Dougherty
Rachel Dougherty
Logan Drew
Devin T. Driscoll
Timothy Droske
Michael Drysdale
Robert Dube
Jessica DuBois
Melinda Dugas
Richard Duncan
Tricia Dwyer
Nathan J. Ebnet
François Ecclesiaste
Erin Edgerton Hall
Samuel J. Edmunds
Kirsten Elfstrand
Samantha Ellingson
Lisa Ellingson
Malissa Eng
Carl Engstrom
John Erhart
Amy Erickson
Dean Eyler
David Ezrilov
Laura Farley
Alexander Farrell
Joshua Feneis
Audrey Fenske
Kellen Fish
Caitlinrose Fisher
Fay Fishman
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Elizabeth Fors
Dulce Foster
Aaron Frederickson
R Leigh Frost
Cresston Gackle
Susan Gaertner
Eric Galatz
Susan Gallagher
Pattie Garger
Marlene S. Garvis
Payton George
Nathaniel Gier
Roy Ginsburg
Andrew Glasnovich
Karla Gluek
Charles Gokey
Sonseere Goldenberg
David Gomez
Roxanna Gonzalez
Timothy Goodman
David Goodwin
Cathy Gorlin
Conrad Gosen
Phillip Goter
Jeffrey Gram
Jewelie Grape
Kathryn Graves
Kimberly Gray
Joel H. Green
Joshua M. Greenberg
Elizabeth Greiter
Kathryn Grey
Timothy Griffin
William Griffith
Karen Grossman
Anne Haaland
Shayne Hamann
Mark Hamel
Thomas Hamlin
Randall Hanson
Lindsey Hanson
William Hart
Elizabeth Drotning Hartwell
Michael Hatting
Wade Hauser
Andrea Hedtke
Peter Hennigan
Kiley Henry
John R. "Rob" Hill
Bradley Hintze
William Hittler
Nicole Hittner
Melissa R. Hodge
Christian Hokans
John Holden
Devon Holstad
Marjorie Holsten
Erica Holzer
Alex Hontos
Jon M. Hopeman
Lousene Hoppe
William Howieson
Aaron Hurd
Austin Hurt
Mary Grace Hyland
Nur Ibrahim
Jessica Intermill
Sarah Jack
J Jackson
Cassandra Jacobsen
Andrew James
Jennifer Jameson
Siobhan Jamsa
Leah Janus
Alison Jarzyna
Kelly Jeanetta
Thomas Jensen
Karl Johnson
Kathryn Johnson
Jade Jorgenson
Elizabeth Juelich
Stacy Kabele
Daniel Kadlec
Ben D. Kappelman
Phyllis Karasov
Gregory Karpenko
Zackary Kaylor
Nicolas Kaylor
Bryan Keane
Katie Kelley
Brett Kelley
Craig Kepler
Allyson Kerr
Jeffrey Kettle
Nicole Kettwick
Akina Khan
Brian Kidwell
Peter Kieselbach
Mattison Kim
Jason Kise
Kevin Kitchen
Rachel Kitze Collins
Jessica Knox
John Koneck
Jillian Kornblatt
Geoffrey Kozen
Jeremy Krahn
Tony Krall
Melissa Krasnow
Patrick Kratz
Kyle Kroll
Sherri Krueger
Amanda Kruse
Allison Kruse
John Kuehn
Logan Kugler
Laura Kvasnicka
Benjamin Kwan
Samuel Lacy
Ann Ladd
Catherine M. LaGrange
Bryan Lake
Peter Lancaster
James Langdon
Kathryn LaPlante
Tamara Larson
Kelly Laudon
Stephanie Laws
Laurel Learmonth
Jeannine Lee
Andrew Leiendecker
Matthew Leighton
Carly Leopold
Jorgen Lervick
Ellen Levish
John Levy
Leah Leyendecker
David Lillehaug
Jay Lindgren
Susan Link
Molly Littman
Evan Livermore
Rachel Lochner
Robert Long
James Long
Nathaniel Longley
Michele Loughrey Tschida
Sarah Lovegreen
Timothy Lovett
Stephen Lucke
Matthew Ludt
Nicholas Lyden
Katherine MacKinnon
Creighton Magid
Scott Mah
A. Melinda Maher
Sumbal Mahmud
Frances Mahoney-Mosedale
Roger Maldonado
Andrea Mallarino
Kristy Mara
Barbara Marchevsky
Michelle Margoles
Cheryl Speeter Margoles
Susan Markey
Sharon Markowitz
David Marshall
Andrew Marshall
John Marti
Inti Martínez-Alemán
Casey Matthiesen
Kelly Maxwell
Emily McAdam
Virginia McCalmont
Michael McCormick
Peter McElligott
Pari McGarraugh
Daniel McGrath
Mackenzie McNaughton
Donald McNeil
Gregory Merz
Jill Meyer
Neil Meyer
William Michael, Jr.
Peter Michaud
Jennifer Miernicki
Austin Miller
Michael Millios
Michael Moberg
Paul Moe
Brian Moen
Jordan Mogensen
Keith Moheban
Andrew Mohring
Adine Momoh
Bryan Morben
Laura B. Morgan
Christopher Morris
Stephen Morrison
Kailey Mrosak
Thomas Corwin Myers, IV
Joshua Natzel
Florence Neale
Scott Neilson
Nicholas Nelson
Daniel Nelson
Evan Nelson
Kathleen Newman
Christopher Nguyen
Sheila Niaz
Mary Nikolai
Michael Nilan
Sara Noel
Lowell Noteboom
Edgar Ocampo
Joshua Oie
Fred Ojile
Toni Ojoyeyi
Jennifer Olson
Rajin Olson
David L. Olson
John Orenstein
Jordan Ortmeier
Rachel Osband
Stephen Owen
Akosua Owusu-Akyaw
Adam Pabarcus
Michael Pacelli
Brandon Pakkebier
Alexander Park
Trevor Parkes
Jonathan Parritz
Katina Peterson
Dennis Peterson
Karen Peterson
Katie Pfeifer
Christopher Pham
Todd Phelps
Kacie Phillips
Steven Pincus
Joshua Poertner
Zachary Pratt
Joshua Preston
Jeffrey Proulx
Charles J. Pults
Timothy Purdon
Graciela Quintana
Thomas Radio
Denise Rahne
Roshan N. Rajkumar
F. Matthew Ralph
Navin Ramalingam
Melissa Raphan
Stephen C. Rathke
Jared Reams
James Reece
Wynne Reece
Michael Reif
Bridget-Michaele Reischl
Brittany Resch
Donna Reuter
Calandra Revering
Greta Bauer Reyes
Joshua Rissman
Ruth Rivard
David Robbins
Robert Rode
Jessica Roe
Louise Rogness
Francis Rondoni
Martin Rosenbaum
Mark Rosenfeld
Brent Routman
Michael Rowe
Matthew Rubenstein
Kim Ruckdaschel-Haley
Eric Ruzicka
Stephen Safranski
Isabella Salomao Nascimento
Jill Sauber
Alyssa Schaefer
Karen Schanfield
Stephen Schemenauer
Azure Schermerhorn Snyder
Steven Schleicher
Stephanie Schmid
Lindsey Schmidt
Beth Schroeder Harper
Sally Scoggin
Mary Scott
Alex Sellke
Shira Shapiro
Jessica Sharpe
Connor Shaull
Jesse Sheedy
Evan Sheets
Blake Shepard
Jared Shepherd
Eric R. Sherman
Mary Sherman Hill
Yuka Shiotani
Sarah Sicheneder
Jacob F. Siegel
Sally Silk
George Singer
Gregory Sisk
Catherine Sjoberg
Brittany Skemp
Rhonda Skoby
Stacey Slaughter
Sandra Smalley-Fleming
Paul Smith
Scott Smith
Catherine K. Smith
Michael Smith
Andrea Snook
Chad Snyder
Richard Snyder
Evelyn Snyder
Lisa Spencer
Valerie Stacey
Rachael Stack
Janell Stanton
Byron Starns
Anthony Stauber
Adam Steinert
Ann Steingraeber
Renee Steinle
Jennifer J. Stevens
Michael Stinson
Kristin Stock
Pat Stoneking
John Stout
David Streier
Mary J. Streitz
John Strong
Jack Sullivan
Abby Sunberg
Daniel Supalla
James Susag
David P. Swanson
Amy Swedberg
Katherine M. Swenson
Vanessa J. Szalapski
Forrest Tahdooahnippah
Jason Tarasek
Kareem Tawfic
Joshua Taylor
Clay Taylor
Eli Temkin
Aaron Thom
Aaron Thomas
Deanna Thompson
Travis Thompson
Roxanne Thorelli
Crystal Thorpe
Ashley Thronson
Michele Thurnblom
Jessica Timmington Lindstrom
Thomas Tinkham
Lica Tomizuka
Claire Topp
Robert Torgerson
Tiana Towns
David Townsend
Emily Tremblay
Veena Tripathi
Alyssa Troje
Evan Tsai
Anderson Tuggle
Robert Tunheim
Joshua Turner
Jennifer Urban
Sara Van Norman
Joel Van Nurden
Brandon Vaughn
Mark Vavreck
Royee Vlodaver
Morgan Voight
Arielle Wagner
Veronica Walther
Courtney Ward-Reichard
Matthew Webster
Eric Weisenburger
Amy Weisgram
Steven Wellvang
Jenna Westby
Mark Whitmore
Claire Williams
Andrew Wilson
Jaime Wing
Julia Wolfe
Steven Wolter
Allison Woodbury
Matthew Woods
Ryan Young
Rebecca Zadaka
Nancy Zalusky Berg
Kerry Zaroogian
RJ Zayed
Julian Zebot
Alysia Zens
Linfan Zha
X. Kevin Zhao
Charis Zimmick
Kristin Zinsmaster
Eric Zumbach
Henry Zurn
Nathaniel Zylstra
We know many more of you could be recognized. Members who report their voluntary service will be recognized as North Star Lawyers and included on the annual roster insert published in the May/June Bench & Bar magazine, as well as in other recognition opportunities.
Certification of your 2022 pro bono hours can be recorded here starting in January 2023. Law firms with multiple North Star lawyers can also certify on their behalf. Email us for more information.