People & Practices – Jan. 31

Posted: 2:00 pm Fri, January 27, 2012
By Minnesota Lawyer Staff

The Minnesota State Bar Association announced the certification of Victor E. Lund of Mahoney, Dougherty and Mahoney P.A. as an MSBA board certified civil trial law specialist. This certification program is administered by the MSBA and approved by the State Board of Legal Certification.

The certified specialist designation is earned by leading attorneys who have completed a rigorous approval process, including an examination in the specialty area, peer review and documented experience. Certified attorneys have demonstrated superior knowledge, skill and integrity in their specific field and can use the designation of specialist to advertise their credentials. This achievement has been earned by fewer than 3 percent of all licensed Minnesota attorneys. More information about certified legal specialists is at www2.mnbar.org/certify.

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Joseph G. Maternowski has joined Hessian & McKasy P.A. as a shareholder.

Maternowski focuses his practice on complex environmental issues that arise in real estate and business transactions, permitting and enforcement actions before federal and state agencies and litigation. He has served as chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law section. Maternowski tracks developments in environmental law on his www.enviroattorney.net blog.

He currently serves as board chair of Eco Education, a nonprofit that supports environmental education and service learning in Twin Cities schools. Maternowski is a graduate of Yale University and Temple University School of Law. Before entering private practice he served as a prosecutor in the Minnesota attorney general’s office, where he represented the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

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The law firm of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand LLP is pleased to announce the election of Doug Holod as chair of the firm’s governance committee, and the re-election of Joe Alexander and Cooper Ashley as members of the governance committee.

Holod has served on Maslon’s governance committee since 2007 and was chair of the Business & Securities group from 2001 to 2007. Holod serves on the board of directors of Meritas, a Minneapolis-based global affiliation of law firms.  He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, received a master’s degree from Boston College and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame.

Alexander has served on Maslon’s governance committee since 2008. He is a partner in the Financial Services and Business & Securities teams and has more than 30 years of experience as a commercial lawyer. He is also a certified public accountant and a member of the Committee on Commercial Finance in the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. He earned his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota.

Ashley has served on Maslon’s governance committee since 2003 and served as chair from 2007 to 2011. He is a partner in Maslon’s Litigation Group. His practice is focused primarily on product liability matters on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants and complex class action and tort cases, including environmental toxic tort and fire/explosion cases. Ashley received his law degree from Northwestern University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from Colorado College.