MinnLawyer Blog

Minnesota Lawyer announced the 25 honorees in its second annual Unsung Legal Heroes Awards. The awards are meant to honor law office employees who have consistently gone above and beyond the call of duty in their work.

This year’s honorees were nominated by colleagues, supervisors, and the staff of Minnesota Lawyer. Employees were eligible in seven different staff categories: Secretary/legal administrative assistant/miscellaneous support staff; paralegal/judicial clerk; administrator/office manager; librarian; accounting staff; information technology staff; and marketing staff.

This year’s honorees:

• Leslie Anderson
Paralegal, Fredrikson & Byron

• Jane Angell
Legal administrative assistant, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

• Tamara J. Barrett
Senior paralegal, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

• Kathy Bredesen
Administrator, University of St. Thomas Law Interprofessional Clinic

• Trudi Busch
Director of information services, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly

• Michael Cammack
Chief information officer, Bowman and Brooke

• Carol Dorsa
Paralegal, Bowman and Brooke

• Julie Fling
Senior paralegal, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office

• Sue Goettl
Legal secretary, Lindquist & Vennum

• Liz Haugen
Marketing coordinator, Bowman and Brooke

• Lori Iaquinto and Rachel Kopp
Paralegals, Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey

• Kathleen Leach
Director of marketing, Faegre & Benson

• Richard J. Nigon
Chief financial officer, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

• Jeannie Nowak
Legal secretary, Cody Law Firm

• Ruthann Petrell
Legal secretary, Bassford Remele

• Patty Porter and Lynnette Shanahan
Legal secretaries, Maslon Edelman Borman and Brand

• Jack Rhodes
Chief of staff, Ramsey County Attorney’s Office

• Stacy Rowe
Marketing manager, Fredrikson & Byron

• Victoria A. Schoeller
Legal assistant, Mitchell, Bruder and Johnson

• Susan Thompson
Office administrator, Littler Mendelson

• Barbara Tickner
Judicial clerk, Hennepin County District Court

• Carol Varhalla
Office manager, Fish & Richardson

• Jill Weber
Chief business development officer, Leonard, Street and Deinard

A luncheon honoring this year’s group will be held Thursday, Sept. 17, at noon.

Congratulations to all!