People and Practices: Dec. 14

 Merchant & Gould announces three new associate attorneys: Karen Beckman, Ph.D., Ryan Borelo and Lindsay Hartman to its Minneapolis office.Karen Beckman joins Merchant & Gould’s Litigation and Chemical & Life Sciences practice groups after serving as a summer associate at the firm in 2015 and 2016. Beckman received a J.D. from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Minnesota, an M.S. in medicinal chemistry from the University of Kansas and a B.S. in chemistry from North Dakota State University.

Ryan Borelo joins the firm’s Litigation and Chemical & Life Sciences practice groups after working as a summer associate at Merchant & Gould in 2016. Borelo received a J.D. from Brigham Young University – J. Reuben Clark Law School, an MBA in finance from Brigham Young University – Marriott School of Business, and a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Houston.

Lindsay Hartman, previously an associate at Kagan Binder in Stillwater, Minnesota, joins Merchant & Gould’s Electrical & Software practice group. Hartman received a J.D. from Mitchell Hamline College of Law and a B.S. in biology from the University of Minnesota.

 

Moss & Barnett, A Professional Association, announced that Sarah E. Doerr has been selected as the attorney state chair of the Minnesota chapter of the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals (ACA International). Doerr’s term will run Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2018. The attorney state chairs are attorneys who have volunteered to be available as a legal resource and referral attorney for ACA International.