2018 Up & Coming Attorneys

Click above to read the 2018 Up & Coming Attorneys and Unsung Legal Heroes digital edition.

Remember your salad days, when you were green and inspired? Me neither, most of the time, but the fall Up & Coming Lawyers awards always help me remember.

Our honorees are nominated by their peers and chosen by past recipients for their outstanding achievements for their clients, the profession and the organizations where they are employed.

It’s important to take note that it is not all about money. Certainly achieving a good economic result for a client is gratifying and important but our attorney honorees are also about smaller cases, community service, nonprofits, and, of course, pro bono work.  They are mentors to newer attorneys and committed to supporting the profession’s goals such as diversity, access to justice, legal education and lawyer wellness.

There is a common thread that runs through all our award recipients, and that is that their focus is on building relationships and helping others. For the attorneys and their staff members, their relationships with their colleagues and clients is the most important part of the work. That’s an encouraging take-away for all of us.

— Barb Jones

Click the names below to read about each honoree.

• Evan Berquist
• Catherine Bitzan Amundsen
• Michael Boulette
• Amy Conway
• Ami ElShareif
• Martha Engel
• Patrick Fenlon
• Betsy Flanagan
• Eric Friske
• Erica Holzer
• Jennifer Huang
• Stephen D. Larson
• Jennifer Lauermann
• Dustin Massie
• Alexandra J. Olson
• Jennifer Olson
• Carrie Osowski
• Tom Pack
• Jade Rosenfeldt
• Jack Sullivan
• Katherine M. Swenson
• Kodi Verhalen
• Emily M. Wessels
• X. Kevin Zhao