Up & Coming Attorneys, Unsung Legal Heroes announced

Each year Minnesota Lawyer recognizes a group of new attorneys off to a fast start in their legal careers and the legal professionals who work to make sure the job gets done.

We are pleased to announce the 2021 Up & Coming Attorneys and Unsung Legal Heroes.

All of the Up & Coming Attorney honorees are in their first decade of practice.

Unsung Legal Heroes come from several categories including: legal administrative assistant, paralegal or judicial clerk, administrator or office manager, librarian, accounting staff, information technology and marketing.

Congratulations to the 2021 Up & Coming Attorneys and Unsung Legal Heroes.

Up & Coming Attorneys

Trevor Brown

Dorsey & Whitney

Daniel Bruzzone

Patterson Thuente IP

Aram Desteian

Bassford Remele

Autumn Gear

Barnes & Thornberg

Jessica Gutierrez

Robins Kaplan

Lisa Hui-Peterson

Ramsey County Attorney’s Office

Iain Johnson

Stinson

Grace Kim

Fish & Richardson

Jessica Kometz

Bassford Remele

Kyle R. Kroll

Winthrop & Weinstine

Brittany Lawonn

Hennepin County Attorney’s Office

Leah D. Leyendecker

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

Shui Li

Robins Kaplan

Virginia McCalmont

Forsgren Fisher McCalmont DeMarea Tysver

Ann Motl

Maslon

Alexandria Mueller

Hellmuth & Johnson

Evan Nelson

Maslon

Laura Nelson

Stinson

Brittany Resch

Gustafson Gluek

Jesse E. Sater

Bowman and Brooke

Rachael Stack

Faegre Drinker

Vanessa Szalapski

Dorsey & Whitney

Jessica Timmington Lindstrom

Winthrop & Weinstine

Anna Tobin

Greene Espel

Arielle Wagner

Lockridge Grindal Nauen

Jessi Wagner

McGough Construction Co.

Kathryn E. Wendt

Ballard Spahr

Davida Williams

Greene Espel

Kyle Wislocky

Ciresi Conlin

Ryan R. Woessner

Faegre Drinker

Seth Zawila

Robins Kaplan

Unsung Legal Heroes

Kerry Conboy

University of St. Thomas School of Law

Tonya Cooper

St. Paul City Attorney’s Office

Marina Davis

Ciresi Conlin

Karen K. Deneen

Greene Espel

Chau Espenson

U.S. Bank

Nancy Fraser

Dorsey & Whitney

Shelli Haag

Sieben Edmunds Miller

Kim Hansen

Taft Law

Nancy Jaeckels

Manty & Associates

Nikki Krahler

Fish & Richardson

Fred A. Levy Haskell

Stinson

Kelsey Lund

Madel

April Paul

Engelmeier & Umanah

Ann Potter

Robins Kaplan

Marissa L. Powers

Stellpflug Law

Jennifer Stegora

Shepherd Data Services, Inc.

Susan Trombley

Fredrickson & Byron

Dawn Van Alstine

Robins Kaplan

Karen Westwood

Hennepin County Law Library

Brandy Wolf

Fish & Richardson

Service Center

Merchant & Gould

Victim Witness Team

St. Paul City Attorney’s Office

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