Minnesota Lawyer honors outstanding women in law

Minnesota Lawyer’s second annual Top Women in Law class celebrates the outstanding achievements of women in Minnesota’s legal community.

This year’s honorees have become champions for the next generation of women lawyers who are following in their footsteps. They are remarkable role models, trailblazers and public-service lawyers as well as attorneys who have dedicated their careers to nonprofit work, private practice and in-house counsel work. These women are leaders in their practice areas and are instrumental to their companies’ success.

The honorees were selected based on the core principles of leadership, professionalism, accomplishment and passion for making a difference.

Female attorneys from across the legal profession will be celebrated at a gala event on Thursday, Oct. 24, at Quincy Hall in northeast Minneapolis. Congratulations to this year’s Top Women in Law honorees!

Emily Ambrose

Norton Rose Fulbright

Stephanie A. Angolkar

Iverson Reuvers

Stephanie M. Balmer

Falsani, Balmer, Peterson, & Balmer

Katie Bennett

Robins Kaplan LLP

Theresa Bevilacqua

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Mara Brust

Hall Law P.A.

Heidi A. Carpenter

Fafinski Mark & Johnson, P.A.

Johanna Clyborne

Brekke, Clyborne & Ribich, LLC

Janel M. Dressen

Anthony Ostlund Louwagie Dressen Boylan P.A.

Dyan J. Ebert

Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A.

Molly T. Eichten

Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd.

Betsy Flanagan

Cooley LLP

Jenny Gassman-Pines

Greene Espel PLLP

Laura Hammargren

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Phaedra J. Howard

Hellmuth & Johnson

Jennifer L. Johnson

Stoel Rives LLP

Sara H. Jones

Great North Innocence Project

Lindsay M. Keller

Keller, Woods & Thompson, P.A.

Liz Kramer

Minnesota Attorney General’s Office

Janine M. Loetscher

Bassford Remele

Susan Markey

Maslon LLP

Erin E. Mathern

Winthrop & Weinstine

Danielle I. Mattessich

Merchant & Gould P.C.

Teresa Fariss McClain

Robins Kaplan LLP

Jessica J. Nelson

Spencer Fane

Laura J. Nelson

Stinson LLP

Teresa Nelson

American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota

Natalie Netzel

Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Kendal K. O’Keefe

Chestnut Cambronne PA

Julie Padilla

ALLETE, Inc.

Hillary Parsons

Caplan & Tamburino Law Firm, P.A.

Karen Hanson Riebel

Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P.

Kim M. Schmid

Bowman and Brooke LLP

Amy C. Seidel

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Taylor Stippel Sloan

Jeff Anderson & Associates

Amy Sweasy

University of Minnesota Law School

Asmah Tareen

Fredrikson & Byron P.A.

Claire H. Topp

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Chelsea A. Walcker

U.S. Attorney’s Office

Amanda Williams

Gustafson Gluek PLLC