Minnesota Lawyer

Following Gov. Tim Walz’s executive orders outlining restrictions in several areas of the economy, the Attorney General’s Office created teams to protect Minnesotans during the pandemic.

To Andrew Irlbeck and Paul Applebaum, the Chambers’ case was perfect for their pro bono and civil rights practices.

Located south of Fairbanks, Alaska, the small city of North Pole keeps Christmas decorations up year-round and boasts cheerful street names related to the holiday.

When attorney Greg Merz first heard about the student group Youthprise’s struggle to win pandemic relief for teenagers, he wanted to help and offered to do so pro bono.

Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim recalls spending a year putting together a scrapbook on Minnesota’s past for an elementary school history class.

More than 200 members of the Minnesota legal community showed up in solidarity with the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers for a silent protest at the Hennepin County Government Center on June 8 to highlight police brutality in the Black community and the death of George Floyd.

Before and after graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School, Willie Hardacker worked for Native American attorney Kurt Bluedog and began learning about federal tribal law.

After more than 30 years at General Mills as a consumer insights manager, Pat Ewald wanted to “do something very different to round out the last years of my career.”

In her childhood, Jennifer Cross dreamed of an unlikely career as a doctor, dentist and attorney. The experience of shadowing a pediatrician for a day extinguished the idea of being in health care.

With a master’s degree in biomedical science and an undergraduate degree in biochemistry and music, patent attorney Laura Hupp had plenty of career options.