Minnesota Lawyer

At the beginning of his legal career, Peter Carlson was a litigator, handling corporate disputes, employment matters and other cases. But he would come to operate at the cutting edge of technology and law.

Like many newly minted lawyers, Mara Garcia Kaplan started out doing firm work. After graduation from William Mitchell College of Law, she worked at several firms.

To Abigail Nesbitt, litigation is diplomacy by other means. She enjoyed the diplomacy she conducted in four years of practice at Robins Kaplan, but for her, something was missing: the rest of the story.

In July 2018, Carver County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Archer Amorosi, a 16-year-old in the throes of a mental health crisis.

As societal norms and mores change, legal standards must evolve. With a sexual harassment case they argued before the Minnesota Supreme Court, Gerald Laurie and Kelly A. Jeanetta helped to promote that evolution.

Diversity and inclusion require people who can advocate for their own group, and people who can be an ally to others. Alexander Kim does both.

Knowledge is power, but data can hone that power to a keen edge.

Not every in-house counsel wants to serve both their organization and the larger legal profession. Jim Chosy insists on it.

Not every in-house counsel’s first task is to keep employees from going to jail. But Fred Dawe has handled that and more.

Medicine or law? Before committing to a career, Sandra Nowak interned at emergency rooms and law firms. She found her path at the intersection of both: intellectual property law.