Minnesota Lawyer

Mark Bradford didn’t want to face “what ifs” at the end of his legal career. That’s partly why he joined with three other experienced lawyers to launch their new firm, Bradford Andresen Norrie & Camarotto.

Laurie Huotari jokes that her younger self would not believe where she is now. In her case, effective in January, that means leading a group of 19 attorneys as the newly named office managing partner of Stoel Rives’ Minneapolis office.

Pat Martin has gone from making a cold call that prompted Ogletree Deakins to open its Minneapolis office to leading the location as office managing shareholder.

Sarah Brenes is continuing her focus on immigration law as executive director of the James H. Binger Center for New Americans at the University of Minnesota Law School.

University of St. Thomas School of Law professor Julie Jonas has received special recognition for her continued efforts to overturn and prevent wrongful convictions.

Ashley Bennett Ewald is happier as an intellectual property partner at Lathrop GPM than she would have been practicing medicine — if she could have done the math required for medical school.

Erikka Ryan, director of equity, inclusion and foundations for the Minnesota State Bar Association, said the murder of George Floyd motivated her to focus her DEI efforts on the legal profession.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has issued 64 opinions so far this year on matters ranging from attorney-client privilege to pandemic-related shutdowns to the privacy of data stored in the cloud and liability waivers.

Minnesota American Indian Bar Association president Casey Matthiesen is leading efforts to expand the organization’s scholarship program. 

Understanding why Ramsey County has a high number of probation revocations and finding ways to reduce that total are among the goals of a multiyear effort involving corrections and court officials, researchers and community members.