Breaking the Ice: Tackling medical devices, water buffalo, RICO

Todd Nelson November 23, 2018

Christine Kain lettered as a student manager with the University of Minnesota football team. (Submitted photo)

“I’ll come home and have random facts about school buses or water buffalo or dentistry.”

Breaking the Ice: Capitol experience leads to law, lobbying work

Todd Nelson November 16, 2018

Patrick Hynes is an attorney in Messerli Kramer’s government relations group in St. Paul. (File photo: Bill Klotz)

Patrick Hynes likes reading John le Carré novels and teaching kids how to cook.

Breaking the Ice: Immigration practice helps ‘one person at a time’

Todd Nelson November 9, 2018

Graham Ojala-Barbour said his caseload is expanding as Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests rise.

Breaking the Ice: Estate work balances legal, emotional issues

Todd Nelson November 1, 2018

"I introduce myself as, 'I’m an attorney, but I’m a nice attorney. I don’t sue anyone.'”

Breaking the Ice: Combining private investment, public incentives in rewarding practice

Todd Nelson October 26, 2018

Lara Page’s past projects include the redevelopment of the Pillsbury A Mill on Minneapolis’ riverfront and the former Schmidt Brewery in St. Paul. (File photo: Bill Klotz)

"The biggest misconception about attorneys is that we’re all combative and just looking for a fight."

Breaking the Ice: Attention to detail pays off in liability practice

Todd Nelson October 19, 2018

Philosophy studies, working as a newspaper copy editor and law school sharpened Ike Messmore’s eye for detail. (File photo: Bill Klotz)

Ike Messmore is proud of his “ability to identify those five words out of tens of thousands as a potential place to make an argument that my clients weren’t contractually liable."

Breaking the Ice: Science, law merge in food-borne illness practice

Todd Nelson October 11, 2018

Ryan Osterholm, attorney at Pritzker Hageman, with a handful of pumpkin seeds. (File photo: Bill Klotz)

Ryan Osterholm’s food-borne illness litigation practice combines his “medical family background” and long-time interest in the law.

Breaking the Ice: Pursuing social change full time at ACLU

Todd Nelson October 4, 2018

As a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, David McKinney is responsible for integrative advocacy, identifying potential civil rights and civil liberties issues and working with colleagues to address them. (File photo)

David McKinney said he “felt compelled to get into the fight” in part in response to the “increase in racist rhetoric and action that we’ve seen in the country in the last year.”