Minnesota Lawyer

The Advocates for Human Rights is but one of the many who benefited from Arvonne Fraser’s contributions and will miss her. Fraser died Aug. 7 at the age of 92. The Advocates mourned her in a mailing on Wednesday, Aug. ...

Three finalists for a seat on the bench in the 8th Judicial District have been announced by the Commission on Judicial Selection. This vacancy will occur upon the retirement of Judge Michael J. Thompson, and will be chambered at Glenwood ...

Disbarred and suspended

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Possibly you haven’t had a moment to notice, but lawyer’s bar passage required employment rate increased more than 1 percent in 2017 compared to 2016. The number of part-time jobs has fallen and the new lawyers at large law firms ...

If you are a public employee who has unwillingly paid union dues, the Center of the American Experiment is looking for you. In June the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment prohibits public-sector unions from taking or collecting ...

About 400 family and friends were on hand

Bar Buzz congratulates and thanks Hennepin County District Court Judge Kevin Burke who on July 26 became the most senior judge in the state. He was sworn in on July 26, 1984 by Gov. Rudy Perpich — 34 years ago. ...

Chief Justice Lorie Gildea and her drum unit rode in the Water Carnival parade in Detroit Lakes on July 15.

Jacob C. Allen, Theodora K. Gaïtas and Sarah S. West were all appointed.

The state July 19 obtained a consent judgment permanently banning Help the Vets Inc.—a Florida charity—and its president, Neil Paulson, from soliciting in Minnesota due to their misrepresentations that donations would be used to help disabled and wounded military veterans, ...