Minnesota Lawyer

Lariss Maldonado’s desire to become a lawyer has fueled her rise from a Latino community in south Texas to law school in Minnesota and now to her groundbreaking new role as board chair American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.

Attorney Jenn Urban says working with nonprofit organizations and individuals starting them enables her to “empower those people to do big things in the community.”

T. Anansi Wilson is realizing a vision he declared as an undergraduate with his appointment as founding director of the forthcoming Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

In her practice, Katie Gettman offers legal and business advice to corporations, executives and business owners.

Media lawyer Leita Walker’s efforts leading to live-streamed coverage of Derek Chauvin’s trial have earned the Ballard Spahr partner local and national recognition.

Registered patent attorney and adjunct professor Brett Klein worked with Intellectual Property Clinic students at Mitchell Hamline School of Law to secure a patent for the family of a St. Paul inventor who passed away while his application was pending.

Jonathan Wolf, attorney at Rinke Noonan in St. Cloud, believes doing pro bono service is part of an attorney’s “ongoing task to continually earn the right to practice law.”

Deepinder Singh Mayell, who has fought for social justice and the rights of marginalized communities throughout his career, will continue that effort as the next executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.

Angelique EagleWoman, director of the Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, says students are showing strong interest in specializing in tribal and federal Indian law.

Kelly Tautges balances leading the team that oversees Faegre Drinker’s Pro Bono and Community Service program with her volunteer work supporting access to justice.