Minnesota Lawyer

Thomas W. Tuft and Susan M. Lach have opened Tuft & Lach, PLLC. They are joined by associate attorneys, Letty M-S Van Ert and Nicole E. Billings. The firm concentrates its practice primarily in the areas of family law, alternative dispute resolution, juvenile law and estate planning.

Stacy Vinberg has become an assistant Yellow Medicine County attorney. Vinberg was formerly with the law firm of Qualley, Boulton & Vinberg in Canby, Minn.

Kathryn Bergstrom has been appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court Civil Justice Reform Task Force. Bergstrom is an attorney with Gray Plant Mooty in Minneapolis and co-chairs the firm's business and general litigation practice group.

Jason Prasch and Mercedes Gustafson have joined the law firm of Bernick, Lifson, Greenstein, Greene & Liszt, P.A. Prasch graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2010. Gustafson earned her law degree in 2003 from William Mitchell College of Law. She practices primarily in the areas of creditor remedies and commercial litigation.

Lauren E. Nuffort has joined Terhaar, Archibald, Pfefferle & Griebel, LLP, as an associate attorney. Nuffort received her law degree from William Mitchell College of Law in 2010.

Cameron Seybolt has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Seybolt is a shareholder in the trusts and estates group at Fredrikson & Byron.

Gerardo Alcazar, Krista Contino Krahn and Luis Reséndiz were recognized recently as “20 on the Rise” by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Minnesota. Alcazar, an associate with Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, practices general litigation and is president-elect of the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association. Contino Krahn, a patent attorney and owner of Contino Krahn, P.C., is the Hispanic National Bar Association’s deputy regional president for Minnesota. Reséndiz, a shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron P.A., is an attorney in both the U.S. and Mexico specializing in international transactions.

Karen Grandstrand has been elected by the Wayzata-based TCF Financial Corp. to join the TCF Board of Directors. She is a shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron and chairs the firm's bank & finance group.

Travis Powers has joined Fafinski Mark & Johnson, P.A. Powers will provide counsel within the bankruptcy and insolvency practice area. He received his law degree from the University Of Tulsa College Of Law and his bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland.

Jon M. Hopeman has become a Minnesota State Bar Association Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist. Hopeman is an attorney with Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt.