Minnesota Lawyer

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.

Amber Bougie has become the managing attorney at Central Minnesota Legal Services’ St. Cloud and Willmar offices and Volunteer Attorney Program. Bougie received her law degree from the University of Hawaii’s William S. Richardson School of Law.

Kaisa Adams and Aarthi Monica Geyen have joined the Minneapolis office of Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP as associates.

Christian Clapp has joined Thomsen Nybeck as an associate attorney in the litigation group. Clapp received her law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2005.

Thomas Berndt, Daniel Allen and Adam Welle have joined Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. as associates in the business litigation group.