Minnesota Lawyer

Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed former state legislator Gail T. Kulick to fill a vacancy on the 7th Judicial District bench. Kulick is currently in a solo practice at Kulick Consulting P.A., where she handles cases primarily in real estate, ...

Gov. Mark Dayton has made another slew of judicial appointments. On Wednesday, the governor announced that he had filled three vacancies on the 4th District bench, naming Shereen M. Askalani Clemens, Charlene W. Hatcher and Mark J. Kappelhoff. All three ...

Retired Hennepin County District Court Judge John McShane will join the Minneapolis firm of Soule & Stull, where he will offer alternative dispute resolution services (arbitration, mediation, and special master). McShane served on the bench from 1998 until his retirement ...

Caroline A. Bussey and Sarah E. Doerr have been elected shareholders at Moss & Barnett, the Minneapolis firm said in an announcement. Bussey is a member of the firm’s real estate practice area, where she represents landlords, tenants, and lenders ...

The Minneapolis-based law firm of Thomsen & Nybeck P.A. is being absorbed by DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore S.C., an affiliate of the Wisconsin-based firm DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. With the addition of seven Thomsen & Nybeck attorneys, DeWitt ...

Gray Plant Mooty has announced the hire of three attorneys in the firm’s Minneapolis office. Sam Sigelman joins the firm’s Banking & Financial Services Practice Group as a principal. Sigelman focuses on banking and lending issues, including workouts, litigation, and ...

Gov. Mark Dayton has tapped Bridgid E. Dowdal to fill a vacancy on the bench in the 10th Judicial District. Dowdal, who will be chambered at Center City, is currently chief legal counsel for the Office of Inspector General at ...

At Robins Kaplan, Martin Lueck has been reappointed as Chairman of the Executive Board, while Steven Schumeister has been reappointed Managing Partner. Tony Froio (Managing Partner of the Boston office) and Tara Sutton (Chair of the Mass Tort Group) were ...

Robins Kaplan LLP has promoted Julie Pritchard-Hedtke to chief practice management officer and Diane Frick to chief talent officer. Pritchard-Hedtke, who has been with the firm since 1997, will be responsible for the strategic leadership, coordination, guidance, and support of ...

Katherine M. Menendez, a widely respected 18-year veteran of the Federal Defender’s office fresh off a huge victory at SCOTUS, has been selected to replace retiring U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey J. Keyes. A 17-member Merit Selection Panel, co-chaired by attorneys ...