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Unsung Legal Heroes

Allie F. Morris
Sep 15, 2025

Allie Morris, Merchant & Gould

In 2024, Merchant & Gould was preparing to launch its new WAGS (Worldwide Absolute Grounds Screening) service, a cutting-edge tool to streamline the global trademark clearance process.

Erin M. Ness
Sep 15, 2025

Erin Ness, Winthrop & Weinstine

Erin Ness recalls when her mother told her about an employment advertisement in a newspaper for a project assistant job with the multifamily developer Dominium.

Gerardo Orozco Guzman
Sep 15, 2025

Gerardo Orozco Guzman, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General

Gerardo Orozco Guzman grew up knowing he wanted to help people.

Julie Ritter
Sep 15, 2025

Julie Ritter, Robins Kaplan LLP

Sometimes a family member's career inspires another to take the same path.

Dustin Russell
Sep 15, 2025

Dustin Russell, Minnesota Attorney General’s Office

When Dustin Russell moved to Minneapolis from Idaho in 2023 to manage and run the IT Department in the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, he had no idea that the office — in Town Square Tower in St. Paul — was about to be remodeled for the[...]

Patty Seberson
Sep 15, 2025

Patty Seberson, Ciresi Conlin LLP

At Minneapolis-based Ciresi Conlin LLP, Patty Seberson has called on her past experience as a software instructor and IT support specialist to thrive in a very different role that employs some of the skills she developed in her IT days: a highly valu[...]

Caleb Shields
Sep 15, 2025

Caleb Shields, Robins Kaplan LLP

Caleb Shields, a trial-support technician for Robins Kaplan LLP, qualifies for the title “Our Go-to Techie.”

Sue Sjodahl
Sep 15, 2025

Sue Sjodahl, Maslon LLP

The lawyers and staff at Maslon LLP have their own internal Google resource to find things from years ago: Sue Sjodahl.

Katie Snell
Sep 15, 2025

Katie Snell, Fish & Richardson

Fish & Richardson has offices in more than a dozen U.S. cities, plus Germany and China.

Tiffany Strother
Sep 15, 2025

Tiffany Strother, Keller, Woods & Thompson, P.A.

Tiffany Strother found her home-away-from-home when she joined Keller, Woods & Thompson, P.A. as a front desk receptionist at just 19 years old. Over the years, Strother has been promoted to legal assistant, then paralegal, and now serves as the [...]

Bridget Thelen
Sep 15, 2025

Bridget Thelen, Messerli Kramer

“Office specialist.” It could mean anything, right? In the case of Bridget Thelen, the title means almost everything.

Shannon Wiger
Sep 15, 2025

Shannon Wiger, Spencer Fane

After six years at Moss & Barnett's St. Cloud office and more than a decade in the legal field, Shannon Wiger made the move to Spencer Fane in early 2025, along with several colleagues.

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