Minnesota Lawyer

Sometimes, Selina Kolsrud walks witnesses or victims to the courthouse when they’re about to testify or make a victim impact statement.

If you’re going to work in data, it helps if you love data. Jennifer Marrone loves data.

After studying film at Montana State University, Paul McCaffrey headed to Hollywood for three years and found work at several production companies before returning to the Twin Cities.

Adriana Mejia wasn’t born and raised here, but she’s certainly become a Minnesotan since moving to the Twin Cities as a teen.

It’s interesting to be senior director of HR at a law firm during a pandemic. It’s even more interesting when that firm is also merging with another firm.

A week and a half into the pandemic in March, Merchant & Gould marketing coordinator Laura Mitlyng began a daily email newsletter to enliven the lives of staff working from home.

Stinson paralegal Anthony Simone has always enjoyed debating and discussing “the big questions,” he said. “I want to be a part of the decision-making process.”

Shannon Stoneking has been Dakota County Law Library’s manager since 2013. Her inspiration to become a law librarian came from another Unsung Legal Heroes honoree.

In her role as litigation paralegal at Ciresi Conlin, Jenny Taplin helps out in all phases of the firm’s litigation matters.

Facilities manager Cynthia Trana was helping to coordinate a large-scale project to renovate the four floors that Taft Stettinius & Hollister occupies in the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis when the coronavirus pandemic struck.