Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty Biographies

Our adjunct faculty members include judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and lawyers with prestigious law firms and corporations. Our curriculum is enriched with their expertise and practical wisdom. They teach courses ranging from specialized electives such as Intellectual Property Law to our required Writing & Representation series (WRAP).

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Frank Abramson
Attorney at Law

Emery Adoradio
Office of the Hennepin County Attorney

Gregory D. Allen '92
3M

Hon. Ann L. Alton
Fourth Judicial District Court

Megan Anderson
Gray Plant Mooty

Richard Anderson
Briggs and Morgan

Willow Anderson '02
Anderson Law Firm

Creig Andreasen '04
Target Corporation, Real Estate Division

Alison Crawford Archer '02
Leonard Street & Deinard

Stephen Arnott '94
Arnott Law Firm

Jason Asmus '02
Briggs and Morgan

Hon. Robert A. Awsumb '86
Ramsey County District Court

Neal Axton
Wm Mitchell Warren E. Burger Law Library

John M. Baker
Greene Espel

James A. Baker, Ph.D. '03
3M

Dawn Bakst '00
Ramsey County Attorney´s Office

Jim Ballentine '90
Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben

Paul A. Banker
Lindquist & Vennum

Heidi Barba
Attorney at Law

James Barnum '84
Hubbard Broadcasting and its subsidiary Reelz

Katherine Barrett Wiik
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

Charles Barry
Accenture

Peter F. Barry '96
The Barry Law Office

Luis A. Bartolomei
University of Minnesota Student Legal Services

Mike Baxter '91
Baxter Engen

Barbara A Becker
University of Minnesota Student Legal Services

Louise Behrendt '89
Stich, Angell, Kreidler & Dodge

Dionne Benson '00
Attorney at Law

Marc Berris '94
Segal, Roston & Berris

Hon. Timothy Blakely
First Judicial District

D. Douglas Blanke
Tobacco Law Center

Raymond Bonnabeau '92
Hellmuth & Johnson

Matthew T. Boos '93
Fredrikson & Byron

Jeffrey D. Bores '92
Chestnut and Cambronne

Rebecca A. Bortolotti
Attorney at Law

April Boxeth '03
Voigt, Klegon & Rode

Aviva Breen
Attorney at Law

Peter Brehm '97
Peter C. Brehm & Associates

Cynthia Bremer
Fulbright & Jaworski

James Brinegar '95
Brinegar Law Offices

Sang Young Brodie
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi

Michael J. Broich
Target Corporation

Anne G. Brown '95
Sjoberg & Tebelius

Edith Brown
Hennepin County Public Defender´s Office

Jeffrey C. Brown
Jeffrey C. Brown & Associates

Glenn Bruder
Mitchell Bruder & Johnson

Philip L. Bruner
Faegre & Benson

Mary Budge
Budge Law Offices

Jerry A. Burg
Heltzer & Burg

Martin Burke
Blackwell Igbanugo P.A.

Erika Burkhart Booth '05
Attorney At Law

Cassondre Buteyn '05
Wilson Law Group

Benjamin Butler
State of Minnesota Public Defender´s Office

Christopher Camardello
Winthrop & Weinstine

Nancy Cameron
St. Paul Public Schools

Courtney Candalino '97
Novartis Nutrition Corporation

Bruce P. Candlin
St. Paul Travelers

Mark A. Cangemi
Immigration and Naturalization Service

Patricia R. Cangemi '81
U.S. Attorney´s Office

Miriam I. Cardozo
Attorney at Law

Jodie L. Carlson '91
State of Minnesota Public Defender´s Office

Dale A. Carpenter
University of Minnesota Law School

Dianna Case
Infin8Logic

Steven Chavez
Attorney at Law

Kenneth M. Cherrier '02
Woodbury Financial Services

Marta Chou
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi

Carl Christensen '05
Christensen Law Office PLLC

Link Christin
Attorney at Law

Karin Ciano
U.S. District Court

Charlie F. Clippert '94
Public Defender´s Office, Second Judicial Di

Bradford Colbert '85
Resident Adjunct Professor of Law

Karen R Cole
Attorney at Law

Thomas F. Coleman '84
Cousineau McGuire & Anderson

Robert F. Collins '65
Lindquist & Vennum

Barbara Colombo '89
Attorney at Law

Hon. Francis J. Connolly
Hennepin County District Court

Christina Cook '04
Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis

Timothy C. Cook '84
Hammargren & Meyer

Martin J. Costello
Hughes & Costello

William G. Cottrell
Cottrell Law Firm

Michael F. Cromett
Minnesota State Public Defender´s Office

Lisa Crum
Minnesota Attorney General´s Office

William A. Cumming
Hessian & McKasy

Brendan Cummins
Miller-O´Brien

Justin Cummins
Miller-O´Brien

S. Mark Curwin
Enbridge

William E. Dane
University Student Legal Services

Mary Davidson
The Law Office of Mary L. Davidson

David Dean
Briggs & Morgan

Andriel Dees '95
Wm Mitchell, Assoc. Dean for Multicultural Affairs

Michael A. Dees '93
United States Attorney´s Office

Bradford Delapena
Attorney at Law

Rita DeMeules
Minnesota Attorney General´s Office

Christine C. DeMoss '90
DeMoss Law Office

Lisa H. Dercks
Abacus, Div. of Calculus

C. David Dietz '75
Ramsey County Attorneys Office

Hon. Christopher Dietzen
Minnesota Court of Appeals

Martha Holton Dimick
Hennepin County Attorneys Office

Mark DiPietro
Merchant & Gould

Mary Dobbins
Landrum Dobbins LLC

Kristine F. Dorrain '03
National Arbitration Forum

Jacqueline A. Dorsey '00
Hvistendahl Moersch & Dorsey

Bridgid Dowdal
William Mitchell College of Law

Rachelle Drakeford
Hennepin County Public Defenders Office

William Drinane '80
Hanson Lulic & Krall

Diane Dube '82
Resident Adjunct Professor of Law

James Duchon
Attorney at Law

Jon R. Duckstad '62
Attorney at Law

Walter Duffy, Jr. '70
Faegre & Benson

Caroline Durham
Assistant Federal Defender

Paula J Duthoy '90
Attorney at Law

Daniel Enebo '97
Cargill

Sherry Enzler '85
Research Fellow

Stephen Erickson
Erickson Mediation

Diane Miller Esch
Attorney at Law

Tim Eschweiler '03
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly

Thomas Fabel
Lindquist & Vennum

Marie Failinger
Hamline University School of Law

Raymond Faricy '99
Lindquist & Vennum

Mary Gillen Fenske
Attorney at Law

Julie L. Finch '87
Law Offices of Julie L. Finch

Joseph M. Finley
Leonard Street & Deinard

Sharon Fischlowitz '96
Attorney at Law

David F. Fisher
Attorney at Law

Joe Fleming
RBC Dain Rauscher

Michael F. Fleming '92
Larkin Hoffman

Terrence J. Fleming
Lindquist & Vennum

William Flynn
Lindquist & Vennum

Paula Forbes
Attorney at Law

James L. Forman '85
Oberman Thompson & Segal

William S. Forsberg
Leonard Street & Deinard

Kristine Foudray '98
Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson

James L. Fox
National Labor Relations Board

Hon. Donovan Frank
United States District Court

Melissa Fraser
Hennepin County Public Defender´s Office

Mike Freiberg '05
Tobacco Law Center

Tarell Friedley
Attorney at Law

Christine A. Funk
Law Office of Christine Funk

Theodora Gaitas
Minnesota Public Defender´s Office

Patrick J. Gallagher '99
Fulbright & Jaworski

Edward Garvey
State of Minnesota Department of Commerce

Hon. Kathleen R. Gearin
The Juvenile and Family Justice Center

Jon Geffen '97
Minnesota Attorney General´s Office

Gordon Gendler
Wells Fargo

Jill Gerber
Ramsey County Attorney

Philip W. Getts
Attorney at Law

Michael Gibbons '99
Michael P. Gibbons Law Firm

Cynthia Gilbertson
Attorney at Law

Katherine (Kate) Golden '99
M.A. Mortenson Company

Allison Gonzalez
Crocus Hill Law Office

Mark Greene '79
Standke Greene & Greenstein

Marjorie J. Griffing '95

Clark C Griffith '86
Clark C. Griffith PA

Kathryn Grosdidier
Attorney at Law

Sara Gurwitch
Office of the Appellate Defender

Lori Guzman '98
Guzman Law Firm

H. Sanders Gwin Jr.
Shumaker & Sieffert

Deborah Hackerson
William Mitchell, Warren E. Burger Library

Laura Hage '98
Hage Law Office

John W. Haine
Thomson Tax & Accounting

Hon. Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks '85
Minnesota Court of Appeals

Mark A. Hallberg '79
Hallberg & McClain

Toni L. Halleen
The General Counsel

April M. Hamlin '99
Lindquist & Vennum

Mark Hammer
Ramsey County Attorney´s Office

Craig Hanson
Gray Plant & Mooty

Thomas Harmon
Assistant Hennepin County Public Defender

Jeffrey Hassan
Jeffrey A. Hassan

Penny Renee Heaberlin
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand

Ian J. Heath, M.D.
Minnesota Security Hospital

Terry Hegna
Attorney at Law

Shannon M. Heim
Dorsey & Whitney

Ann Heiny
Attorney at Law

John Hennen
League of Minnesota Cities

Gene H. Hennig
Gray Plant Mooty

Kerri Hermann
Minnesota Attorney General´s Office

David Herr '78
Maslon, Edelman, Borman & Brand

Robert W. Herr
Attorney at Law

Hon. Beverly Jones Heydinger
State of Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearin

Jim Hilbert
Alignor/Center for Negotiation & Justice

Chad Hintz '01
Burke and Thomas

Greg Holly '78
McGuigan and Holly

Christopher Holt
Westman, Champlin & Kelly

Michelle Horn '04
Erickson Mediation Institute

Sharon Horozaniecki
Flynn Gaskins & Bennett

Sonya Huesman
William Mitchell

Helen Mary Hughesdon '89
Attorney at Law

Joan Humes
United Health Group

Nancy Hupp
Attorney at Law

Hon. Doris Ohlsen Huspeni '70
Minnesota Court of Appeals

Jerome B. Ingber
Attorney at Law

Karen Irvin, Ph.D.
Minnesota Mediation & Counseling Center

Connie Iversen
Second Judicial District Public Defender´s O

Paul Iversen
Williams & Iversen

Imani Jaafar-Mohammad '04
Attorney at Law

Bill Jack
William Mitchell, Warren E. Burger Library

Sharon Jacks
Minnesota State Public Defender´s Office

John Jacobson
Jacobson Buffalo Schoessler & Magnuson

Josh Jacobson
Law Office of Josh Jacobson

Hope J. Jensen '93
Minnesota Department of Transportation

Valerie Jensen '96
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

Jonathan B. Jensen, M.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School

Lucinda Jesson
Jesson & Pust

Eric G. Johnson
District Attorney for St. Croix County, Wis.

Hon. Gregg Johnson
Ramsey County District Court

Ryan Johnson
Fredrikson & Byron

Lynn Jokela '05
Fredrikson & Byron

Julie Jonas
Innocence Project of Minnesota

Barbara N. Jondahl '84
Minnesota Department of Education

Kenneth L. Jorgensen '84
Dorsey & Whitney

Roger Junnila '93
Attorney at Law

Regina A. Jytyla '98
Cousineau, McGuire & Anderson Chartered

Kevin Kaiser
KPMG

Hon. Fred Karasov '83
Hennepin County District Court

Justin Kaufman '04
Minnesota Department of Administration

Rita R. Kenyon '93
Concordia University

Pomy Ketema
Dorsey & Whitney

Jeffrey Keyes
Briggs & Morgan

Salima Khakoo
American Dream Law

Thomas P. Kieselbach
Cousineau McGuire & Anderson

T. Michael Kilbury '84
Peterson, Logren & Kilbury

David E. Kirkman '79
Ravich Meyer Kirkman McGrath Nauman & Tansey

William Klein
Gray Plant Mooty

John M. Koneck
Fredrikson & Byron

David J. Koob
Caplan Law Firm

William N. Koster
Attorney at Law

Alan Kowalchyk
Merchant & Gould

Michael Krauss
Faegre & Benson

Anh Le Kremer '01
Holstein Kremer

Laura Krishnan
Parsinen Kaplan Rosberg & Gotlieb

Corwin Kruse '04
Katz Manka Teplinsky Graves & Sobol

Michael Landrum
Burk & Landrum

Judge LaJune Thomas Lange
Hennepin County District Court (retired)

Linda Kay Langham
Attorney at Law

Mark Larsen
Lindquist & Vennum

Eric Larson '91
St. Paul City Attorney´s Office Civil Litig

Kristen Larson '02
US Bank

Bryan J. Leary '89
Public Defender´s Office, 10th Judicial Dist

Julianne Leerssen '04
New Life Community Church

Sharon A Lewis '79
Sharon Lewis Law Office

Stephen L. Liebo
Attorney at Law

Thaddeus R. Lightfoot
The Environmental Law Group

Steven B. Liss
Minneapolis Public Schools

Terry Louie
Department of Homeland Security

Karen Lundquist '06
Lundquist & Lange

Warren Maas
Maas Law Office

Donna Magarian
Attorney at Law

Maggie Mahoney '01
Tobacco Law Center

Brian Mak
Berkley Risk Administrators

Carl Malmquist, M.D.
University of Minnesota

Steven Manning, M.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School

Hon. Margaret M. Marrinan
Second Judicial District

Mary Marrow
Attorney at Law

Sara L. Martin
Minnesota State Public Defenders Office

Arthur Martinez
Attorney at Law

Edward Matthews '03
Fredrikson & Byron

Rick Mattox
Attorney at Law

Nicholas G.B. May '98
May & O´Brien

Michael C. McCarthy
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand

Cynthia L. McCollum
Public Defender´s Office, Hennepin County

Jessica S. McConaughey
St. Paul City Attorneys Office

Lawrence McDonough '83
Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis

Paul McEllistrem '94
Hauer, Fargione, Love, Landy & McEllistrem

Catherine Ann McEnroe '91
Attorney at Law

Leslie McEvoy
Attorney at Law

Marilyn S. McKnight
Erickson Mediation Institute

Robert A. McLeod
Lindquist & Vennum

Mary McMahon
McMahon Law Office

Catherine (Kate) McPherson '94
Anoka County Attorney´s Office

Linda M. Mealey-Lohmann
Mealey-Lohmann Mediation

Jessica Merz-Godes '00
Minnesota Public Defense Board

Mark Metz '97
Carver County District Attorney´s Office

Lynn M. Meyer '92
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons

Renee Michalow
Attorney at Law

Ruth Mickelsen, J.D., M. P. H. '81
University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics

Cathryn Y. Middlebrook
Minnesota State Public Defender´s Office

Peter G. Mikhail
Kennedy & Graven

David Miller '83
Ramsey County Attorney´s Office

Michael B. Miller
Hennepin County Attorney´s Office

Lenore Millibergity
Immigration Law Center of Minnesota

Andrew H. Mohring
Assist. Federal Defender, District of Minnesota

Marcus A. Mollison
Lindquist & Vennum

Matthew H. Morgan '00
Nichols, Kaster & Anderson

Adina F. Morse
Attorney at Law

Erika R. Mozangue '93
U.S. Attorney´s Office

David P. Murrin
Assistant Public Defender

Gregory Myers
Lockridge Grindal Nauen

Hon. Jan Craig Nelson
9th Judicial District Child Support Magistrate

Timothy Nelson
Nelson Personal Injury Attorneys

Deb Newel
Thomsen & Nybeck

Andrea Niemi '79
Niemi, Jerabek & Kretchmer

Nancy Norman Sommers
Anoka County Attorney´s Office

Denise Norton
Attorney at Law

Michael T. Norton '78
Kennedy & Graven, Chartered

Victoria A. Oace
Attorney at Law

Brett Olander '85
Brett Olander & Associates

Karen D. Olson
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand

Mark S. Olson
Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly

William Orr, M.D.
University of Minnesota

Ned E. Ostenso '94
Merrigan Brandt & Ostenso

Daniel Palmquist '91
Leonard Street & Deinard

Dennis M. Patrick
Thomsen & Nybeck

Doug Peterson
Leonard Street & Deinard

Jeffrey A. Peterson
Gray Plant Mooty

Jeffrey R. Peterson
Commercial Partners Exchange Company

Larry J. Peterson '75
Peterson, Logren & Kilbury

Ronald B. Peterson
Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson

Theresa Peterson '01
Huemoeller Bates & Gontarek

Matthew Pfohl
Thomas B. Olson & Associates

Rebecca Picard
Mediated Solutions

Spiwe Pierce
Blackwell Burke

Christopher Powers
Thomson West

Mark Priore '04
Priore Law Offices

Phillip D. Prokopowicz
Dakota County Attorney´s Office

Thomas F. Pursell
Lindquist & Vennum

Thomas Radio
Hinshaw & Culbertson

Anne Radolinski
Fredrikson & Byron

Dean E. Raths
Attorney at Law

Gregory J. Reigel '92
Reigel & Associates

Sara Reisdorf '05
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Steven L. Reitenour '92
Bowman and Brooke

Kevin Reuther
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

John Riemer
Minnesota Public Defense Board

Peter W. Riley
Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben

Keith Rinta '96
Rinta Law Office

Galen D. Robinson
Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis

Karl Robinson
Hellmuth & Johnson

Bob Roche
Minnesota Attorney General´s Office

Lawrence Rocheford
Jardine Logan & O´Brien

Craig Roen
Attorney at Law

Hon. Michael J. Roith '77
Tenth Judicial District

David Rosedahl
Briggs & Morgan

Leslie Rosenberg
Minnesota Public Defense Board

Ken Ross
Bowman & Brooke

Mary Rowe '88
Jardine, Logan and O´Brien

Judith Rush '91
Judith M. Rush Attorney at Law

Hassan M. Saffouri '96
Attorney at Law

David L. Sasseville '84
Lindquist & Vennum

Aleava Sayre
Leonard Street and Deinard

Jon Schindel '04
Steingart McGrath & Moore

John C. Schmittdiel
IRS Counsel

Martin D. Schutz '93
Flower Schutz & Stevens

Nan Schwappach
Just Mediation

Susan Segal
Hennepin County Attorney´s Office

Mary Senkbeil '02
Regis Corporation

Emily Shapiro
Attorney at Law

Ann Curme Shaw
Ceridian Corporation

Danielle Shelton '98
Shelton Family Law, LLC

Jessica Sherman
Fredrikson & Byron

Hon. Gordon W. Shumaker '71
Minnesota Court of Appeals

Kristin Siegesmund
Legal Aid Society

Steve Silton '95
Hinshaw & Culbertson

Steven A. Silverman
Attorney at Law

George Singer
Lindquist & Vennum

William Sippel
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly

Hon. Randall J. Slieter
Eighth Judicial District Court

Sandra S. Smalley-Fleming '99
Lindquist & Vennum

Christopher R. Smith
Lindquist & Vennum

Tracy Smith
University of Minnesota, Office of General Counsel

Gordon Solo '92
Central Minnesota Legal Services

Michael B. Sonsteng '01
Integreon

Eldon J. Spencer
Leonard O´Brien Wilford Spencer & Gale

Pamela Marie Spera
Attorney at Law

Stacy St. George '04
Isanti County Attorneys Office

Thomas Stapleton, M.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School

Hon. Terri Stoneburner
Minnesota Court of Appeals

Jon Strauss
Flynn Gaskins & Bennett

Sarah Stroebel
Attorney at Law

Michael R. Strom
Sieben, Polk, LaVerdiere & Dusich

William F. Stute '97
Faegre & Benson

Greg Suckow '06
Regis Corporation

Gerald D Swarsensky
Attorney at Law

Omar A. Syed
U.S. Attorneys Office, District of Minnesota

Mpatanishi Tayari
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi

Robert Tennant
Stringer & Rohleder

Hon. Mary Theisen '84
Scott County District Court

Elizabeth A. Thompson
Attorney at Law

Peter Thompson
Attorney at Law

Sharon L. Thompson-Carter '93
Public Defender´s Office, Ramsey County

Becky R Thorson '95
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi

Hon. Judith M. Tilsen
Second Judicial District Court

Jennifer Toohey '04
Hellmuth & Johnson

Eric Tostrud '90
Lockridge Grindal & Nauen

Hon. Edward Toussaint Jr.
Minnesota Court of Appeals

Cheri Townsend '97
Dakota County Attorney´s Office

David Turner
Bassford Remele

Ugo A. Ukabam '02
Gray Plant Mooty

Bryn Vaaler
Dorsey & Whitney

Thomas F. Van Horn
Attorney at Law

Dan Van Loh '99
Deckert & Van Loh

Mark R. Vargo '97
Glenn Rehbein Companies

Mark Vavreck '01
Martineau, Gonko & Vavreck

Hon. Donald J. Venne '79
Tenth Judicial District

Daniel R. Wachtler
Briggs & Morgan

Pamela Waggoner
Waggoner Law Office

Steven C. Wang
Meagher & Geer

Kari J. Wangensteen '85
Best Buy Co.

Stephen Warch
Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson

Jessica S. Ware '90
Ware Mediation Services

Michael Waterman
Mudge Porter Lundeen & Seguin

Garrett Weber '96
Lindquist & Vennum

Michael L. Weiner '81
Yeager Jungbauer & Barczak

Gary A. Weissman
Attorney at Law

Valerie Werness
Legal Research Center

Hon. Bruce D. Willis
Minnesota Court of Appeals

David L. Wilson '97
Wilson Law Group

Steven Wilson '86
Briggs & Morgan

Raymond A. Wood '86
Wood Law Office

Sydnee Woods
City of Minneapolis, Assistant City Attorney

Joanna Woolman
Minnesota Public Defenderīs Office

Tsipora Wray '85
Attorney at Law

Markus Yira '96
Yira Law Office Ltd.

Lindy T. Yokanovich
Attorney at Law

Sally Zusman
William Mitchell College of Law

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