www.wmitchell.edu Adjunct 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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Hon. Jerome Abrams '81
First Judicial District - Scott County
Marylee Abrams '84
Abrams and Schmidt
Frank Abramson
Attorney at Law
Emery Adoradio
Office of the Hennepin County Attorney
Pamela Alexander
Council on Crime and Justice
Hon. Ann L. Alton
Fourth Judicial District Court
Robert Ambrose '09
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Megan Anderson
Gray Plant Mooty
Nancy E. Anderson '91
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Willow Anderson '02
Anderson Law Firm
Creig Andreasen '04
Target Corporation, Real Estate Division
Alison Crawford Archer '02
Bowman & Brooke
Jason Asmus '02
Briggs and Morgan
Hon. Robert A. Awsumb '86
Ramsey County District Court
Emily Babcock '10
Attorney At Law
John M. Baker
Greene Espel
Dawn Bakst '00
Ramsey County Attorney´s Office
Jim Ballentine '90
Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben
Heidi Barba
Attorney at Law
James Barnum '84
Hubbard Broadcasting and its subsidiary Reelz
Katherine Barrett Wiik
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Peter F. Barry '96
The Barry Law Office
Hon. Mike Baxter '91
Le Sueur County District Court
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
Dale Bjorkman
Kagan Binder
Hon. Timothy Blakely
First Judicial District
D. Douglas Blanke
William Mitchell College of Law, Public Health Law Center
Jeanette Boerner
Hennepin County Public Defenders’ Office
Rachel Bond
State of Minnesota Public Defender’s Office
Raymond Bonnabeau '92
Hellmuth & Johnson
Kenneth J. Bonneville '85
Wells Fargo
Erika Booth '05
Strandemo, Sheridan & Dulas
April Boxeth '03
Voigt, Klegon & Rode
Peter Brehm '97
Peter C. Brehm & Associates
Cynthia Bremer
Fulbright & Jaworski
Sang Young Brodie
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi
Michael J. Broich
Target Corporation
Anne G. Brown '95
Sjoberg & Tebelius
Jeffrey C. Brown
Jeffrey C. Brown & Associates
Glenn Bruder
Mitchell Bruder & Johnson
Mary Budge '96
Budge Law Offices
Jerry A. Burg
Heltzer & Burg
Martin Burke
Blackwell Igbanugo P.A.
Cassondre Buteyn '05
Wilson Law Group
Benjamin Butler
State of Minnesota Public Defender´s Office
Miles Camp
Attorney at Law
Bruce P. Candlin
St. Paul Travelers
Miriam I. Cardozo
Attorney at Law
Jodie L. Carlson '91
State of Minnesota Public Defender´s Office
Dianna Case
Infin8Logic
Stephen P. Charbonnet
Soffer Charbonnet Law Group
Melissa Chawla '02
Walling, Berg & Debele
Kenneth M. Cherrier '02
Woodbury Financial Services
Marta Chou
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Carl Christensen '05
Christensen Law Office PLLC
Link Christin
Hazelden’s Legal Professionals Program
Charlie F. Clippert '94
Public Defender´s Office, Second Judicial Di
Scott Cody, Ph.D. '11
Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen
David W. Cohoes '76
Hennepin County Public Defenders’ Office
Daniel J. Cole, Jr.
Briggs and Morgan
Craig Coleman
Faegre & Benson
Thomas F. Coleman '84
Cousineau McGuire Chartered
Robert F. Collins '65
Lindquist & Vennum
Barbara Colombo '89
Attorney at Law
Christina Cook '04
Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis
Timothy C. Cook '84
Hammargren & Meyer
Emily Cooper
Cooper & Reid
Martin J. Costello
Hughes & Costello
Stephen Creasey
Lappa, Libra, Thomson, Stoebner & Pusch
Michael F. Cromett
Minnesota State Public Defender´s Office
Lisa Crum
Minnesota Attorney General´s Office
William A. Cumming
Hessian & McKasy
S. Mark Curwin
Enbridge
Angel Daher
Indian Child Welfare Act Law Center
William E. Dane
University Student Legal Services
Mary Davidson
The Law Office of Mary L. Davidson
David Dean
Briggs & Morgan
Gary Debele
Walling, Berg & Debele
Kevin Decker '01
Briggs & Morgan
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
Vanessa Denis '10
Best Buy
Jonathan Dettmann
Faegre & Benson
John (Jack) DeWalt
Walling, Berg & Debele
C. David Dietz '75
Ramsey County Attorneys Office
Hon. Christopher Dietzen
Minnesota Court of Appeals
Martha Holton Dimick
Hennepin County Attorneys Office
Kristine F. Dorrain '03
National Arbitration Forum
Jacqueline A. Dorsey '00
Hvistendahl Moersch & Dorsey
Bridgid Dowdal
William Mitchell College of Law, Career & Professional Development
Rachelle Drakeford
Hennepin County Public Defenders Office
William Drinane '80
Hanson Lulic & Krall
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
Irene Eckert '02
Attorney at Law
Sherry Enzler '85
Research Fellow
Stephen Erickson
Erickson Mediation
Tim Eschweiler '03
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly
Thomas Fabel
Lindquist & Vennum
Mary Gillen Fenske
North Hennepin Community College
Sharon Fischlowitz '96
Attorney at Law
William Fisher
Gray Plant Mooty
Joe Fleming
RBC Dain Rauscher
Terrence J. Fleming
Lindquist & Vennum
J. Lindsay Flint '89
Cancer Legal Line
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
Iris Freeman
Advocacy Strategy
Mike Freiberg '05
William Mitchell College of Law, Public Health Law Center
Tarell Friedley '85
Tarell A. Friedley P.A.
Leanne Fuith '09
Laurie & Laurie
Christine A. Funk
Law Office of Christine Funk
Michael Furnstahl
Hennepin County Attorney´s Office
Theodora Gaitas
Minnesota Public Defender´s Office
Patrick J. Gallagher '99
Fulbright & Jaworski
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
Timothy Grathwol '06
Shumaker & Sieffert
Mark Greene '79
Standke Greene & Greenstein
William Greene
Leonard Street & Deinard
Sara Grewing '03
Attorney at Law
Kathryn Grosdidier
Attorney at Law
Lori Guzman '98
Guzman Law Firm
H. Sanders Gwin Jr.
Shumaker & Sieffert
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
Thomas Hamlin
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi
Mark Hammer
Ramsey County Attorney´s Office
Craig Hanson
Gray Plant & Mooty
Thomas Harmon
Assistant Hennepin County Public Defender
JaPaul Harris
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance
Duchess Harris, Ph.D. '11
Macalester College
Patricia Hartmann '81
Attorney at Law
Farhan Hassan '98
Clausen & Hassan
Jeffrey Hassan
Jeffrey A. Hassan
Michelle Hatcher '98
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
Harry J. Haynsworth
Briggs & Morgan
Adam W. Heaton
Heaton & Associates
Douglas Heeschen '06
Attorney At Law
Terry Hegna
Attorney at Law
Shannon M. Heim
Dorsey & Whitney
Ann Heiny
Attorney at Law
Mark Hellie '05
Jardine Logan & O’Brien
John Hennen
League of Minnesota Cities
Gene H. Hennig
Gray Plant Mooty
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
Debra J. Hilstrom '10
Minnesota House of Representatives
Chad Hintz '01
Burke and Thomas
Greg Holly '78
McGuigan and Holly
Christopher Holt
Westman, Champlin & Kelly
Sharon Horozaniecki
Flynn Gaskins & Bennett
Sonya Huesman
William Mitchell College of Law, Warren E. Burger Law Library
Helen Mary Hughesdon '89
Attorney at Law
Hon. Doris Ohlsen Huspeni '70
Minnesota Court of Appeals
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
Sharon Jacks
Minnesota State Public Defender´s Office
John Jacobson
Jacobson Buffalo Schoessler & Magnuson
Josh Jacobson
Law Office of Josh Jacobson
Michelle Jacobson
Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office
Hope J. Jensen '93
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Valerie Jensen '96
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice
John Jerabek '94
Niemi, Jerabek & Kretchmer
Eric G. Johnson
District Attorney for St. Croix County, Wis.
Heidi Johnson
Attorney at Law
Hon. Gregg Johnson
Ramsey County District Court
Ryan Johnson
Fredrikson & Byron
Lynn Jokela '05
Fredrikson & Byron
Julie Jonas
Innocence Project of Minnesota
Kenneth L. Jorgensen '84
Dorsey & Whitney
Roger Junnila '93
Attorney at Law
Patti Jurkovich '96
Clise, Billion & Cyr
David B. Kagan
Kagan Binder
Kevin Kaiser
KPMG
Hon. Fred Karasov '83
Hennepin County District Court
Justin Kaufman '04
Minnesota Department of Administration
Monica Kelley
Moore, Costello & Hart
Ellen Kennedy
World Without Genocide
Rita R. Kenyon '93
Concordia University
Pomy Ketema
Dorsey & Whitney
Jeffrey Keyes
Briggs & Morgan
Salima Khakoo
American Dream Law
Thomas P. Kieselbach
Cousineau McGuire Chartered
T. Michael Kilbury '84
Peterson, Logren & Kilbury
David E. Kirkman '79
Ravich Meyer Kirkman McGrath Nauman & Tansey
Peggy Kirkpatrick
Attorney At Law
William Klein
Gray Plant Mooty
John M. Koneck
Fredrikson & Byron
David J. Koob
Caplan & Tamburino
William N. Koster
Attorney at Law
Alan Kowalchyk
Merchant & Gould
Michael Krauss
Faegre & Benson
Susan Prohofsky Krelitz '90
Attnorney at Law
Anh Le Kremer '01
Holstein Kremer
Corwin Kruse '04
Katz Manka Teplinsky Graves & Sobol
Robert Kuhns
Dorsey & Whitney
Justin Kwong '09
Attorney at Law
Matthew R. Kyle '02
Circle Biologics
Susan Lach
Tuft & Lach
Janine Laird
Minnesota Justice Foundation
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
Britta Loftus
Dorsey & Whitney
Terry Louie
Department of Homeland Security
Karen Lundquist '06
Attenza Law
Deb Mackay
Attorney at Law
Donna Magarian
Attorney at Law
Eric Magnuson '76
Briggs & Morgan
Maggie Mahoney '01
William Mitchell College of Law, Public Health Law Center
Brian Mak
Supervalu
Carl Malmquist, M.D.
University of Minnesota
Hon. Margaret M. Marrinan
Second Judicial District
Mary Marrow
William Mitchell College of Law, Public Health Law Center
Sara L. Martin
Minnesota State Public Defenders Office
Kris Maser '82
Maser, Amundson & Price
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
Paul McEllistrem '94
Hauer, Fargione, Love, Landy & McEllistrem
Catherine Ann McEnroe '91
Attorney at Law
Leslie McEvoy
Attorney at Law
Kevin J. McGrath
McGrath Dispute Resolution
Patrick McGuiness '06
Zlimen & McGuiness
Hon. Anne McKeig
Hennepin County District Court
Marilyn S. McKnight
Erickson Mediation Institute
Robert A. McLeod
Lindquist & Vennum
Mary McMahon
McMahon Law Office
Mark McNeil
Lindquist & Vennum
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 '96
Michalow Law Office, PLLC
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
Nancy Miller-Levin
Attorney at Law
Jaclyn Millner '09
Liberty Mutual
Hon. David Minge
Minnesota Court of Appeals
Hassan Mohamud '02
Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis
Andrew H. Mohring
Assist. Federal Defender, District of Minnesota
Marcus A. Mollison
Lindquist & Vennum
Matthew H. Morgan '00
Nichols, Kaster & Anderson
Erika R. Mozangue '93
U.S. Attorney´s Office
Andrew B. Murphy
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand
David P. Murrin
Assistant Public Defender
Paul W. Mussell
Wells Fargo
Gregory Myers
Lockridge Grindal Nauen
Lisa Needham
Seiler and Associates
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
Tamara O’Black '11
O’Black LLC
Brett Olander '85
Brett Olander & Associates
Mark S. Olson
Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly
Marlin Osthus
National Labor Relations Board
Daniel Palmquist '91
Leonard Street & Deinard
Dennis M. Patrick
Thomsen & Nybeck
James H. Patterson
Patterson Thuente Christensen Pedersen
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
Todd Phelps '99
Leonard Street & Deinard
Penelope (Penny) Phillips '89
Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt
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
Marjorie Rapp '97
Bridgeport Family Law Center
Dean E. Raths
Attorney at Law
Courtney Reid
Woodbury Financial
Tracy Reid
Cooper and Reid
Gregory J. Reigel '92
Reigel & Associates
Sara Reisdorf '05
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Steven L. Reitenour '92
Bowman and Brooke
Susan Rhode
Moss and Barnett
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
Robert 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
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
Ann Russell '83
Attorney at Law
Randall Ryder
The Ryder Law Firm
Hassan M. Saffouri '96
Attorney at Law
Sheva Sanders
Leonard, Street & Deinard
David L. Sasseville '84
Lindquist & Vennum
Aleava Sayre
Leonard Street and Deinard
Jon Schindel '03
Seiler & Associates
Malinda Schmiechen '05
Schmiechen Immigration Law
John C. Schmittdiel
IRS Counsel
Michele Schorbahn '02
El-Ghazzawy Law Offices
Daniel C. Schulte '95
Kagan Binder
Debra Schumacher
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Martin D. Schutz '93
Flower Schutz & Stevens
Nan Schwappach
Just Mediation
Mary Senkbeil '02
Regis Corporation
Emily Shapiro
Attorney at Law
Shira Shapiro '09
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Jessica Sherman
Fredrikson & Byron
Hon. Gordon W. Shumaker '71
Minnesota Court of Appeals
Sally Silk '02
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi
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
Steven Snyder
Steven H. Snyder & Associates
Gordon Solo '92
Central Minnesota Legal Services
Andrew Sorenson
Ecolab
Eldon J. Spencer
Leonard O´Brien Wilford Spencer & Gale
Pamela Marie Spera
Attorney at Law
Stacy St. George '04
Isanti County Attorneys Office
Hon. Terri Stoneburner
Minnesota Court of Appeals
Jon Strauss
Flynn Gaskins & Bennett
Sarah Stroebel
Attorney at Law
Erica Strohl
Attorney At Law
Michael R. Strom
Sieben, Polk, LaVerdiere & Dusich
Greg Suckow '06
Regis Corporation
Gerald D Swarsensky
Attorney at Law
Robert Tennant
Stringer & Rohleder
Hon. Mary Theisen '84
Scott County District Court
Elizabeth A. Thompson
Attorney at Law
Linda Thompson
Attorney at Law
Peter Thompson
Attorney at Law
Madge Thorsen
Thorsen Kaplan
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
Cheri Townsend '97
Dakota County Attorney´s Office
Anne S. Tretinyak '95
Attorney at Law
David Turner
Bassford Remele
Thomas F. Van Horn
Attorney at Law
Dan Van Loh '99
Deckert & Van Loh
Dawn Van Tassel
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand
Brian Vander Pol
Dorsey & Whitney
Mark R. Vargo '97
Glenn Rehbein Companies
Ashleigh Varley
Attorney at Law
Mark Vavreck '01
Martineau, Gonko & Vavreck
Michael Vraa
HOME Line
Pamela Waggoner
Waggoner Law Office
Sarah Walter
Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office
Chang Wang
Thomson Reuters
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
Audra Williams
Attorney at Law
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
Resident Adjunct Professor of Law
Professor Feridun Yenisey
Bahcesehir University Faculty of Law, Istanbul
Markus Yira '96
Yira Law Office Ltd.
Lindy T. Yokanovich
Attorney at Law
Aaron Young
Young Entertainment Law
Robert Zeglovitch
The Law Office of Robert Zeglovitch
David Zoss
Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel
Patricia Zurlo '00
Attorney at Law
Sally Zusman
William Mitchell College of Law, Academic Achievement
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