Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell Hamline Alumni

Class Notes

Class of 1990

Brian Grogan ’90

Posted: January 26, 2024
Brian T. Grogan was re-elected to a three-year term as members of the Moss and Barnett’s Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2024. Brian serves as the firm’s President and Chief Executive Officer and is a member of the firm’s business law and communications practice groups. He provides counsel on regulatory compliance and transactional opportunities …

Brian Grogan ’90

Matthew Burton `90

Posted: October 25, 2023
Moss & Barnett is pleased to announce that bankruptcy attorney Matthew R. Burton has joined the firm as a shareholder in its Litigation and Business Law practice areas. Matt is a bankruptcy attorney with over 30 years of experience in bankruptcy law. He represents debtors and creditors under Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the …

Matthew Burton `90

Jessie Ware Joncas ’90

Posted: October 26, 2022
Jessie Ware, age 62, died August 19, 2022 while hiking in Oregon. Raised in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, Jessie graduated from Oberlin College and William Mitchell College of Law, and clerked for MN Supreme Court Justice, Rosalie Wahl. While raising three boys, Jessie began a distinguished 20-year career as a mediator and parenting consultant. She could …

Jessie Ware Joncas ’90

Alan Clemmons ’90

Posted: May 19, 2022
Alan Clemmons was sworn-in as Judge of the Equity Court (Master in Equity) by South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Kaye Hearn on February 28, 2022. Judge Clemmons was appointed to the full-time position by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, with the advice and consent of the General Assembly, for a term of six years. The …

Alan Clemmons ’90

James W. Reed, Jr. ’90

Posted: July 8, 2020
James “Jim” Reed, Jr. became the Illinois Community College Trustees Association’s sixth executive director on July 15, 2019. His appointment was made after an extensive national search supported by The Pauly Group. Reed most recently served as Director of Government Relations for the Illinois Education Association, which represents 131,000 teachers and education support professionals across …

James W. Reed, Jr. ’90

Col. John E. Swanberg ’90

Posted: July 7, 2020
Col. John Swanberg retired from the Army after 42 years of combined active and reserve duty. John was commissioned as an officer in 1991 in the JAG Corps and has been on active duty since 1997.  John will be working in Douglas County Wisconsin as Assigned Counsel for the Public Defender’s Office.

Col. John E. Swanberg ’90