Camille M. Davidson has been president and dean of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law since July 2024. The former dean at Southern Illinois University School of Law, Davidson is the first Black woman to hold her position at Mitchell Hamline or any of its predecessor institutions. As the only female law school dean in Minnesota, she serves on the advisory board of Minnesota Women Lawyers. A frequent speaker and legal studies authority, Davidson also serves on several national committees. In 2025, she is focused on re-engaging Mitchell Hamline’s 23,000-plus alumni and reintroducing the law school to the community. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, she has extensive experience in a variety of public and private legal and legal education settings.

Keith Ellison has been Minnesota’s attorney general since January 2019 and has dedicated more than two decades of his life to public service. From 2007 to 2019, he represented Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District in th e U.S. House of Representatives. Before being elected to Congress, Ellison served four years in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Prior to entering elective office, he spent 16 years as an attorney specializing in civil-rights and defense law, including five years as executive director of the Legal Rights Center, a public-interest law firm. Ellison is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School. He is the first African American and the first Muslim American to be elected to statewide office in Minnesota.

Brian Cuban, the younger brother of celebrity entrepreneur Mark Cuban, is a Dallas-based attorney, author and addiction recovery advocate. He is a graduate of Penn State University and The University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Cuban has been in long-term recovery from alcohol, cocaine and bulimia since April 2007 and speaks nationally to diverse audiences. He is the author of two memoirs—The Addicted Lawyer: Tales of The Bar, Booze, Blow, & Redemption (2017) and Shattered Image: My Triumph Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder (2013)—as well as two legal thrillers: The Ambulance Chaser (2021) and The Body Brokers (2024). Lou Diamond Phillips is set to direct a movie adaptation of the Ambulance Chaser.

Garrett Hade is a person in recovery from addiction and the co-founder of Mobilize Recovery, a nonprofit organization and movement dedicated to raising up the voices of people whose lives are affected by addiction, shattering stigma, and empowering advocates to take action in their communities. Through direct outreach and civic engagement, Mobilize Recovery provides on-the-ground resources, digital tools, training and education to help individuals and communities save lives.

Jeremiah Gardner is a contractor currently working exclusively for the nonprofit Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, where he supports public advocacy efforts and alumni relations for his alma mater, the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School. Jeremiah has worked in communications and public affairs for 30 years, including the past 14 in various roles with Hazelden Betty Ford. A person in long-term recovery from addiction, Jeremiah has also served on the boards of Faces & Voices of Recovery, a national advocacy group, and Dissonance, a Minnesota nonprofit that promotes well-being through the arts.

Natalie Netzel is the John H. Faricy Jr. Professor for Empirical Research in the Law and director of clinical legal education at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. She has extensive experience representing parents and relatives in child protection cases, and her scholarly interests include trauma-informed lawyering as well as law student and attorney mental health and well-being. Netzel is involved with the American Association of Law Schools’ Section on Balance and Well-Being in Legal Education and the Minnesota Bar Association’s Well-Being Committee. She also serves on the board for Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in Minnesota. Netzel holds a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Superior and a law degree from Mitchell Hamline.

Kevin Doyle, EdD, is president and CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School and has been a licensed professional counselor, clinical supervisor, and nonprofit executive for more than 40 years. Prior to joining the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, which provides master’s degrees to future behavioral health leaders, Doyle was a professor in the counselor education program at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., where he also served as chair of the Department of Education and Counseling. Doyle earned his doctorate at the University of Virginia. Earlier this year the Virginia Summer Institute of Addiction Studies honored him with its Ron Pritchard Visionary Leadership Award.

Grace Chanin is a whistleblower attorney with the firm Nichols Kaster in Minneapolis. She specializes in taking on government fraud including Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Previously, Chanin represented thousands of employees, retirees, and beneficiaries in class-action ERISA lawsuits against some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. She serves on the board for Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in Minnesota, sharing her personal experiences with mental health and well-being to help attorneys facing similar challenges. Chanin played a key role in launching Nichols Kaster’s Wellness Committee and now leads the firm’s wellness initiatives. She is a graduate of Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

Jon Tynjala is executive director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in Minnesota. He previously served as the organization’s client services director and, before that, as a volunteer and board member. Prior to joining LCL in 2022, Tynjala worked in private practice. He has been engaged in recovery work through LCL, among other organizations, for many years, helping with numerous interventions and recovery outreach activities supporting recovering attorneys, their families and others. Tynjala graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School. He is a former school board member in Mounds View, Minn., and a tenor saxophonist with the Northern Lights Jazz Orchestra.

Heather Stratton is a corporate attorney for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. She supports the organization’s mission of “empowering recovery and well-being for all” in numerous ways—from practicing employment and intellectual property law to supporting corporate governance, compliance and contracts management. She also serves on the Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights. Stratton’s prior experience includes time as a legal and public policy fellow, a legal assistant, and a paralegal. An avid runner, her professional passion is driven in part by her personal experiences with sobriety and well-being. She is a graduate of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

Damon D. Eisenbrey is a healthcare litigation partner with the law firm Arnall Golden Gregory (AGG) in Washington, D.C. He represents patients and healthcare providers against insurance companies on matters related to plan coverage, benefits, and reimbursements, including state and federal class and consolidated mass actions. Eisenbrey also counsels healthcare providers on related matters. Prior to joining AGG, he practiced at multiple international law firms, top U.S. accounting firms, and leading global companies in the insurance industry. He also served as a trial attorney for a litigation firm in California, where he earned his law degree at Loyola Law School.

Rich Collins is a healthcare litigation partner with the law firm Arnall Golden Gregory in Washington, D.C. An aggressive advocate, Rich has recovered millions of dollars from insurance companies for his clients across the country. He also has brought actions against those who irresponsibly prescribed, distributed, and dispensed prescription drugs to individuals without a medical necessity. In addition, he works proactively to change the policies and procedures of insurance companies to ensure patients receive optimal healthcare. Collins, who is featured frequently in national media, worked for a national insurance company earlier in his career. He is a graduate of Whittier Law School in California.

Eric Bjerva is an attorney in Minnesota at Mental Health Law & Advocacy, which offers specialized legal services for individuals and loved ones of individuals dealing with mental health, substance use and related challenges. His practice focuses on addressing the unique legal challenges related to mental health and substance use disorder issues. Bjerva is an alumnus of the New England School of Law in Boston and the University of Minnesota in Duluth.

Emily Weichsel is a senior attorney on the guardianship team at Hennepin County (Minn.) Adult Representation Services and an adjunct/affiliated professor at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. She represents respondents to guardianship proceedings. Prior to joining ARS, Weichsel practiced elder law at legal aid. She earned her law degree at Mitchell Hamline and clerked at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. She also has served as a structured study group leader and a Marshall-Brennan fellow.

Mark Priore is the principal attorney and founding member of Priore Law Offices, a firm providing legal services and representing a wide variety of individuals, estates, small businesses and organizations. Previously, he was an associate attorney with a law firm in St. Paul. He also served as chief operations officer for a hedge fund in Stillwater, Minn., and worked as an accountant and investment analyst. In addition, Priore served eight years in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He graduated from William Mitchell School of Law (prior to its 2015 merger with the Hamline University School of Law).

Erin Fitterer has more than 15 years of experience in the behavioral health field. She has been with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation for 14 years and is currently a substance use counselor at Hazelden Betty Ford in Chaska, Minn. Fitterer is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and has provided numerous trainings for Hazelden Betty Ford employees and other professionals from a variety of industries. She is now pursuing a master’s degree in integrated counseling from the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School.

Lorraine E. Waller is a clinical mental health counselor, a lawyer, and a senior career advisor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Prior to joining Mitchell Hamline, she provided individual therapy to adolescents and adults at a private practice and at a nonprofit substance use disorder clinic in North Carolina. Waller served in leadership regulatory, compliance and government affairs roles in the financial services industry before pursuing work as a counselor. She graduated cum laude from Yale University, with honors in psychology, and Harvard Law School. She also earned a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Adler University.

Matthew Nolan is an outpatient counselor at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation in Maple Grove, Minn. He graduated from the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School with a master’s degree in integrated addiction and mental health counseling. Earlier in his career, Nolan graduated from the William Mitchell School of Law (prior to its 2015 merger with the Hamline University School of Law) and then practiced employment law for more than a decade, litigating cases of employment discrimination, retaliation and harassment in state and federal courts.

Patty Devoy is client services director at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in Minnesota, where she helps lawyers, law students and judges access free and confidential support and services for any issue that causes stress or distress. She is a licensed attorney, certified meditation and mindfulness teacher, and certified mental health and wellness coach who also owns a related business: A Balanced Practice LLC. Prior to her current career focus, Devoy practiced law for several years. She graduated from the Hamline University School of Law (prior to its 2015 merger with William Mitchell School of Law).

Leanne Fuith is a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where she teaches courses in business law and civil litigation, lawyering skills, and lawyer and law student professional formation. She previously practiced business law, employment law, and commercial and employment litigation. She is admitted to practice in the state of Minnesota. Professor Fuith is a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates and of the Minnesota State Bar Association Assembly. She chairs the MSBA Legislative Committee and serves on the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Alternative Pathways Implementation Committee. Professor Fuith speaks and writes on topics related to lawyer and law student professional formation, law firm management, and business management and leadership.

Haley Halliday is a licensed mental health practitioner at Hazelden Betty Ford in Center City, Minn., with five years of experience supporting individuals and couples through life’s most challenging moments. She has a master’s degree from the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School. Halliday is the handler for one of Hazelden Betty Ford’s beloved wellness support dogs, Hershey, whose calming presence, gentle demeanor, and unconditional affection offer a sense of comfort and emotional support that words often can’t provide.

Nicole Coon is an associate teaching professor and academic excellence specialist at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where she advocates for student wellness and serves on the Wellness Committee. Coon also was an associate adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School. She previously practiced law with the firm of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP in San Francisco and clerked for courts in both California and Wisconsin. Coon is also a practitioner of Reiki—a pathway to relaxation, renewal and radiant well-being—and a certified yoga teacher. She graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law.

Lynn LeMoine serves as the Dean of Students at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Passionate about law student well-being, LeMoine collaborates with faculty and other law school departments to promote a culture of care and a climate supportive of students, particularly those from groups underrepresented in the legal profession. LeMoine also teaches at the school. She is licensed to practice law in Minnesota and is a qualified “neutral” under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice and has extensive volunteer mediation experience.