Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell Hamline Alumni

Class Notes

Class of 1986

Janet G. Stellpflug ’86

Posted: July 8, 2020
The Minnesota Supreme Court has appointed Janet G. Stellpflug to serve on the State Board of Legal Certification. Stellpflug is a partner with the law firm Stellpflug Law PLLC. The State Board of Legal Certification oversees the process by which lawyers obtain legal certification. Janet has more than 30 years of industry experience defending corporate …

Janet G. Stellpflug ’86

Michelle Boutin ’86 (HUSL)

Posted: December 7, 2017
The law firm of Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP is pleased to announce that attorney Michelle Boutin has joined the firm’s Anchorage office. Boutin focuses her practice on Bankruptcy, Collections and Creditor’s Rights, Civil Litigation, and Construction Law. She received a Bachelor of Science (with honors) from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and a Juris Doctor from Hamline University School of …

Michelle Boutin ’86 (HUSL)

Patty Kuderer ’86 (WMCL)

Posted: November 16, 2017
Patty was elected to the Washington State Senate on November 8 in a special election with nearly 70 percent of the vote.  She represents the 48th Legislative District which includes parts of Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland and the Points Communities.  She was first appointed to the Senate in January of this year to fill a vacancy …

Patty Kuderer ’86 (WMCL)

Patricia Kuderer ’86 (WMCL)

Posted: September 5, 2017
Patricia “Patty” Kuderer was appointed to the Washington State Senate in January 2017 after winning her first race for the House of Representatives last year.  She was first appointed to the Washington House of Representatives in 2015.  Kuderer is the first female state senator from the 48th Legislative District which covers portions of the Bellevue, …

Patricia Kuderer ’86 (WMCL)

Leatha Wolter ’86

Posted: October 18, 2016
Meagher & Geer is pleased to announce that Leatha Wolter has been elected to the firm’s Management Committee to serve a five-year term. Leatha is also the lead partner of Meagher & Geer’s Anti-Fraud Counseling & Litigation practice group which has handled thousands of cases over the past decade.

Leatha Wolter ’86

Janet Stellpflug ’86

Posted: June 1, 2016
Veteran litigator Janet G. Stellpflug joined DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore S.C., an affiliate of the Wisconsin-based DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. (DeWitt). Stellpflug, who will work out of the firm’s Minneapolis office, has more than 25 years of experience defending corporate clients in a practice focused on complex construction litigation and products liability. Her …

Janet Stellpflug ’86

Charles P. Moorse ’86

Posted: June 1, 2016
Norwest Equity Partners and Norwest Mezzanine Partners have hired Chuck Moorse as general counsel. Moorse represented the Minneapolis-based investment firm affiliates at Lindquist & Vennum the Minneapolis-based law firm where he started as an intern in 1985 and made partner in 1992. He has since served as chair of the firm’s mergers and acquisition practice …

Charles P. Moorse ’86

Janet G. Stellpflug ’86

Posted: February 1, 2016
was elected 2016 president of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). She is a partner with Foley and Mansfield and co-chairs its national construction practice group. Janet has more than 25 years of experience defending corporate clients in a variety of civil matters, including product liability and construction disputes.  She …

Janet G. Stellpflug ’86