Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell Hamline Alumni

Class Notes

Class of 1996

Ida Williams ’96

Posted: February 6, 2026
Ida Williams ’96 passed away on July 16, 2025 at the age of 59. Ida completed her undergraduate studies in economics at the University of Tirana and, thanks to her academic excellence, received her law degree on full scholarship in 1996 from Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. While in law school …

Ida Williams ’96

Markus Yira ’96

Posted: January 2, 2025
Markus Yira ’96 was elected president of The Minnesota Association for Justice. Yira’s term as the 70th President of MAJ is effective August 16th, 2024.  Since 2004, he has been an Adjunct Professor at Mitchell Hamline, where he currently teaches Torts, Constitutional Law, and Civil Dispute Resolution in the Blended Learning Program. Class of 1996

Markus Yira ’96

Cathie Maeyaert ’96

Posted: April 5, 2024
Cathie Maeyaert is the Director of Private Postsecondary Institutions at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. She served as president of the National Association of State Administrators and Supervisors of Private Schools (NASASPS), April 2022-2024. Cathie is currently serving on the board for the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA). Class of 1996

Cathie Maeyaert ’96

Patrice Kloss ’96

Posted: March 30, 2024
Patrice H. Kloss was named a 2024 Women in Business honoree by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. The program honors the Twin Cities’ “most influential women, including industry-leading executives, entrepreneurs and business owners.” Co-Chair of the firm’s national Medical Technology practice group, Kloss advises medical technology companies, other emerging businesses and venture capital and strategic …

Patrice Kloss ’96

Brian Mak ’96

Posted: March 14, 2022
Brian Mak was promoted to Director of the Workers’ Compensation Alternative Dispute Resolution Unit at the MN Department of Labor and Industry.   Brian has over 25 years of Minnesota workers’ compensation experience holding positions as a litigator, claim manager, and an arbitrator/mediator.  The ADR Unit offers alternatives to formal litigation for resolving disputes through four …

Brian Mak ’96

Dennis Munson ’96

Posted: April 15, 2021
Dennis Munson, a shareholder in the Bozeman, Montana law firm Kasting, Kauffman & Mersen, P.C., has been admitted to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.  The AAML is the preeminent organization for family law practitioners, comprised of approximately 1600 lawyers (“Fellows”) who have substantial expertise in all aspects of family law; have been reviewed and …

Dennis Munson ’96