Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell Hamline Alumni

Class Notes

Class of 1997

Kristy Mara ’97

Posted: January 12, 2024
Kristy Mara is a partner at Honsa Mara & Kanne. The firm is proud to announce that they are certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women. The WBENC Certification process confirmed that the business is …

Kristy Mara ’97

Ted Crews `97

Posted: October 25, 2023
Ted J. Crews continues to serve as the Assistant Director at the City of Phoenix Public Defender’s Office. The Phoenix Municipal Court is the largest municipal court in the state of Arizona and is among the top 10 busiest municipal courts in the United States.  Ted spent 23 years in public and private practice as a criminal defense attorney, …

Ted Crews `97

Kristy Mara ’97

Posted: March 10, 2023
Kristy Mara is excited to announce that Honsa & Mara is now Honsa Mara & Kanne.  Kari Kanne, a partner in the firm, is now a named shareholder.  Kari has been with the firm for over 10 years and recognized as a Minnesota Rising Star every year since 2015.  Kari focuses her practice on complex …

Kristy Mara ’97

Cheryl Stanton ’97

Posted: January 20, 2022
Cheryl A. Stanton joined the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University as its first General Counsel and Corporate Secretary to the Boards of Trustees in December 2021. Stanton oversees the provision of legal services to CSB and SJU and provides executive and confidential assistance, and legal and strategic guidance, to the presidents and …

Cheryl Stanton ’97

Chris Moreland ’97

Posted: November 9, 2021
Chris Moreland (’97) and Bree Johnson (’09) join forces with two other partners, Amy Boyle and Ross Stadheim, to form a new Minneapolis law firm – MJSB Employment Justice. Together the attorneys bring significant employment law experience and corporate and business insight to work for clients who have been harmed in the workplace, building on …

Chris Moreland ’97