The following Mitchell Hamline graduates currently serve as U.S. or Minnesota judges, legislators, county attorneys, or other elected and appointed offices.
Federal
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U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (1)
*Eric C. Tostrud ’90 -
U.S. Magistrate Judges for the District of Minnesota (5)
Leo I. Brisbois ’87
Jeanne J. Graham ’85
Steven E. Rau ’83
Becky R. Thorson ’95
Elizabeth Cowan Wright ’06 -
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Senior Judges (2)
Donovan W. Frank ’77
Paul A. Magnuson ’63 -
Federal Administrative Law Judges, Social Security Administration (3)
Virginia Kuhn ’89
Raymond Souza ’01
Richard Thrasher ’90 -
U.S. House of Representatives (2)
Tom Emmer ’88
Michelle Fischbach ’11
State
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Minnesota Supreme Court (1)
Anne K. McKeig ’92 -
Minnesota Court of Appeals (11)
James B. Florey ’81
Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks ’85
Carol A. Hooten ’78
Matthew E. Johnson ’92 (formerly chief judge)
Michelle A. Larkin ’92
Denise D. Reilly ’83
Peter M. Reyes Jr. ‘97
John R. Rodenberg ’81
Heidi S. Schellhas ’80
Randall J. Slieter ’86
Renee L. Worke ’83
Minnesota District Courts
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1st District (24)
Jerome B. Abrams ’81 (Dakota County)
Patrick Biren ’02 (Goodhue)
Janet L. Barke Cain ’89 (Carver County)
Jamie L. Cork ’98 (Dakota County)
Amber Donley ’08 (Sibley County)
Martin Fallon ’00 (Carver County)
Patrick Goggins ’01 (Le Sueur County)
Colleen G. King ’00 (Scott County)
David L. Knutson ’86 (Dakota County)
Christopher J. Lehmann ’94 (Dakota County)
Caroline “Carrie” H. Lennon ’89 (Scott County, Assistant Chief Judge)
Michael Mayer ’85 (Dakota County)
Cynthia L. McCollum ’85 (Dakota County)
Timothy J. McManus ’85 (Dakota County)
Kathryn D. Messerich ’87 (Dakota County)
Shawn M. Moynihan ’82 (Dakota County)
Tanya O. O’Brien ’03 (Dakota County)
Arlene Perkkio ’81 (Dakota County)
Mark Vandelist ’83 (Scott County)
Vicki Vial Taylor ’92 (Dakota County)
Paula Vraa ’91 (Scott County)
Richelle M. Wahi ’03 (Dakota County)
Christian S. Wilton ’94 (Scott County)
Jody L. Winters ’92 (McLeod County) -
2nd District (19)
Reynaldo A. Aligada ’02 (Ramsey County)
Robert A. Awsumb ’86 (Ramsey County)
Shawn M. Bartsh ’82 (Ramsey County)
Joy D. Bartscher ’86 (Ramsey County)
Kellie Charles ’97 (Ramsey County)
Thomas A. Gilligan ’89 (Ramsey County)
Sara R. Grewing ’03 (Ramsey County, Assistant Chief Judge)
John Guthmann ’80 (Ramsey County)
JePaul Harris ’03 (Ramsey County)
DeAnne M. Hilgers ’00 (Ramsey County)
Richard H. Kyle Jr. ’89 (Ramsey County)
Kelly Olmstead ’05 (Ramsey County)
George T. Stephenson ’85 (Ramsey County)
Sophia Y. Vuelo ’98 (Ramsey County)
Teresa R. Warner ’86 (Ramsey County)
Adam Yang ’98 (Ramsey County)
Paul Yang ’00 (Ramsey County)
Referee Elizabeth Clysdale ’04 (Ramsey County)
Referee Christy Snow-Kaster ’04 (Ramsey County) -
3rd District (14)
Karie Anderson ’11 (Rice County)
Joseph A. Bueltel ’87 (Steele County, Chief Judge)
Nancy Buytendorp ’91 (Winona County)
Christa M. Daily ’98 (Mower County)
Carol M. Hanks ’06 (Waseca County)
Jeffrey Johnson ’92 (Rice County)
Pamela A.W. King ’00 (Olmstead County)
Mary Carroll Leahy ’90 (Winona County)
Kevin A. Lund ’80 (Olmstead County)
Matthew J. Opat ’77 (Fillmore County)
Kevin H. Siefken ’95 (Mower County)
Christina K. Stevens ’97 (Olmstead County)
Kathy M. Wallace ’96 (Olmsted County)
Jodi L. Williamson ’83 (Dodge County) -
4th District (21)
Anna Andow ’08 (Hennepin County)
Bev Benson ’85 (Hennepin County)
Shereen M. Askalani ’02 (Hennepin County)
Michael E. Burns ’01 (Hennepin County)
Gina M. Brandt ’91 (Hennepin County)|
Tanya Bransford ’83 (Hennepin County)
Michael Browne ’99 (Hennepin County)
Regina M. Chu ’80 (Hennepin County)
Elizabeth Cutter ’80 (Hennepin County)
Charlene Hatcher ’87 (Hennepin County)
Michelle Hatcher ’98 (Hennepin County)
Juan G. Hoyos ’92 (Hennepin County)
Lisa K. Janzen ’94 (Hennepin County)
James Moore ’85 (Hennepin County)
David L. Piper ’79 (Hennepin County)
Christian M. Sande ’96 (Hennepin County)
Sarah West ’05 (Hennepin County)
Referee George Borer ’80 (Hennepin County)
Referee Melissa Houghtaling (Hennepin County)
Referee Michael Lien ’83 (Hennepin County)
Referee Richard Stebbins ’93 (Hennepin County) -
5th District (12)
Darci J. Bentz ’94 (Jackson County, Assistant Chief Judge)
Mark E. Betters ’05 (Blue Earth County)
Michelle Dietrich ’94 (Lyon County)
Robert A. Docherty ’87 (Brown County)
Sherry Haley ’02 (Nobles County)
Krista J. Jass ’93 (Blue Earth County)
Kurt D. Johnson ’83 (Blue Earth County)
Allison Krehbiel ’91 (Nicollet County)
Andrea Lieser ’10 (Blue Earth County)
Patrick R. Rohland ’00 (Redwood County)
Todd W. Westphal ’87 (Nicollet County)
Christina M. Wietzema ’93 (Cottonwood County) -
6th District (10)
Jill Eichenwald ’92 (St. Louis County)
Robert C. Friday ’99 (St. Louis County)
Dale O. Harris ’93 (St. Louis County)
Amy Lukasavitz ’07 (Carlton County)
Theresa M. Neo ’01 (St. Louis County)
Bhupesh Pattni ’12 (St. Louis County)
Andrew Peterson ’01 (St. Louis County)
Rebekka Stumme ’99 (Carlton County)
Rachel Sullivan ’01 (St. Louis County)
Sally L. Tarnowski ’86 (St. Louis County) -
7th District (10)
Jay D. Carlson ’79 (Becker County)
Bill Cashman ’87 (Stearns County)
Timothy M. Churchwell ’89 (Douglas County)
Michael S. Jesse ’85 (Benton County)
Andrew R. Pearson ’98 (Stearns County)
Matthew M. Quinn ’99 (Mille Lacs County)
Robert J. Raupp ’89 (Benton County)
Leonard Weiler ’91 (Morrison County)
Nathaniel Welte ’04 (Stearns County)
Antoinette Wetzel ’95 (Morrison County) -
8th District (8)
Stephanie Beckman ’03 (Meeker County, Assistant Chief Judge)
Amy J. Doll ’03 (Grant County)
Keith Helgeson ’91 (Yellow Medicine County)
David L. Mennis ’85 (Swift County)
Jennifer K. Fischer ’93 (Kandiyohi County)
Rodney C. Hanson ’85 (Pope County)
Laurence Stratton ’02 (Renville County)
Stephen J. Wentzell ’01 (Kandiyohi County) -
9th District (11)
Patricia Alander Aanes ’97 (Crow Wing County)
Jana Austad ’91 (Cass County, Assistant Chief Judge)
Jeanine Brand ’90 (Beltrami County)
Heidi M. Chandler ’95 (Itasca County)
Kristine R. DeMay ’95 (Crow Wing County)
Charles Halverson ’88 (Cass County)
David F. Hermerding ’93 (Aitkin County)
Matthew Mallie ’96 (Crow Wing County)
Sarah McBroom ’09 (Itasca County)
John G. Melbye ’95 (Beltrami County)
Robert D. Tiffany ’87 (Hubbard County)| -
10th District (25)
Suzanne Bollman ’86 (Chicago County)
Amy R. Brosnahan ’99 (Isanti County)
Suzanne Brown ’97 (Anoka County)
Brianne J. Buccicone ’05 (Sherburne County)
Michele A. Davis ’98 (Wright County)
John Dehen ’88 (Anoka County)
Thomas M. Fitzpatrick ’81 (Anoka County)
Patrick W. Flanagan ’93 (Pine County)
Juanita Freeman ’08 (Washington County)
Stephen M. Halsey ’78 (Wright County)
Stoney L. Hiljus ’95 (Kanabec County, Chief Judge)
John C. Hoffman ’82 (Washington County)
Jonathan Jasper ’84 (Anoka County)
Jenny Walker Jasper ’87 (Anoka County)
Tad V. Jude ’77 (Washington County)
John D. Klossner ’02 (Isanti County)
Thomas R. Lehmann ’87 (Anoka County)
Nancy J. Logering ’85 (Anoka County)
Catherine McPherson ’94 (Wright County)
Melissa Saterbak ’04 (Anoka County)
Todd R. Schoffelman ’94 (Anoka County)
Elizabeth Strand ’98 (Wright County, Assistant Chief Judge)
Dyanna L. Street ’94 (Anoka County)
Barry A. Sullivan ’83 (Anoka County)
Heather M. Wynn ’06 (Pine County) -
District Court Senior Judges (36)
Diane Alshouse ’84
Hunter Anderson ’69
Karen Asphaug ’82
Gary W. Bastian ’74
Robert Birnbaum ’82
Steven Cahill ’76
John T. Cajacob ’78
Gail Chang Bohr ’91
Lawrence F. Clark ’80
James Dehn ’75
Kevin W. Eide ’79
B. William Ekstrum ’79
Paulette K. Flynn ’74
Kathleen R. Gearin ’75
Sharon L. Hall ’79
Debra Jacobson ’80
Philip T. Kanning ’74
William H. Leary III ’79
John R. McBride ’77
Leslie M. Metzen ’79
Kathleen A. Mottl ’89
Mark A. Munger ’81
Roseanna Nathanson ’80
Cara Lee Neville ’75
Richard Perkins ’78
Hellen Schellhas ’80
John H. Scherer ’81
Martha M. Simonett ’84
Joanne M. Smith ’77
John P. Smith ’75
Jeffrey D. Thompson ’75
Michael J. Thompson ’80
Terrence Walters ’76
Fred W. Wellman ’74
Dale A. Wolf ’74
Richard Zimmerman ’80
Other Minnesota Courts
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Minnesota Tax Court (1)
Jane Bowman ’08 -
Workers’ Compensation Judges (Office of Administrative Hearings) (10)
Kathleen Behounek ’85
Stacy Bouman ’96
James Kohl ’93
Radd Kulseth ’04
Cheryl LeClair-Sommer ’86
Kirsten Marshall ’02
William Marshall ’01
Elisa Murillo ’08
N. Amee Pham ’14
Adam Wolkoff (deputy chief judge) ’90 -
Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (2)
Patricia Milun ’85
Deborah Sundquist ’88 -
Administrative Law Judges (Office of Administrative Hearings) (5)
Steven Bialick ’80
James LaFave ’83
Kimberly Middendorf ’02
James Mortenson ’95
Adam Wolkoff ’90
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Localities
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Minnesota Senate (7)
Bobby Joe Champion ’95 (District 59)
Jen McEwen ’09 (District 07)
Nick Frentz ’87 (District 19)
Melisa Lopez Franzen ’06 (District 49)
Scott Newman ’73 (District 18)
Torrey N. Westrom ’03 (District 12)
Charles Wiger Sr. ’77 (District 43) -
Minnesota House (8)
Jamie Becker-Finn ’11 (District 42B)
Sandra Feist ’07 (District 41B)
Cedrick Frazer ’07 (District 45A)
Mike Freiberg ’05 (District 45B)
Kelly O. Moller ’98 (District 42A)
Nels Pierson III ’12 (District 26B)
Ruth A. Richardson ’06 (District 52B)
Tou Xiong ’15 (District 53A) -
County Attorneys (48)
Matti Adam ’12 (Itasca County)
James Austad ’03 (Lake of the Woods County)
Shane Baker ’97 (Kandiyohi County)
John Choi ’95 (Ramsey County)
Brent Christian ’96 (Le Sueur County)
Rachel Cornelius ’02 (Waseca County)
Brett Corson ’89 (Fillmore County)
Jeffrey Edblad ’88 (Isanti County)
Michelle Eldien ’93 (Otter Tail County)
John L. Fossum ’93 (Rice County)
Reese Frederickson ’06 (Pine County)
Jonathan Frieden ’07 (Hubbard County)
Chuck Hanson ’07 (Brown County)
Jeffrey L. Haubrich ’00 (Rock County)
Kathleen A. Heaney ’85 (Sherburne County)
Keith Helgeson ’91 (Yellow Medicine County)
Aaron Jordan ’01 (Stevens County)
Michael Junge ’82 (McLeod County)
Kathryn Keena ’89 (Dakota County)
Lori Ketola ’93 (Carlton County)
Paul Kiltinen ’86 (Dodge County)
Kyra Ladd ’02 (Wadena County)
Chad Larson ’00 (Douglas County)
Stephen Lindee ’05 (Watonwan County)
Ben Lindstrom ’07 (Cass County)
Kathryn Lorsbach ’15 (Clearwater County)
Richard Maes ’14 (Lyon County)
Barbara A. McFadden (Kanabec County)
Daniel McIntosh ’01 (Steele County)
Mark Metz ’97 (Carver County)
Phillip Miller ’90 (Benton County)
Kristen Nelson ’96 (Mower County)
Stephen O’Keefe ’92 (Goodhue County)
Danielle Olson ’05 (Swift County)
Peter Orput ’88 (Washington County)
Mark A. Ostrem ’97 (Olmsted County)
Anthony C. Palumbo ’79 (Anoka County)
Thomas Prochazka ’12 (Jackson County)
Chuck Rasmussen ’88 (Todd County)
James Ratz ’94 (Aitken County)
Janet Reiter ’94 (Chisago County)
Donald F. Ryan ’88 (Crow Wing County)
Damain D. Sandy ’93 (Pipestone County)
Joseph Sanow ’13 (Nobles County)
David E. Schauer ’82 (Sibley County)
Travis J. Smith ’06 (Murray County)
Karin Sonneman ’89 (Winona County)
Michelle Zehnder Fischer ’94 (Nicollet County) -
County Commissioners
Joe Atkins ’91 (Dakota County)
Tarryl L. Clark ’92 (Stearns County)
Nicole Joy Frethem ’22 (Ramsey County)
Kathleen A. Gaylord ’79 (Dakota County) -
City Attorneys
Renee Courtney ’06 (St. Cloud)
Lyndsey Olson ’03 (St. Paul)
Rebecca St. George ’13 (Duluth) -
Saint Paul City Council Members (2)
Jane Prince ’07
Chris Tolbert ’08