Alumni Spotlight

In October, the National Law Journal named Will Stute ’97 Winning Litigator of the Year out of 12 finalists. The publication cited two blockbuster trial wins for the NCAA that Stute secured. Another publication, American Lawyer, has also named Stute a finalist for National Litigator of the Year. The following is an article we wrote …

Alum recognized for litigation work on NCAA cases

Michael Collyard ’00 won a jury verdict last year of nearly $564 million, the largest in Minnesota history, in part by zeroing in on evidence that wasn’t in court—millions of pages of destroyed documents. The result came in a case arising from one of the biggest financial scams in U.S. history and the largest in …

Alum wins largest jury award ever in Minnesota

Kimberly Small ‘00 recently broke barriers by becoming the first female executive director of the Illinois Association of School Boards in its 110-year history. “It’s a bit surreal for me and also humbling,” said Small, who began the new role on July 1. “I wasn’t prepared for the outpouring of excitement.” Small has worked for …

Kimberly Small ’00 becomes first woman to lead 110-year-old education advocacy organization

It’s been nearly two years–November 2021–since Denise Barnett ’95 was appointed a federal bankruptcy judge in Memphis, Tenn. But due to the pandemic, the ceremonial investiture to mark her appointment didn’t take place until last month. But when it did finally happen, Barnett had a cadre of classmates from law school by her side. During …

Judge Denise Barnett ’95 celebrates her investiture with classmates

Mitchell Hamline alum Megan Miller ‘21 co-wrote and recently published a go-to guide for patent law with Professor Emeritus Jay Erstling. The guide, “The Practitioner’s Guide to the PCT,” is published by the American Bar Association. The aim is to help readers navigate the PCT, or Patent Cooperation Treaty, which is used by applicants who …

Former student and professor co-author a patent law guide