Alumni Spotlight

Steve Schleicher ’95 was recently inducted as a fellow of the nation’s preeminent organization of trial lawyers. Membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers is by invitation only and only after careful investigation of lawyers from diverse backgrounds having at least 15 years trial experience; who have mastered the art of advocacy; and whose …

Alum admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers

Jevon Bindman ’14, who was recently elected a partner in Maslon’s Litigation Group, is the new co-author of the latest edition of Courtroom Handbook of Minnesota Evidence. Bindman co-authored the publication with Peter N. Thompson, a Mitchell Hamline emeritus professor. For several decades, Thompson had written yearly updates to the book with esteemed litigator and …

After mentor’s death, alum picks up authorship duties

Lori Saroya ’13 made history this month when she was sworn in as the first woman of color and the first Muslim person to serve on the city council in her hometown. Saroya, 41, won a special election in November to represent for the next two years the First Ward in Blaine, Minn., a community …

Alum makes history on Twin Cities suburb’s council

Mitchell Hamline alum Erin Sindberg Porter has been reappointed chair of the Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection. She was initially appointed to the post in October 2020; her reappointment was announced Dec. 14 by Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan. The commission screens and recommends candidates to the governor for judicial vacancies in …

Alum reappointed chair of Minnesota’s judicial selection commission