Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell Hamline Alumni

Class Notes

After mentor’s death, alum picks up authorship duties

Posted: January 31, 2023
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

Mitchel Chargo ’93

Posted: January 27, 2023
Mitchel C. Chargo has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP’s commercial transactions practice group as a partner in the Minneapolis office. With more than 25 years of experience with commercial real estate matters, Chargo was also previously in-house general counsel for a Minnesota-based medical cannabis manufacturer and will expand the firm’s capabilities in the industry. “Many …

Mitchel Chargo ’93

Jeffrey Sieben ’01

Posted: January 27, 2023
Jeffrey Sieben, attorney and partner at SiebenCarey, was named a National Trial Lawyers (NTL) ‐ Civil Plaintiff ‐ Top 100 Trial Lawyer in the state of Minnesota. This honor is only granted to the top 100 attorneys in each state or region for their superior skills, qualifications, and results as civil plaintiffs or criminal defense …

Jeffrey Sieben ’01

Jeffrey Monpetit ’98

Posted: January 27, 2023
Jeffrey Montpetit, an attorney and partner at SiebenCarey, has been named a National Trial Lawyers (NTL) ‐ Civil Plaintiff ‐ Top 100 Trial Lawyer in the state of Minnesota. This honor is only granted to the top 100 attorneys in each state or region for their superior skills, qualifications, and results as civil plaintiffs or …

Jeffrey Monpetit ’98

Alum makes history on Twin Cities suburb’s council

Posted: January 18, 2023
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

Sarah Wentz ’06

Posted: January 9, 2023
Fox Rothschild LLP congratulates Sarah J. Wentz on her selection to The Hollywood Reporter’s Troubleshooters list. Dubbed “the top 35 lawyers for death, divorce and other disasters,” Wentz is among the power lawyers identified for handling some of the most challenging matters on behalf of Hollywood’s elite. Noted by THR as “fiercely protective of iconic …

Sarah Wentz ’06

Heidi Nau ’04

Posted: January 9, 2023
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome Heidi J. Nau to the Minneapolis office as counsel in the Real Estate Department. Nau works with clients to find collaborative solutions that drive real estate transactions to closing. She focuses her practice on representing mortgage lenders in commercial real estate transactions with agency financing, particularly clients who …

Heidi Nau ’04

Brent Kettelkamp ’12

Posted: January 9, 2023
Ogletree Deakins has promoted Brent Kettelkamp to shareholder in the firm’s Minneapolis office. His practice focuses on labor and employment law, where he regularly defends employers in employment-related litigation, including claims of discrimination arising under Title VII, the FMLA, the ADA, the ADEA, and comparable state laws, as well as claims of retaliation arising under …

Brent Kettelkamp ’12

Kara Gray ’15

Posted: January 9, 2023
Lathrop GPM is proud to announce that four of its attorneys have become partners at the firm, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Kara Gray is one of the newly elected partners. Kara Gray focuses her practice on estate planning, estate and trust administrations, business succession planning, and charitable giving. She works closely with clients to develop …

Kara Gray ’15