Class Notes

Kurt R. Mattson ’88 (WMCL), president of Union Legal Research, co-authored Surprising Differences: An Empirical Analysis of LexisNexis and West Headnotes in the Written Opinions of the 2009 Supreme Court Term, a research article published in the fall 2017 issue of Law Library Journal. Mattson wrote the article with Peter A. Hook, head of digital and scholarly …

Kurt R. Mattson ’88 (WMCL)

Inta Sellars ’86 (WMCL) was promoted to division director of the appeals division at the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Inta Sellars ’86 (WMCL)

Tori Jo Wible ’85 (HUSL) recently accepted a position as director of the judicial division of the American Bar Association. The division serves as the voice for the judiciary within the ABA. Wible has been with the ABA for 17 years.

Tori Jo Wible (nee Williams) ’85 (HUSL)

Kimberly Y.W. Holst ’05, clinical professor of Law at Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, received a Global Skills in Legal Education Award in 2017. Holst also authored to recently published textbooks on legal method and writing.

Kimberly Y.W. Holst ’05 (HUSL)

Elvira Embser-Herbert ’09 (HUSL) was recently promoted to head of public services at the Minnesota State Law Library.

Elvira Embser-Herbert ’09 (HUSL)

Jada Fehn ’12 (HUSL) has joined the Minnesota Department of Health as legal counsel. Fehn will serve in the Office of Health Facility Complaints, and help protect, maintain and improve the health of older Minnesotans living in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Jada Fehn ’12 (HUSL)

Hans Chan (WMCL ’95) has joined Google in Mountain View, California as a strategic negotiator in Google Cloud. He was previously with the law department at IBM.

Hans Chan ’95 (WMCL)

Sara Smith ’04 (HUSL) recently accepted a Staff Attorney position with the Office of Administrative Hearings, State of Minnesota (St. Paul).

Sara Smith ’04 (HUSL)

Madigan, Dahl & Harlan, P.A. is pleased to announce that Brandt Erwin has been named a partner and shareholder with the firm. Brandt represents a wide variety of businesses and individuals in civil litigation matters, with a specialized focus on the alcoholic beverage industry. He is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts …

Brandt Erwin ’11 (HUSL)