Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell Hamline Alumni

Class Notes

Former student and professor co-author a patent law guide

Posted: July 5, 2023
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

Kathleen Newman ’81

Posted: June 28, 2023
DeWitt LLP announced its attorney Kathleen M. Newman was recognized by the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) as a 2022 “North Star Lawyers Pro Bono All-Star.” She provided 50 hours or more of pro bono legal services to low-income individuals in the community at no fee and without expectation of a fee. Newman was among …

Kathleen Newman ’81

R. Leigh Frost ’00

Posted: June 28, 2023
DeWitt LLP announced its attorney R. Leigh Frost was recognized by the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) as a 2022 “North Star Lawyers Pro Bono All-Star.” She provided 50 hours or more of pro bono legal services to low-income individuals in the community at no fee and without expectation of a fee. Frost was among …

R. Leigh Frost ’00

Heather Neubauer ’02

Posted: June 27, 2023
Meagher + Geer partner Heather Neubauer has been named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. The Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon excellence and …

Heather Neubauer ’02

Jim Carey ’87

Posted: June 27, 2023
Jim Carey, managing partner of SiebenCarey and a graduate of William Mitchell College of Law, was selected today as a 2023 Power 30 Personal Injury Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer, a widely respected trade journal for Minnesota’s legal profession. “In POWER 30, we have focused on those whose mere presence on a case signifies the stakes, …

Jim Carey ’87

Charles Bates ’84

Posted: May 19, 2023
Charles (Charley) Bates has been appointed to the Bremerton, Washington Civil Service Commission.  The Commission overseas the policies related to recruitment, hiring, training, development, transfers, and discharges of the uniformed personnel [police, fire] and related personnel of the City of Bremerton.  Bates has been a resident of Bremerton since shortly after he retired in 2018. …

Charles Bates ’84

Elliot Herland ’84

Posted: May 19, 2023
The Cloud Story – A Bedtime Meditation for Children, was published by Elliot A. Herland in January 2023. The book takes readers on a gentle ride atop a small cloud through a blue-sky overlooking wetlands, forests, mountains and meadows. Using a bedtime story as a guide, deep breathing cues are dispersed throughout the picture book aimed …

Elliot Herland ’84

Deanne Koll ’06

Posted: May 19, 2023
Deanne was elected Treasurer of the State Bar of Wisconsin, a position she will hold from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025. The State Bar of Wisconsin is a mandatory professional association for all attorneys who hold a Wisconsin law license and has approximately 25,000 members. Class of 2006

Deanne Koll ’06