Faegre Drinker has promoted Veronica Mason to partner, effective January 1, 2023. Veronica works in the Finance & Restructuring practice area in the Minneapolis office.
Veronica Mason ’14
Posted: December 13, 2022
Shane Barnes ’05
Posted: December 2, 2022
Shane Barnes has joined Faegre Drinker as counsel in the real estate practice group. Barnes joins the firm in the Minneapolis office from U.S. Bank National Association, where he served as assistant general counsel and vice president. Barnes provides guidance for clients engaged in the sale and purchase of commercial real estate, leasing for retail, …
Jessica Carlson ’12
Posted: December 1, 2022
Jessica Carlson has joined Faegre Drinker as counsel in the finance & restructuring practice inMinneapolis. Carlson comes to the firm from Deluxe Corporation, where she was director of contract strategy & solution engineering. Carlson is a collaborative legal adviser skilled at anticipating and mitigating risks and working on complex transactions and agreements, enhanced by her …
Kevin Crane ’12
Posted: November 28, 2022
Kevin Crane was awarded a national recognition by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) in September 2022. Kevin was named as a “Credit Union Rockstar.” This is an award limited to 25 individuals nation-wide, including executives and other leaders in the credit union industry. The award was given in connection with his contributions as a …
Alum to lead health division of global Deaf advocacy organization
Posted: November 3, 2022
Mitchell Hamline alum Jessica Kennedy ’10 was recently named president of a new health division at the world’s largest Deaf-led social impact organization, Communication Service for the Deaf. As head of CSD Health, Kennedy will oversee all health care initiatives that are aimed at ensuring equitable healthcare access for deaf, deaf-blind, deaf-disabled, hard-of-hearing, and late-deafened …
Alum to lead health division of global Deaf advocacy organization
Jessie Ware Joncas ’90
Posted: October 26, 2022
Jessie Ware, age 62, died August 19, 2022 while hiking in Oregon. Raised in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, Jessie graduated from Oberlin College and William Mitchell College of Law, and clerked for MN Supreme Court Justice, Rosalie Wahl. While raising three boys, Jessie began a distinguished 20-year career as a mediator and parenting consultant. She could …
Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute
Posted: October 11, 2022
Minnesota Supreme Court Anne McKeig ’92 has been elected to the American Law Institute, a private and independent nonprofit that publishes materials that can be used throughout the legal system to better the administration of justice. The organization’s publications – known as restatements, model codes, and principles – are not controlling law but have long …
Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute
Lauren Nuffort ’10
Posted: September 9, 2022
Lommen Abdo is pleased to announce the election of Lauren Nuffort to a two-year term on the firm’s board. Lauren is a civil litigator, practicing mainly in the areas of insurance law, insurance coverage disputes, transportation law, professional liability, and construction law. She is also the co-editor of the Minnesota Insurance Law Deskbook and is …
Sara Wilson ’00
Posted: September 9, 2022
Lommen Abdo is pleased to announce the election of Sara Wilson to a two-year term on the firm’s board. Sara works in both transactional and litigation matters, with a special emphasis in agribusiness and agriculture. She obtained a B.A. from the University of Minnesota, a J.D. at the William Mitchell College of Law and graduated …
Cameron Kelly ’03
Posted: September 9, 2022
Lommen Abdo is pleased to announce the election of Cameron Kelly to a two-year term on the firm’s board. Cameron’s practice includes assisting clients with comprehensive estate planning and he also has a special interest in the estate, gift and income taxation of estates and trusts. He graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College with a B.A. …