Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell Hamline Alumni

Awards and Recognitions

Hon. Susan Cochrane ’82

Posted: February 8, 2024
After a distinguished legal career, including 18 years on the bench of Hennepin County Family Court, the Hon. Susan Cochrane wrote a memoir, The Crystal Gavel: How I Put My Heart Into the Body of Law, published posthumously last October. The book was recently chosen as a finalist for a Minnestoa Book Award.  Read the …

Hon. Susan Cochrane ’82

Kristy Mara ’97

Posted: January 12, 2024
Kristy Mara is a partner at Honsa Mara & Kanne. The firm is proud to announce that they are certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women. The WBENC Certification process confirmed that the business is …

Kristy Mara ’97

Anne Honsa ’88

Posted: January 12, 2024
Anne Honsa is a partner at Honsa Mara & Kanne. The firm is proud to announce that they are certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women. The WBENC Certification process confirmed that the business is …

Anne Honsa ’88

Adine Momoh ’09

Posted: December 7, 2023
Adine S. Momoh, an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, has been named a 2023 40 Under 40 by the American Bankruptcy Institute. The award honors 40 individuals under the age of 40 who demonstrate remarkable ability, leadership, and achievement in the bankruptcy and insolvency community. Class of 2009

Adine Momoh ’09

Jennell Bilek `10

Posted: October 25, 2023
  Jennell Bilek Named a Notable Woman in Law Carlson Caspers partner Jennell C. Bilek, (William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2010, William Mitchell Law Review, Assistant Editor, Cybaris, An Intellectual Property Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, William Mitchell Fellow), has been named a 2023 Notable Woman in Law by Twin Cities Business. The award spotlights exemplary …

Jennell Bilek `10

Susan Holden ’88

Posted: July 5, 2023
Susan M. Holden, attorney and partner at the Minneapolis personal injury law firm of SiebenCarey, and graduate of William Mitchell College of Law, was presented with the 2023 Professional Excellence Award by the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), joining a “Who’s Who” group of prominent Minnesota attorneys and judges that dates back to 1985. “This award recognizes attorneys …

Susan Holden ’88

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