Career Update

The Twin Cities law firm of Bassford Remele announced that Amie Penny Sayler has been elected Treasurer/Secretary for the Appellate Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. She is also Co-Chair of the Minnesota Women Lawyers Annual Conference Committee. Amie is a board member for the Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society and past Co-Chair of …

Amie E. Penny Sayler ’09

Winthrop & Weinstine is pleased to announce that shareholder and firm Board member David Aafedt has again been re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Minnesota and North Dakota. Since 2010, David has held positions on the Finance Committee, Executive Committee and as Vice-Chairman of the Board. …

David M. Aafedt ’97

Brent Johnson is serving his second term on Lommen Abdo’s board of directors and he also serves on its finance committee. He is passionate about helping businesses and individuals achieve success and solve problems. Brent – who lives in Hudson, Wisconsin, and works out of the firm’s Hudson office – has practiced in the St. …

Brent R. Johnson ’94

Andrew Rorvig, Paul McEllistrem ’94, and law clerk Kirk Olimb ’16 of McEllistrem Fargione obtained $5.58 million in damages for a client in a Hennepin County case that was featured in a cover story for Minnesota Lawyer magazine (subscription required).  McEllistrem and Rorvig said it was the largest personal injury verdict in their firm’s 30-year …

Andrew Rorvig ’05

Paul McEllistrem, Andrew Rorvig ’05, and law clerk Kirk Olimb ’16 of McEllistrem Fargione obtained $5.58 million in damages for a client in a Hennepin County case that was featured in a cover story for Minnesota Lawyer magazine (subscription required).  McEllistrem and Rorvig said it was the largest personal injury verdict in their firm’s 30-year …

Paul F. McEllistrem ’94

David Odahowski ’81 has led the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation for 25 years. In that time, he was responsible for funding of the Archibald Granville Bush Science Center, the Bush Executive Center and the Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Rollins College. The Foundation was honored as the Outstanding Foundation in the …

David Odahowski ’81

Resa Gilats ’90 is the Intellectual Property Specialist–Patent Administrator for the University of Minnesota, Office for Technology Commercialization (OTC). Prior to the OTC, Resa served as Court Operations/Program Analyst in the Minnesota Office of the State Court Administrator working with juvenile and family court programs. She also served as Management Analyst/Lead Staff in the Colorado …

Resa Gilats ’90