Kate Hockin has become a shareholder at Hall Law, P.A. Class of 2018
Kate Hockin ’18
Posted: May 19, 2023
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. …
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 …
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
David Ransom ’92
Posted: April 18, 2023
David Ransom joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as a shareholder in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. He joins the firm’s National Tax Policy Group, where he will represent clients before Congress and federal regulatory agencies on tax regulatory and government affairs issues. “David’s communications background—born from his first career as a journalist—and deep understanding of …
Dan Prokott ’01
Posted: March 30, 2023
Minneapolis partner Dan Prokott has succeeded Susan Kline as leader of Faegre Drinker’s labor and employment group’s compliance, training and transactions team. Prokott advises businesses regarding complex workplace matters. He represents employers of all sizes, including multinational public and private companies, established and emerging private businesses, and nonprofit organizations.
James Barnum ’84
Posted: March 30, 2023
In January 2023, James A. Barnum, WMCL ‘84, retired as vice president / senior counsel with St. Paul-based Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. Prior to joining Hubbard in 1991, Barnum first clerked for U.S. District Judge Edward J. Devitt (D.Minn.) then practiced as a litigation associate with Leonard Street and Deinard (now Stinson) and Jones Day. From …
Katherine Hannaher ’09
Posted: March 30, 2023
Katharine Hannaher, ’09, will join the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault as their Staff Attorney in April 2023. Kate is returning home to Minnesota after 6 years away, first in American Samoa where she ran the Family, Drug and Alcohol Court practice of the American Samoa Public Defender’s Office, and then in Texas, where she …
Molly Nephew ’15
Posted: March 30, 2023
Molly Nephew departs Seyfarth Shaw LLP (Chicago)’s Labor and Employment practice group to join Stryker Corporation’s in-house legal department as Associate Employment Counsel. She will provide management-side advising on a broad range of employment issues for Stryker’s Trauma and Extremities business units across the U.S. and Stryker’s Global Quality Operations in Minnesota and Tennessee.
Lisa Henry ’02
Posted: March 30, 2023
Effective January 1, 2023, Chestnut Cambronne appointed Elizabeth (Lisa) Henry to the Board of Directors of the law firm. Lisa practices in the area of civil litigation with a focus on trust and estate litigation, and elder law issues. She is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, Ramsey, Hennepin, and Washington County bar …