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Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty

Louis Ainsworth ’77
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Trustee Emeritus
Senior Vice President, General Counsel (retired), Pentair

Madina Ameerally ’14
Academic Excellence Tutor
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Counsel, Pearson Vue

Creig Andreasen ’04
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Lommen Abdo

Landon Ascheman ’09
President, Mitchell Hamline Alumni Association
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Owner, Ascheman Law

Judge G. Tony Atwal ’03
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Angela Bailey
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney at Law–Juvenile Division, Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office

James A. Baker ’03, Ph.D.
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Intellectual Property Counsel (retired), 3M

Dawn R. Bakst ’00
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Prosecutor, Ramsey County Attorney's Office

Jim Ballentine ’90
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Michelle Basham ’04
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Director, Ramsey County Social Services

Dee Baskin
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Executive Director, LRAP of Minnesota

Sheri Beck ’94
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Vice President, Privacy and Ethics Officer, Prime Therapeutics

Barbara A. Becker
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Jamie Becker-Finn ’11
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
State Representative, Minnesota House District 42B

Malcolm Beckett ’22
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Hanna Bendcowsky
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Program Director, Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations, Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue

Tanya M. Bishop ’03
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Public Defender, Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office

Dale Bjorkman
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Dr. Brian Boggs ’21
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Leah Boomsma ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Shareholder, Bassford Remele

Ashton Boon ’11
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Legal Counsel, Health Law Practice Group Chair, Mayo Clinic

Madeline Bowie ’11
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Product Developer, Westlaw, Thomson Reuters

Shirley R. Boyd
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Vice President and Associate General Counsel (retired), Cargill

Toni J. Braxton
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Owner/Managing Partner, Braxton Legal Services

Victoria J. Brenner
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Partner, Collins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh

Sherry Ann Bruckner ’99
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Mediator, Bruckner Mediation

Steven K. Budke ’14
Assistant Adjunct

Bruce P. Candlin
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Erin Carr
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Director of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Programs, Everett Community College

Alyson Carrel
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Co-Director, Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice Clinical Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Dianna Case
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Ava Marie M. Cavaco ’17
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Meshbesher & Spence

Judge Kellie M. Charles ’97
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
District Court Judge, Second Judicial District, Minnesota

William Childs
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant General Counsel, 3M

Karin Ciano
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Executive Director, CCLI,

Kyle Citta
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant City Attorney, Saint Paul City Attorney's Office

LaceShionna Cline
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate Attorney, Littler Mendelson

Michael Cohen
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Counsel, Lathrop GPM

Colin S. Colby ’20
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Judicial Law Clerk, Minnesota Judicial Branch

Jeffry A. Collins ’21
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Director of Operations, Vegas Legal Magazine

Kelly Nicole Corbin ’21
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate Attorney, Maser, Amundson, & Boggio

Wesley Cornwell ’21
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Tyler Cowart ’16
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Compliance Counsel, Boston Scientific

William E. Dane
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Kristin L. Davis ’07
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Kristin Davis Law

Flavio De Abreu ’05
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Christine C. DeMoss ’90
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney at Law,

Jana Aune Deach
Attorney, Moss & Barnett

Judge Michael A. Dees ’93
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Administrative Law Judge, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Emily Dollerschell ’97
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate In-House Counsel, Litigation, Land O’Lakes

Heather M. Taylor DuCharme ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney and Enrolled Agent, HMTD Law Office

Sybil Louise Dunlop
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Partner, Greene Espel

Phil Duran
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Advocate for Aging and Gender Care Access, Rainbow Health Minnesota

Paula J. Duthoy ’90
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Gloria Contreras Edin ’05
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Owner and Founder, Contreras & Metelska

Dannia Edwards
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Yael Efron
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Vice Dean, Safed College School of Law (ZAC)

Amber G. Eisenschenk ’12
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Research Manager, League of Minnesota Cities

Halla Elrashidi ’10
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Jennifer Erickson ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Regulatory Counsel, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Sarah Erickson ’12
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant County Attorney, Mille Lacs County Attorney’s Office

Courtney Ernston
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Minnesota Construction Law Services

Michael Everson ’07
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Attorney General, Minnesota Attorney General’s Office

Sarah Soucie Eyberg ’11
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Soucie Eyberg Law

Judge Todd M. Fellman
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
District Court Judge, Minnesota Fourth Judicial District

Mary Gillen Fenske
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Kevin Fleming ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, Office of the Ramsey County Attorney

Wm. Blake Follis
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Rachel Foote ’19
Academic Excellence Tutor
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Ken Fox
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Professor and Founding Director, Conflict Studies at Hamline University School of Business; Senior Fellow, Dispute Resolution Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Hamline University School of Business

Loretta Freeman ’11
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Partner, Barnes & Thornburg

Norah Gallagher
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London and Academic Director, Energy and Natural Resources Law Institute, Queen Mary University of London; Global Associate, Centre for International Law, NUS

Mark Gardner ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Managing Attorney, Gardner Law

Judge Kathleen R. Gearin
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Jon Geffen ’97
Adjunct Professor

Gordon Gendler
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Vice President and Workout Specialist, UMB Bank

Debra Gerardi
Professionally Certified Coach

Charles Gerlach ’98
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Higher Education Development Executive, Apple

Heather Gilbert ’12
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
President, Gilbert Law

Kimberly Gordon ’13
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate General Counsel, Acquia

Aimee Gourlay
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Collaboration Services Manager, League of MN Cities Insurance Trust

David P. Graham ’87
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Counsel, Dykema Gossett

Zoe Graham ’21
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate, Ropers Majeski

Kenneth Granle ’16
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Timothy Grathwol ’06
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Nadine Graves ’17
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Deputy Director for Community Legal Services, The Legal Rights Center

Kathryn Grosdidier
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Solo Practitioner

Jade Guevara ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Staff Attorney, Alto

Michael Donnellan Hagley ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant County Attorney, Saint Louis County

Alexandra Haigler ’14
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Legislative Analyst, Minnesota House of Representatives

Judge Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks ’85
Trustee Emerita
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals

Mark A. Hallberg ’79
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Of Counsel, Robins Kaplan

Jazz Hampton
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate Attorney and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Foley & Mansfield

Eric D. Hansen ’14
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney at Law,

Judge JaPaul J. Harris ’03
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Judge, Second Judical District of Minnesota

Nicole M. Harris ’19
Academic Excellence Tutor
Assistant County Attorney, Ramsey County Attorney's Office

Timothy Hedeen, Ph.D.
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Professor of Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University (Georgia)

Terry Hegna ’82
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

John Hennen
Affiliated/Adjunct Professor

Devra Hermosilla
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Don "Scott" Herron ’18
Academic Excellence Tutor
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Summit Legal Solutions

Debra J. Hilstrom ’10
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Debra Hilstrom Attorney at Law

Art Hinshaw
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Clinical Professor and Director, Lodestar Dispute Resolution Program, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

Ronald Hocevar
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
County Attorney, Scott County, Minnesota

Mark Hoch
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Greg Holly ’78
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Sonya Huesman
Research and Instructional Librarian, Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Bethany Hurd
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Owner/Attorney, Hurd Law

Gina Iannone
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, 10th Judicial District Office of the Public Defender

Peter Ivy ’86
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Tracy Jacobs ’17
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Clinical Risk Manager, HealthPartners

Cassandra Jacobsen ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate Attorney, Cozen O’Connor

Josh Jacobson
Affiliated/Adjunct Professor

Libby Jacobson ’21
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate, Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Jesse J. Jennings ’18
Assistant County Attorney, Waseca County
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

John Jerabek ’94
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Kate Johansen ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
State Government Relations Director, Mayo Clinic

Daniel Johnson ’11
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate General Counsel, Thomson Reuters

Jason Johnson ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Lathrop GPM

Kaylynn A. Johnson ’20
Academic Excellence Tutor
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Counsel, Berger Montague

Julie Ann Jonas
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Legal Director, Innocence Project of Minnesota

Christine J. Jordan
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney at Law, solo practice

Jennifer E. Joseph
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Owner, Jennifer E. Joseph Law Office

Ed Kaiser ’10
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
General Counsel, RE/MAX Results

Tara Kalar ’12
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Human Services Judge, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Irene Kao ’11
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Intergovernmental Relations Counsel, League of Minnesota Cities

Ben Kappelman
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Partner, Dorsey & Whitney

Faruq Karim ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant County Attorney, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office

Justin Kaufman ’04
Affiliated/Adjunct Professor
General Counsel, NASPO ValuePoint

Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
Executive Director, World Without Genocide
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Brett Klein ’07
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Patent Attorney, Schwegman, Lundberg, & Woessner

Lisa Klotz
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Continuing Lecturer, University of California, Davis

Nicole Kralik
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Human Services Judge, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Heather Scheiwe Kulp
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Circuit Court Administrator, New Hampshire Judicial Branch

Beth LaCanne ’14
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Goetz & Eckland

Daniel Sean Patrick Lacy
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Chief, Labor and Employment Law, Department of Defense–United States Military Entrance Processing Command

Muteeat Lawal ’19
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant County Attorney, Hennepin County Attorney's Office

Tobin S. Lay ’14
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant City Administrator/HRA Executive Director, City of Landfall Village

Michelle LeBaron
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Professor of Law, Peter A. Allard School of Law, The University of British Columbia

Amanda LeBlanc ’12
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney/Mediator, LeBlanc Law & Mediation

Walter G. Lehmann ’92
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Managing partner, Lehmann Law Office

Brian K. Leonard
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Ashley Kroeger Leverson ’14
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Regulatory Affairs Manager, Ameriprise Financial

Nicholas Leverson
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Anna Lima
Attorney/Owner, Lima Law Office

Kathryn Lockwood
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Catherine London
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Health Law Attorney, London Legal Consulting

James J. Long
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Lela Love
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Professor of Law, Founding Director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, Director, Cardozo Mediation Clinic, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Ben Lowndes ’14
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Operations Division Liaison, Minnesota Department of Transportation

Daphne Lundstrom ’06
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Susan D. Mainzer
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Dispute Resolution Consultant

David E. March ’00
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Director Counsel, Operational Strategies, Target

Andrew Markquart
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Staff Attorney, Great North Innocence Project

Judge Margaret M. Marrinan
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Judge, State of Minnesota

Casey Martin ’11
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Lead Attorney, Bright Health Group

Sarah L. Martin
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Susan Martyn
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Delores Mayer
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Legal Writing Specialist and Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University Law School

Jaime Mayfield ’19
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Statewide Pro Bono Coordinator, New Mexico Legal Aid

Ryan McCarthy ’14
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate Attorney, Bowman and Brooke

Judge Cynthia L. McCollum ’85
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Jessica S. McConaughey
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Melinda McElheny ’19
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney/Owner, Murphy’s Law

Paul McEllistrem ’94
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, McEllistrem, Fargione, Rorvig & Moe, P.A.

Leslie McEvoy
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Dustin McIntee
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate Attorney, Kennedy & Ruhsam Law Offices

B. Steven Messick ’08
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Owner/Managing Attorney, Messick Law

Mark Metz ’97
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Lynn Moran Meyer ’92
Academic Excellence Tutor
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Christoph Meyer-Grimberg
Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty
Retired Assistant General Counsel, 3M Company

Rob Meyers
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Federal Defender, Office of the Federal Defender for the District of Minnesota

Cathryn Y. Middlebrook
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Marcia K. Miller
Partner, SiebenCarey
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Morgan L. Miller ’16
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant County Attorney, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office

Loukas A. Mistelis
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Clive M. Schmitthoff Professor in Transnational Commercial Law and Arbitration, and Director, School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London

Kenneth Mitchell-Phillips
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

James Mogen ’00
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Mahliya Montgomery
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Tanisia N. Moore
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Moore and Young Legal Solutions

Taylor Y. Moore-Willis
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Intellectual Property Counsel, General Mills

Melaina Mrozek ’22
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

John Mulé ’11
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Virginia Murphrey
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Anisha Murphy ’14
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Owner, Just Law

Alisha Marie S. Nair ’10
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Qadi Ahmad Natour
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law

Lisa Needham ’02
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Judge Jan Craig Nelson
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Teresa Nelson ’96
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Legal Director, ACLU of Minnesota

Veronica Newcomer ’13
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
In-House Counsel, White Earth Nation

Hao Q. Nguyen ’10
Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty

Kristine Nogosek ’00
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General

Namrita Singh Notani ’20
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Of Counsel, Reagan Mclaine & Hatch

Udoka Nwanna
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Erin Okuno
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Director, Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, Stetson University College of Law

Megan Olson-Lehner
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Compliance Program Manager, Center for Connected Care, Mayo Clinic

Rachel Osband
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Fiddler Osband

Judge Tanya O’Brien
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Grace O’Connor
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

Caroline S. Palmer ’98
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Safe Harbor Director, Minnesota Department of Health

Judge Jessica Palmer-Denig
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Administrative Law Judge, Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings

Judge Lisa B. Pearson
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Workers’ Compensation Judge, Office Of Administrative Hearings

Lenae Pederson ’01
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Partner, Meagher + Geer

Christy M. Penton ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Penton Law Firm

Raymond Peterson ’80
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Rick Petry ’98
Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Tiffany L. Phillips ’21
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Haws-KM

Lianne Pinchuk
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Beys Liston & Mobargha

Abigail H. Rankin ’16
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant State Public Defender, Appellate Public Defender’s Office

Jeremy Ransom ’21
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Dean E. Raths ’88
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Ashley Ray
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Attorney General, Missouri Attorney General’s Office

James W. Reichert ’93
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Civil Litigator/Owner, Reichert Law Offices

Suzanne Reuben
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Partner, King Reuben, P.C.

Allison Reyerson
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office

Richie A. Richie ’21
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Doar, Drill & Skow

Keriann Riehle ’16
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General

Zaida Rivera
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

John E. Roach ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Partner, RAM Law

Galen D. Robinson
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Elizabeth “Liz” Roff ’08
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Counsel, Bradford Andresen Norrie Camarotto

Megan Cross Rogers
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Of Counsel, Larkin Hoffman

Aaron Rolloff
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate Editor, Practical Law Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Leslie J. Rosenberg
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Judge Colette Routel
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Judge, Fourth Judicial District, Minnesota

Jeremy A. Rovinsky
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Nick Ryan ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate Attorney, Law Office of Eric T. Cooperstein

Mark Sadler ’06
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Divisional Vice President, Great American Insurance Group

Judge Wendy Sanchez ’08
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Human Services Judge, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Suzanne Scheller ’08
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Counselor at Law, Scheller Legal Solutions

Brian D. Schenk ’10
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Founder, Midwest Military and Veterans Law

Judge Louis Schiff ’80
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

William Schmitz ’96
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Schmitz Law Offices

Gina D. Schulz
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Tim Scobie ’90
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Adjunct Professor, Augsburg University

Laurie Buchan Serafino
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, The Law Office of Laurie Buchan Serafino

Raoul Shah ’17
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant County Attorney, Hennepin County Attorney's Office

Debbie Shapiro
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Shira Shapiro ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Counsel, Robins Kaplan

Judge Gordon W. Shumaker, Jr. ’71
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Lauren Shurson ’21
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Corporate Counsel, UCare

Daniel Sinclair
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Wolff Fellow in Jewish Law, Visiting Professor of Law, Fordham University Law School

Geri C. Sjoquist ’02
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Sjoquist Law

Agenique N. Smiley
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Anna Solowiej ’11
Academic Excellence Tutor
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Supervising Attorney, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid/Minnesota Disability Law Center

Nancy Norman Sommers ’91
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Anoka County Attorney, Anoka County

Christopher D. Soper
Competitions Official
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Stacy Hall Sorensen ’06
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Christopher Sotiriou ’19
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Peters | Scofield

Pamela Marie Spera
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Amanda Sperow ’22
Associate Attorney, Kennedy Law Firm

Daniel Stahley
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Provo-Petersen & Associates

Robert Stains
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Principal, Bob Stains and Associates

Judge Nicole J. Starr
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
District Court Judge, Ramsey County

Jason R. Steffen
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant County Attorney, Chisago County, Minn.

Susan H. Stephan ’92
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Director, MLS Program, University of Cincinnati College of Law

Joseph Stulberg
Professor Emeritus and interim Co-Director of the Divided Community Project, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Rosalind R. Sullivan ’97
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Sullivan Law

Eren Sutherland
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Staff Attorney, Minnesota Disability Law Center

Kathryn Swanson
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Matthew D. Swanson ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Partner, Fuller, Seaver & Swanson

Tim Tacheny ’12
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
General Counsel, Minnesota Credit Union Network

Melissa Tape ’02
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Minnesota Department of Revenue

Marquis Tapplin ’20
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Corporate Finance Attorney, Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Jason Tarasek
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Elizabeth Tarloski
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Staff Attorney, Philadelphia VIP

Kimberly Tennyson ’08
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Tennyson Law

Elizabeth A. Thompson
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Peter J. Thompson
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Jill Elizabeth Tompkins
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Court Attorney, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Court of Central Jurisdiction

Tiana M. Towns
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney

Eliot Tracz
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Law Clerk, Olmsted County District Court

Patricia Trainor
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Graduate Writing Specialist, Yale University’s Graduate Writing Lab

Alex Trevino ’15
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Founder, Alex Trevino Law

Evan C. Tsai ’07
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Defense Attorney, League of Minnesota Cities

Michael Tsur
Senior Fellow, Dispute Resolution Institute
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Founder and Director, Shakla and Tariya; Adjunct Professor of Mediation, College of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Member of the Israeli Defense Force Hostage Negotiation Team

Andrew Twinamatsiko
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Associate Director, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health

Zachary Van Cleve ’16
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant Public Defender, Minnesota Second Judicial District Public Defender

Joe Van Thomme ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor Professor of Law
Shareholder, Eckberg Lammers

Daniel Vlieger ’98
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Lisa Beth Lentini Walker
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Chief Executive Officer, Lumen Worldwide Endeavors

Jocelyn A. Walters-Hird
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Staff Attorney, Minnesota Land Trust

Brooke Beskau Warg ’19
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Hennepin County, Adult Representation Services

Judge Michael Waterman ’95
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Shawn Webb ’04
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Managing Attorney, First District Public Defender’s Office

Emily F. Weichsel ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Hennepin County Adult Representation Services

Joshua L. Weichsel ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Valerie Werness
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Seth Whitelaw, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Health Law Institute
President & CEO, Whitelaw Compliance Group, LLC

DeAundres Wilson ’98
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Principal Attorney, Wilson Law Office

Erik Withall ’12
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant State Public Defender, Office of the Minnesota Appellate Public Defender

Dr. Robin M. Wolpert
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Sapientia Law Group

Jeanette Wong ’08
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney

Raymond A. Wood ’86
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Christina Xenides
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Siri Glimstad

Der Yang ’04
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor

Ophir Yarden
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Professor, Jerusalem Center, Brigham Young University

Markus Yira ’96
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Yira Law Office

Matthew Yost ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney Editor, Thomson Reuters

Aaron C. Young
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Principal and Founder, Young Entertainment Law

Elizabeth Ziebarth ’18
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Law Clerk, Minnesota Judicial Branch

Robert Zimmer
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney, Zimmer & Associates


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