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Meet the Bar at Mitchell HamlineTuesday, February 13, 20174:00 – 6:00 p.m.Gallery AreaSponsored by the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA),the Ramsey County Bar Association (RCBA), andthe Hennepin County Bar Association (HCBA) |
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A chance to learn more about how the bar can connect you to the profession Get a free headshot – Enjoy some food and beverages |
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Welcome / Registration |
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Sign in for your free headshot and register for free membership in the bar association! Attendance will be taken at the event. No student RSVP is required.
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| Nancy Mischel
Associate Executive Director, MSBA Mike Carlson Attorney Editor, MSBA |
nmischel@mnbar.org
mcarlson@mnbar.org |
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| Micah Fenlason
Sections and CLE Coordinator, HCBA |
micah@hcba.org | ||
Networking |
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| Get a free, professional headshot for your LinkedIn and other social media profiles. Pick up great networking tips from some experts. | |||
| Tom Nelson
Partner, Stinson Leonard Street Treasurer, MSBA |
An extremely successful business litigator, Tom is a strong advocate of diversity and inclusion efforts in the legal profession, including the bar association. | ||
| Lauren Falk (headshot photographer)
Owner, LaurenB Photography
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Photographers Tip: avoid wearing very bright or neon colors and busy patterns. Wear something you feel comfortable in that is professional. | ||
| Hon. Richard Kyle, Jr.
Ramsey County District Court |
Before joining the Ramsey County bench in 2015, Judge Kyle worked at Fredrikson & Byron representing clients accused of white-collar crimes. He’s a former president of both the Ramsey County and Minnesota State Bars and a William Mitchell grad. | ||
Getting Employed |
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| What is the work of a lawyer? These attorneys can tell you how diverse the ‘practice of law’ can really be. Learn about careers in technology, publishing, business and more. Ask Tom about the local legal startup scene. | |||
| Brian Gallagher
Director, Content Acquisition and Government Relations, Thomson Reuters
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Brian and his team acquire a wide range of information, including cases, legislative documents and agency data, in many different formats, from a multitude of government sources at the federal, state and local level. Brian started at Thomson Reuters in 2003 as an Attorney Editor for statutes and regulatory work and moved to the acquisition team in 2006. | ||
| Tom Corbett
Founder, Citasca
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Tom is a business attorney with over 10 years of experience supporting technology companies, corporate technology divisions and tech startups. Citasca was born out of Tom’s idea to create an open, simple, scalable platform where lawyers can share content with others. | ||
| Barry Dop and Joy Solomon
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Shepherd Data Services helps attorneys solve their technical problems and run their practices more efficiently. | ||
Taking Action – Get Involved with the Bar Association |
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Getting engaged with the MSBA is your first step towards a rewarding career in the law. |
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| Joe Kaczrowski
Director of Online Services, MSBA
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Joe will demonstrate how MSBA’s online communities are an easy way to learn what the legal profession is talking about. Joe also volunteers with the Wills for Heroes program. | ||
| Hannah Mohs
Student, Mitchell Hamline |
Hannah and her team of Mitchell Hamline students have been partnering with Professor Sonsteng and the MSBA to update research regarding the extent to which attorneys feel prepared to practice law upon graduation. | ||
Alternative Legal Practices and Solos |
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| How do law firms make money? Or rather, is there only one way to run a law firm? Ask these attorneys why they opted to build their successful practices on non-traditional law firm business models. | |||
| Nicole Billings | Nicole provides income-based family law representation and also runs a non-profit specializing in expedited child support matters for clients of modest means. | ||
| Emily Cooper,
Cooper Law LLC |
Emily started her own firm after working at legal aid. Cooper Law offers sliding fee rates in the areas of family law and social security disability. | ||
| Inti Martinez-Aleman
Ceiba Fôrte Law Firm, PLLC |
Inti practices civil and business law. His office is destined to be a one-stop shop for all Latinos and Latinas in the state of Minnesota. He’s a | ||
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| Stephanie Willing
Ogletree Deakins Vice-Chair, HCBA New Lawyers Section
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Stephanie is the Vice-Chair of the New Lawyers Section. She is in her 6th year of practicing law, and specializes in representing companies in employment law issues at the local office of the national firm Ogletree Deakins. | ||
| Anne Correia
Allianz Life Insurance HCBA New Lawyers Section
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Anne joined Allianz in 2017 and is actively involved in ensuring that Allianz’s products are approved for sale in each jurisdiction that Allianz operates within. Anne previously practiced business and employment litigation at Trepanier MacGillis Battina, P.A. She graduated from William Mitchell in 2015. | ||
| Corey Kobbervig
Kobbervig Law LLC RCBA New Lawyers Section |
Corey started his own firm in St. Paul, representing clients in the areas of employment, criminal law, and estate planning.
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| Kirk Olimb
McEllistrem Fargione RCBA New Lawyers Section |
A 2016 Mitchell Hamline grad, Kirk practices law at a small firm in Bloomington. Ask him about playing hockey! | ||
Posted: February 6, 2018