Faculty and Staff

This accomplished group of professionals will challenge and encourage you to reach your professional goals.

Health law is an ever progressing field and our faculty and staff strive to offer students’ the best program possible. Our faculty and adjunct professors share their expertise in health care compliance, health care organization and finance, quality of care and liability, bioethics, genetics and medicine, governance and ethics, public health law, and health information privacy. Our advisory board, comprised of diverse industry professionals, provides us with an invaluable perspective on issues and challenges related to health law practice and the health care needs of our community.

Barbara Colombo ’89
Director, Health Law Institute and Health Care Compliance Program
Professor of Law

Andrea Nadeau
Program Administrator, Health Law Institute

Thaddeus Mason Pope
Professor of Law

Laura Hermer
Professor of Law

Eric S. Janus
Director, Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center
President and Dean Emeritus

David Allen Larson
Senior Fellow, Dispute Resolution Institute
Professor of Law

Clinic Faculty

Ana Pottratz Acosta
Clinical Instructor for Medical Legal Partnership
Professor of Law

Adjunct Faculty

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

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

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

Phil Duran
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Attorney at Law

Mark Gardner ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
President, Gardner Law

David P. Graham ’87
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Counsel, Gardner Law

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

Casey Martin ’11
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Assistant General Counsel, Harbor Health

Melanie Neumann ’98
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Founder, Food Industry Attorney and Professional Coach, Neumann Advisory Services

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

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

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

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

Advisory Board

Diane Berthel
Volunteeer Management Consultant, Foundation for African Medicine and Education

Brian Beutner
General Counsel, Bright Health

Julie Brunner
Executive Director (retired), Minnesota Council of Health Plans

Maria C. Christu ’88
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Optum

Dr. Miguel Fiol
Doctor, Neurologist, and Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

Mark Gardner ’09
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
President, Gardner Law

David P. Graham ’87
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Senior Counsel, Gardner Law

Peter Hofrenning
Director, Senior Associate General Counsel, Allina Health

Hubert H. Humphrey, III
Public Affairs Counsel, Humphrey Consulting Services

Ryan Johnson
Attorney/Shareholder, Fredrickson & Byron

Gina Kastel
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels

Joelle Lester
Executive Director, Public Health Law Center

Jacki Monson
Vice President, Chief Privacy and Information Security Officer, Sutter Health

Molly Nunn
Law Clerk for Chief Judge Michael D. Fritz, Seventh Judicial District, Minnesota

Jennifer O’Brien ’94
Adjunct/Affiliated Professor
President, Principal Consultant, Directors, Blackbridge Advisors

Katrina A. Pagonis
Partner, Chair of the Regulatory Department, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman

Neal Peterson
Partner & Co-Chair of Health Law Group, Dorsey & Whitney

Daniel Roach ’85
Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel, Optum360

Beth Roxland
Founder, Senior Advisor on Law, Policy, and Bioethics, Roxland Consultants

Morgan Schacht
Compliance/Privacy Officer, Mayo Clinic

Suzette Schommer
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Privacy Officer, Medica

Dr. Martin Stillman
Mediation and Conflict Resolution Officer, Hennepin Health System; Assistant Director, Institute of Professional Wellness, Hennepin Health System; Director, Provider Wellness and Retention, Department of Medicine, Hennepin Health System; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School

Ann Tobin
Chief Compliance Officer (retired), Prime Therapeutics

Jeffrey Vigil
Deputy General Counsel, HealthPartners

Stephen K. Warch
Shareholder, Firm President, Nilan Johnson Lewis

This accomplished group of professionals will challenge and encourage you to reach your professional goals.