Several members of the Mitchell Hamline community are being recognized by Minnesota Lawyer in its 2020 Attorneys of the Year and 2020 Diversity & Inclusion awards. In all, 18 Mitchell Hamline alums made the list for Attorneys of the Year and five received a Diversity & Inclusion Award.
Cindy Telstad ’85 is one of nine people being honored with an Outstanding Service to the Profession award. The Attorney of the Year honorees will be celebrated during a Feb. 17 online event. The Diversity & Inclusion award recipients were recognized during an online event in November.
2020 Attorneys of the Year
Individuals
- Jill Brisbois ’05, Caplan & Tamburino Law Firm
- Irene Kao ’11, League of Minnesota Cities/The Infinity Project
Two Partners
- Imran Ali ’05, Washington and Ramsey County Attorney’s Office, and Karen Kugler ’91, Ramsey County Attorney’s Office
- Peter Gorman ’78 and Mary Rice, Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
- Andrew Irlbeck ’11, Andrew Irlbeck Lawyer and Paul Applebaum, Applebaum Law Firm
- Kelly A. Jeanetta ’97, Kelly A. Jeanetta Law Firm, and Gerald T. Laurie, Laurie Law & ADR
- Mathew R. Korte ’06 and Jan M. Conlin, Ciresi Conlin LLP
- Alan S. Milavetz ’84, Milavetz Gallop and Milavetz, and Larry J. Chiat, Larry J. Chiat, Attorney at Law
- Kevin Sieben ’07 and Samuel Edmunds ’07, Sieben Edmunds Miller
Group work by case
- Bde Maka Ska Name Restoration
- Sherry Enzler ’85, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (et al)
- Creating Peacetime Emergency Precedent
- Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, Jacob Campion ’10, Richard Dornfeld ’19, Michael Goodwin ’09, Keriann Riehle ’16 (et al)
- State COVID Legal Team/Executive Order Drafting Team
- Office of Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Emily Parks ’15 (et al)
Outstanding Service to the Profession
- Cindy K. Telstad ’85, Streater & Murphy
2020 Diversity & Inclusion Awards
- Holly Dolejsi ’09
- Alexander Kim ’06
- Adine Momoh ’09
- Marcos Ramirez ’12
- Judge Richelle Wahi ’03