{"id":67564,"date":"2025-01-17T10:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/?p=67564"},"modified":"2025-01-21T15:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T21:41:47","slug":"over-two-dozen-alumni-honored-as-attorneys-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/17\/over-two-dozen-alumni-honored-as-attorneys-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Over two dozen alumni honored as Attorneys of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19227 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/Atty-of-the-Year-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/Atty-of-the-Year-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/Atty-of-the-Year.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Hamline alumni make up one in three of all honorees in the Attorneys of the Year 2024 list compiled by Minnesota Lawyer. Not only that, but alumni are also present in every category represented.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_67566\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67566\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67566\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/Rick-Petry-2-225x315-1-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/Rick-Petry-2-225x315-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/Rick-Petry-2-225x315-1.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Petry &#8217;98<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Included among those honored was a familiar face around the Mitchell Hamline building: Adjunct Professor and Co-Director of Mitchell Hamline\u2019s Office of Culture and Inclusion Rick Petry \u201998. In total, 27 Mitchell Hamline alumni from across different practice areas and industries were named to the list. One alum, Caitlin Micko \u201913, was recognized twice for separate projects.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys of the Year aims to recognize practitioners for their work securing successful case or business results, providing excellent legal services, demonstrating leadership, participating in newsworthy events in the legal community, and performing significant public service. The list below contains only those honorees that are Mitchell Hamline alumni. The <a href=\"https:\/\/minnlawyer.com\/event\/attorneys-of-the-year\/\">full list of 2024 honorees<\/a> can be found published online, and they will be celebrated at an event next month in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2024 Attorneys of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Groups<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><strong>Doe 600 v. Circle R Ranch<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Jeff Anderson \u201975, Stacey Benson \u201918, and Josh Peck \u201913 of Jeff Anderson &amp; Associates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Minnesota\u2019s Historic 2024 Family Law Legislation<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Samantha J. Gemberling \u201997 of Wolf, Rohr, Gemberling and Allen; Bryan Lake \u201908 of the Law Office of Bryan Lake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>State v. HavenBrook Homes, LLC, et al.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Katherine Kelly \u201904 and Caitlin Micko \u201913 of the Minnesota Attorney General\u2019s Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>State v. Wall &amp; Associates, Inc., Ernest Kenneth Wall, and Patrick Mark Yates<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Lindsey Lee \u201915 and Caitlin Micko \u201913 of the Minnesota Attorney General\u2019s Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota\u00a0class action<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Garrett Blanchfield \u201990 of Reinhardt Wendorf &amp; Blanchfield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Willis Electric Co., Ltd. v. Polygroup Trading Limited et al<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Patrick M. Arenz \u201906 and Jessica L. Gutierrez \u201914 of Robins Kaplan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Diversity &amp; Inclusion<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><strong>MABL Law School Pathways Program<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Rick Petry \u201998 of the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Nonprofit &amp; Government<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><strong>2024 State Elections Team<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Lauren Bethke \u201913 of the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Outstanding Service to the Profession<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><strong>Paul Floyd \u201983, <\/strong>Minnesota State Bar Association<\/li>\n<li><strong>Petition to Adopt Parental Leave Rules<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Jessica Klander \u201911 of Bassford Remele; Sarah Soucie Eyberg \u201911 of the Minnesota State Bar Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pioneers in the Protection of the Vulnerable in Nursing Homes<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Kara K. Rahimi \u201908 of Ciresi Conlin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Personal Injury Verdicts and Settlements<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><strong>McDougall v. CRC Industries, Inc. et al<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Rashanda Bruce \u201918, Julie Reynolds \u201911, and Philip Sieff \u201985 of Robins Kaplan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Individual<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><strong>Michael R. Carey \u201907, <\/strong>Dykema<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Donovan \u201914, <\/strong>Office of the Minnesota Appellate Public Defender<\/li>\n<li><strong>Richard A. Ruohonen \u201996, <\/strong>TSR Injury Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Pro Bono<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><strong>Sheridan Appeal Team<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Jevon Bindman \u201914 and Erica Holzer \u201913 of Maslon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Teams of Two<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><strong>Keller vs. St. Cloud Industrial Products, Inc.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Sarah R. Jewell \u201911 of River Valley Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>State v. Edgar Barrientos Quintana<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Christopher Mishek \u201914 of the Minnesota Attorney General\u2019s Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitchell Hamline alumni make up one in three of all honorees in the Attorneys of the Year 2024 list compiled by Minnesota Lawyer. Not only that, but alumni are also present in every category represented. Included among those honored was a familiar face around the Mitchell Hamline building: Adjunct Professor and Co-Director of Mitchell Hamline\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/17\/over-two-dozen-alumni-honored-as-attorneys-of-the-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Over two dozen alumni honored as Attorneys of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5772,"featured_media":67568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,5,77],"tags":[305,259],"class_list":{"0":"post-67564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alumni","8":"category-features","9":"category-news","10":"category-office-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion","11":"tag-attorney-of-the-year","12":"tag-minnesota-lawyer","13":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}