International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 105 lawyers in the Firm’s Minneapolis office will receive recognition from the North Star Program of the Minnesota State Bar Association (#NorthStarLawyer) for their pro bono work in 2016. Each of these 105 lawyers contributed at least 50 hours of pro bono legal service to the poor and disadvantaged in our community.
“Community is a Dorsey core value, and pro bono work is one of the most important ways we give back to the community”, said Eric Ruzicka, the Firm’s Pro Bono Partner. “Dorsey was an original signatory of the American Bar Association Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge back in 1993. Every year since then, we have surpassed the Challenge by devoting more than 3% of the Firm’s total billable hours to pro bono. The Minneapolis lawyers being recognized for doing more than 50 hours of pro bono in 2016 set a great example, but they are not alone. In 2016, Dorsey lawyers across the Firm performed a total of 35,222 hours of Challenge pro bono work!”
Dorsey’s North Star Program honorees include:
- Katherine Arnold
- Brian Bell
- Christopher Bercaw
- Rebecca Bernhard
- Theresa Bevilacqua
- Shannon Bjorklund
- David Boehnen
- Daniel Brown
- Trevor Brown
- Jeff Cadwell
- Nathan Canova
- Maggie Carnahan
- Robert Cattanach
- Marilyn Clark
- Sarah Claypool
- Clinton Connor
- Erin Conti
- Steven Curry
- Cathy Dahl
- Erin Davenport
- Erik Detlefsen
- Lily Dobson
- Kelsey Dolven
- Timothy Droske
- Michael Drysdale
- Nathan Ebnet
- George Eck
- Benjamin Ellison
- Evan Everist
- Daniel Falknor
- Joseph Genereux
- Timothy Goodman
- David Green
- Richard Helde
- Morgan Helme
- Kiley Henry
- Alexander Hontos
- Caitlin Hull
- Imeabasi Ibok
- Samir Islam
- J Jackson
- Kathryn Johnson
- Ken Jorgensen
- Paula Kanne
- Ben Kappelman
- Bryan Keane
- Dawn Koestner
- Erica Larson
- Lincoln Loehrke
- Nathaniel Longley
- JoLynn Markison
- John Marsalek
- John Marti
- Emily Mawer
- Peter Mayer
- Michael McCormick
- Lawrence McDonough
- Eduardo Mozqueda
- Peter Nelson
- James Nichols
- Erik Nyre
- Lucas Olson
- Robert Olson
- Joel O’Malley
- Betsy Parker
- Katina Peterson
- Neal Peterson
- Katie Pfeifer
- Michael Pignato
- Angela Porter
- Matthew Ralph
- Melissa Raphan
- Leonard Rice
- Eileen Roberts
- Michael Rowe
- Erik Ruda
- Eric Ruzicka
- Ryan Thomas
- Kirsten Schubert
- Scott Selix
- Betsy Sellers
- Jesse Sheedy
- Eric Sherman
- Jessica Shiffman
- Rhonda Skoby
- Phil Steger
- Jaime Stilson
- Mike Stinson
- Mary Streitz
- Jack Sullivan
- David Swanson
- Thomas Swigert
- Vanessa Szalapski
- Tom Tinkham
- Claire Topp
- Tiana Towns
- David Trevor
- Gary Tygesson
- Jonathan Van Horn
- Thomas Vander Molen
- Steven Wells
- Adam Wickens
- Brent Ylvisaker
- RJ Zayed
- Alysia Zens