International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 108 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 2015. Each of these 108 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 2015 set a great example, but they are not alone. In 2015, Dorsey lawyers across the Firm performed a total of 42,672 hours of Challenge pro bono work!”
Dorsey’s North Star Program honorees include:
- Katherine Arnold
- Darryn Beckstrom
- Brian Bell
- Rachel Benedict
- Christopher Bercaw
- Rebecca Bernhard
- Theresa Bevilacqua
- Shannon Bjorklund
- Andrew Brantingham
- Jeff Cadwell
- Nathan Canova
- Kristina Carlson
- Marilyn Clark
- Michelle Collins Zhao
- Erin Conti
- David Couillard
- Sydney Crowder
- Steven Curry
- Cathy Dahl
- Erin Davenport
- Erik Detlefsen
- Timothy Droske
- Nathan Ebnet
- George Eck
- Benjamin Ellison
- Evan Everist
- Daniel Falknor
- Holly Fistler
- Beth Forsythe
- Joe Genereux
- Timothy Goodman
- David Green
- Courtney Grimsrud
- Kevin Ha
- Christina Hanson
- Morgan Helme
- Lauren Hertz
- Andrew Holly
- Alexander Hontos
- Samir Islam
- Kathryn Johnson
- Ben Kappelman
- Jillian Kornblatt
- Melissa Krasnow
- Louis Laski
- Thaddeus Lightfoot
- Richard Liu
- Lincoln Loehrke
- Nathaniel Longley
- Stephen Lucke
- Edward Magarian
- JoLynn Markison
- John Marsalek
- James Mason
- Emily Mawer
- Peter Mayer
- Michael McCormick
- Lawrence McDonough
- Robert McGarry IV
- Saiko McIvor
- Shannon McNeal
- Patrick McLaughlin
- Theresa Mielke
- Sonny Miller
- Lucas Olson
- Matthew Peckosh
- Katina Peterson
- Neal Peterson
- Katie Pfeifer
- Angela Porter
- Melissa Raphan
- Leonard Rice
- Eileen Roberts
- Michael Rowe
- Eric Ruzicka
- Kirsten Schubert
- Scott Selix
- Betsy Sellers
- Jesse Sheedy
- Eric Sherman
- Jessica Shiffman
- Rhonda Skoby
- Nadege Souvenir
- Phil Steger
- Jaime Stilson
- Mike Stinson
- Mary Streitz
- Jack Sullivan
- David Swanson
- Vanessa Szalapski
- Forrest Tahdooahnippah
- Tom Tinkham
- Claire Topp
- Tiana Towns
- David Trevor
- Annie Trimberger
- Gary Tygesson
- Jonathan Van Horn
- Thomas Vander Molen
- Rebecca Weisenberger
- Steven Wells
- Colin Wicker
- Matthew Wolf
- Brent Ylvisaker
- RJ Zayed
- Alysia Zens
- Kristin Zinsmaster
- Chris Ziolkowski