International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 97 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 2017. Each of these 97 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 2017 set a great example, but they are not alone. In 2017, Dorsey lawyers across the Firm performed a total of 31,765 hours of Challenge pro bono work!”Dorsey’s North Star Program honorees include:
- Katherine Arnold
- Christopher Bercaw
- Rebecca Bernhard
- Shannon Bjorklund
- Ian Blodger
- Sam Bolstad
- Trevor Brown
- Nick Bullard
- Jeff Cadwell
- Maggie Carnahan
- Clint Conner
- Erin Conti
- Cathy Dahl
- Erin Davenport
- Lillian Dobson
- Timothy Droske
- Michael Drysdale
- Skip Durocher
- Nathan Ebnet
- Evan Everist
- Daniel Falknor
- Grace Fleming
- Timothy Goodman
- David Green
- LB Guthrie
- Christina Hanson
- Timothy Hearn
- Richard A. Helde
- Morgan Helme
- Kiley Henry
- Andrew Holly
- Alex Hontos
- Caitlin Hull
- Imeabasi Ibok
- Samir Islam
- Alison Jarzyna
- Kathryn Johnson
- Paula Kanne
- Ben D. Kappelman
- Bryan Keane
- Jim Langdon
- Jay Lindgren
- Nathaniel Longley
- Stephen Lucke
- Ed Magarian
- Cari Martell
- John Marti
- Peter Mayer
- Michael McCormick
- Lawrence McDonough
- Saiko McIvor
- Chelsea McLean
- Marcus Mollison
- Laura B. Morgan
- Peter Nelson
- James Nichols
- Lucas J. Olson
- Matthew Peckosh
- Katina Peterson
- Katie Pfeifer
- Angela Porter
- Melissa Raphan
- Leonard Rice
- Lauren Roso
- Michael Rowe
- Erik Ruda
- Eric Ruzicka
- Kirsten Schubert
- Betsy Sellers
- Christopher Shaheen
- Jesse Sheedy
- Eric R. Sherman
- Rhonda Skoby
- Phil Steger
- Jaime Stilson
- Mike Stinson
- Alex Stoflet
- Mary Streitz
- Jack Sullivan
- David P. Swanson
- Thomas Swigert
- Vanessa J. Szalapski
- Forrest Tahdooahnippah
- Tom Tinkham
- Claire Topp
- Tiana Towns
- David Trevor
- Gary Tygesson
- Jonathan A. Van Horn
- Thomas D. Vander Molen
- Natasha Wells
- Steven Wells
- Katrina Wessbecker
- Colin Wicker
- Brent Ylvisaker
- RJ Zayed
- Alysia Zens