International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 93 lawyers in the Firm’s Minneapolis office have received recognition from the North Star Lawyer Program of the Minnesota State Bar Association (#NorthStarLawyer) for their pro bono work in 2020. Each of these 93 lawyers contributed at least 50 hours of pro bono legal service to the 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 RJ Zayed, one of the Firm’s Co-Pro Bono Partners. “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 recognized for doing more than 50 hours of pro bono in 2020 set a great example, but they are not alone. In 2020, Dorsey lawyers across the Firm performed a more than 34,000 hours of Challenge pro bono work!”
Dorsey’s North Star Program honorees include:
Briana Al Taqatqa
Paul Beck
Andrew Benson
Christopher Bercaw
Rebecca Bernhard
Theresa Bevilacqua
Shannon Bjorklund
Ian Blodger
Sam Bolstad
Michael Brey
Andrew Brown
Daniel Brown
Trevor Brown
Erin Bryan
Jeff Cadwell
Tien Cai
Anabel Cassady
Marilyn Clark
Clint Conner
Cathy Dahl
Christian Davis
Christopher DeLong
Timothy Droske
Michael Drysdale
Skip Durocher
Will Elliott
Evan Everist
Anna Finstrom
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Roxanna Gonzalez
Tim Goodman
Joshua M. Greenberg
Elizabeth Greiter
Mark Hamel
Andrea Hedtke
Alex Hontos
Jack Huerter
Caitlin Hull
Nur Ibrahim
J Jackson
Alison Jarzyna
Kathryn Johnson
Ben Kappelman
Dane Knudsen
Jillian Kornblatt
Max Lesser
Jay Lindgren
Evan Livermore
Nathaniel Longley
Steve Lucke
John Marti
Jamie McCarty
Michael McCormick
Chelsea McLean
Mackenzie McNaughton
Ryan Mick
Peter Nelson
Joshua Oie
Akosua Owusu-Akyaw
Katina Peterson
Michael Pignato
F. Matthew Ralph
Melissa Raphan
Donna Reuter
Michael Rowe
Kirsten Schubert
Jesse Sheedy
Eric Sherman
Rhonda Skoby
Elizabeth Snyder
Mike Stinson
Mary Streitz
Nicole Strydom
Jack Sullivan
David P. Swanson
Vanessa J. Szalapski
Forrest Tahdooahnippah
Michele Thurnblom
Tom Tinkham
Claire Topp
Tiana Towns
Gary Tygesson
Jonathan Van Horn
Cody Wamsley
Eric Weisenburger
Steven Wells
Bri Whiting
Adam Wickens
Cam Winton
Sarah Zach
RJ Zayed
Alysia Zens
Charis Zimmick