PREPARING NEW LAWYERS
TO ADVANCE
THE COMMON GOOD
The students, faculty and staff of the University of St. Thomas School of Law
thank our exceptional team of mentors for challenging and supporting our
students as they prepare to enter the legal profession.
Working together, we make the University of St. Thomas School of Law
#1 in the nation for externships and #2 in the nation for practical training.
All for the common good.™
MENTOR EXTERNSHIP
Bringing the Profession to Legal Education
Our Gratitude to
Our 2015-16 Mentors
Frank Aba-Onu
Pamela Abbate-Dattilo
The Hon. Jerome Abrams
Jason Adkins
Steven Aggergaard
Kellie Anderson
The Hon. Paul Anderson
Tara Anderson
Manny Atwal
Paul Baertschi
Shauro Bagchi
James Ballentine
Andrew Bardwell
The Hon. Toddrick Barnette
Peter Barry
The Hon. Shawn Bartsh
Walter Bauch
Robert Bauer
Paul Beaumaster
Sarah Becker
Eric Beecher
Patricia Beety
Subia Beg
Susan Beltz
Kassius Benson
Michael Berger
Timothy Bianchi
Ryan Bies
Kelly Binford Micheletti
Danielle Bird
The Hon. Louise Bjorkman
Tiffany Blofield
Amanda Bloomgren
Caryn Boisen
Howard Bolter
Angela Bortel
Gerald Bosch
Michael Boulette
Trevor Boulter
Robert Brabbit
Steven Brady
The Hon. Gina Brandt
Michael Brandt
Tim Brausen
Sarah Brenes
Victoria Jacobson Brenner
Katherine Brown Holmen
The Hon. Michael K. Browne
Carolyn Brue
Frederic Bruno
Elizabeth Bryant
John Buchman
Susan Buckley
William Bulmer
The Hon. Kevin Burke
Mike Burke
The Hon. Susan Nolting Burke
Patrick Burns
Susan Burns
Juliana Cadavid Vaughn
The Hon. Peter Cahill
Sean Cahill
Jonathon Cajacob
James Carey
David Carrier
The Hon. Philip Carruthers
The Hon. Leonardo Castro
Mirella Ceja-Orozco
John Choi
The Hon. Margaret Chutich
FRONT COVER: Chilean lawyer and LL.M.
in U.S. Law student Juan José Tanhuz
Pizarro (left) and his mentor, Christopher
McCullough, former vice president
and general counsel of Honeywell
International, talk during one of their regular
meetings at the French Corner Bistro in
Minneapolis. The two share both experience
as corporate lawyers and enthusiasm for
learning all they can from each other. Thank you to
Mentor Appreciation Reception sponsors
Mike Ciresi
Johanna Clyborne
Charles Cochrane
Michael Cockson
David Cody
Dan Colton
Jan Conlin
Thomas Conlin
Kevin Conneely
The Hon. Francis Connolly
David Connor
Jamey Connor
Jessica Cossalter
Brian Cote
Patrick Cotter
Marie Coulter
Adam Cox
Amanda Crain
Norbert Cuellar
James Cullen
The Hon. Elizabeth Cutter
Nathaniel Dahl
Annamarie Daley
John Daly
Elyssa Banwell Danahy
Michael Davis
Candice DeBray
Reena Desai
Thomas Dickson
The Hon. Christopher Dietzen
Mark Dietzen
Joseph Dixon
Matthew Donovan
John Dornik
Paul Downes
Craig Downs
Walter Duffy
James Dunn
Phil Duran
Caroline Durham
David Dustrud
Theresa Dykoschak
Jeffrey Edblad
Kathleen Edmond
Timothy Eiden
Jenna Eisenmenger
Aaron Eken
Karen Ellingson
Sarah Ellsworth
Ryan Else
Craig Empey
Kenneth Engel
The Hon. Nicole Engisch
Craig Erickson
Gregory Erickson
David Ezrilov
Robert Fafinski
The Hon. Michael Fahey
Vincent Fahnlander
Marty Fallon
Piran Farhadieh
Jonathon Farnsworth
Bryan Feldhaus
Maxwell Felsheim
Krista Guinn Fink
Kellen Fish
Holly Fistler
Joseph Fleming
Julie Fleming-Wolfe
Susan Flint
Anders Folk
Michael Fondungallah
Jamie Forman
Elizabeth Forsythe
The Hon. Donovan Frank
Douglas Franzen
The Hon. Thomas Fraser
Allison Frasier
Megan Galasso
Susan Gallagher
Michael Galvin
David Gapen
The Hon. Tamara Garcia
Ronald Gardner
Jerome Geis
The Hon. Thomas Gilligan
Paul Godfrey
Christine Goepfert
M. Graciela Gonzalez
Emily Good
Cassandra Granos
Jake Grassel
Susan Grassel
Kathryn Graves
Earl Gray
Thomas Grundhoefer
Marit Gurley
Dan Gustafson
Danielle Haag
Nicholas Halbur
Trudy Halla
The Hon. Stephen Halsey
Shayne Hamann
April Hamlin
The Hon. Mary Hannon
Derek Hansen
Erik Hansen
Laura Hanson
Thomas Hanson
William Hardacker
Shannon Harmon
The Hon. Michael Harralson
Joshua Harrison
William Hart
Joshua Hasko
Mark Hastie
Karen Hatfield
Robert Hauer
Charles Hawkins
Stacy Hedner
John Hennen
Ryan Hentges
Patrick Hest
Kathryn Hibbard
Susan Holden
Athena Hollins
The Hon. Martha Holton
Dimick
Anne Honsa
Angie Hoppe
Melissa Hortman
Andrea Hoversten
The Hon. Juan Hoyos
Jennifer Huart
Autumn Huiras
Claire Hvass
Ryan Inman
Geoffrey Isaacman
Alexander Jadin
Lisa Janzen
Matthew Jensen
Pat Jensen
Rodney Jensen
Gregg Johnson
Jeanine Johnson
Michelle Jones
Trevor Jones
Benjamin Kajer
Alan Kantrud
The Hon. Fred Karasov
Phyllis Karasov
Thomera Karvel
Jeremy Kaschinske
Steven Katras
Edward Kautzer
James Keeler
Our Gratitude to
Our 2015-16 Mentors
John Kelly
David Kempston
David Kendall
Nicole Kettwick
Treye Kettwick
Shauna Kieffer
The Hon. Colleen King
Robert King
John Kingrey
David Kirkman
The Hon. Gregory Kishel
Erin Knapp
Aaron Knoll
The Hon. David Knutson
The Hon. William Koch
Paul Kohls
Barry Koopmann
Kerri Kovalesky
Michael Kroll
Janet Krueger
Ellen Krug
Ryan Kuhlmann
Kenneth LaBore
Stephen Laitinen
Kathryn Lammers
Michael Lammers
Jenese Dawson Larmouth
Eric Larson
Andy LeFevour
Julianne Leerssen
Meriel Lester
Anna Lima
David Link
The Hon. Eric Lipman
James Lodoen
Rachel Lorentz
Kate Lovo
Thomas Lynn
Katherine MacKinnon
JR Maddox
Roger Maldonado
Dominika Malisz
Marc Manderscheid
The Hon. Lezlie Marek
Tom Marek
Tim Marrinan
John Marti
The Hon. Michael Mayer
Thomas McCarr
Christopher McCullough
John McCullough
Doug McIntyre
Matthew McMullen
Mark McNeil
Brian McSherry
Patrick McVary
Katherine Menendez
The Hon. Kathryn Messerich
Steven Messick
The Hon. Susan Miles
The Hon. Robyn Millenacker
Gregory Miller
Michael Miller
Michelle Miller
Monte Miller
Richard Miller
Robert Miller
The Hon. Patricia Milun
Susan Minsberg
Dana Mitchell
Joseph Mitchell
Darin Mix
Kathryn Mollen
Andre Morant
The Hon. Daniel Moreno
Matthew Morgan
Kathryn Morrissey
Paul Mussell
Howard (Sam) Myers
Gloria Myre
Katherine Nagel
Kristen Naros
Keith Nelsen
Brooke Nelson
Christopher Nelson
Jessica Nelson
The Hon. Susan Richard
Nelson
Toni Newborn
Terrance Newby
Kathleen Newman
Mary Jo Nichols
Andrea Niesen
Charles Noel
Michael North
Richard Nygaard
Brendan O’Connell
Neill O’Neill
Elizabeth Odette
Ashley Oliver
Thomas Olson
Peter Orput
Laura Orr
Rebecca Orttel
Eric Palmer
Ralph Palmer
Ryan Palmer
Steve Pattee
Daniel Pauly
Patrick Pazderka
Scott Pederson
The Hon. William Pederson
Steve Peloquin
Christian Peterson
Kip Peterson
Suzanne Peterson
Anna Petosky
Hiep Pham
Timothy Phillips
Tom Plunkett
Jocylyn Poehler
Peter Postma
Thomas Poul
Amanda Prutzman
Larry Purdy
Jason Raether
Roshan Rajkumar
Kemi Rampi
Keshini Ratnayake
The Hon. Steven Rau
James Reichert
John Remakel
Paul Reuvers
Rebecca Ribich
Chris Ritts
Esteban Rivera
Daniel Roach
Louis Robards
The Hon. Patrick Robben
Emily Robertson
Pam Rochlin
Adam Rohne
Laura Rosenthal
John Rossman
Chris Royal
Dudley Ryan
Charles Salter
The Hon. Kathleen Sanberg
Mark Santi
John Saunders
Elizabeth Schading
Jason Schellack
The Hon. Patrick Schiltz
Cathryn Schmidt
Torrie Schneider
The Hon. Todd Schoffelman
Joel Schroeder
Ron Schutz
George Serdar
Angela Shackleford
Brian Short
Daniel Shulman
Bradley Simon
Erin Sindberg Porter
George Singer
Jerry Sisk
Andrew Small
Sandra Smalley-Fleming
The Hon. John Smith
Steven Smith
Sara Sommarstrom
Sarah Sonsalla
George Soule
Nadege Souvenir
The Hon. Richard Spicer
Jade Rosenfeldt
Gloria Stamps-Smith
The Hon. Richard Stebbins
Daniel Steinhagen
Pamela Stewart
The Hon. David Stofferahn
Kimberly Stommes
Jeffrey Storms
John Stout
The Hon. James Street
Nicole Surges
Matthew Tande
Andrew Tanick
Tobi Tanzer
Richard Thomas
Anthony Thompson
Betsy Thompson
John Thompson
Rasheen Tillman
Thomas Ting
Steve Tourek
Simon Trautmann
Nicole Truso
Rex Tucker
Thomas Tuft
The Hon. John Tunheim
Robert Tunheim
Joseph Twomey
Daniel Tyson
Jennifer Urban
Daniel Van Loh
Jane Van Valkenburg
The Hon. Mary Vasaly
Christopher Vatsaas
Adriel Villarreal
Kevin Waddick
The Hon. Richelle Wahi
Nancy Wallrich
Thomas Hanson (right), partner at Winthrop & Weinstine,
quarterbacks the career of mentee Katherine Grohs at the
start of a day of mentoring. Hanson, who has a health care and
lobbying practice built upon a career in public service, is an
excellent career mentor to Grohs, who will receive her juris
doctor and master’s in public policy this year.
stthomas.edu/law/mentor
Kathleen Edmond, partner at Robins
Kaplan LLP, and her mentee, Morgan
Fuller, J.D. ’16, take full advantage of
their time together before a Continuing
Legal Education event. Edmond, who
serves on the St. Thomas Law Compliance
Advisory Board and has a health care and
compliance practice, is precisely what
Fuller sought in a mentor.
Sarah Walter
Brad Walz
Natalie Walz
Shan Wang
Christina Warren
Brent Wartner
Maureen Watz Gornik
Barbara Weckman Brekke
Melvin Welch
Shawn Welk
Nicole Wells
Christopher Wheaton
Kenneth White
Pamela Whitmore
Kelly Wilcox
Roger Willhaus
Peter Williams
Richard Williams
The Hon. Edward Wilson
Justin Windschitl
Tom Woessner
Sydnee Woods
The Hon. Renee Worke
Daniel Young
Diana Young Morrissey
Claire Zajac
Nancy Zalusky Berg
Maxim Zawojski
Pamela Ziermann
Patrick Zomer
Julian Zweber
Nathaniel Zylstra
GOOD FOR ALL
“Mentoring Juan José has been a great experience. He was so proactive and reached
out right away, even before school started. I honestly don’t know if I am mentoring him
or he is mentoring me.”
— Christopher McCullough, former vice president and general counsel,
Honeywell International
“My involvement as a mentor in the St. Thomas Mentor Externship Program has been
very rewarding. My mentee, Katherine Grohs, and I have met frequently over the last
year and a half to discuss my practice, as well as her law school experience and career
goals. I have also included her in a number of meetings where her insight and ability
have proven valuable to me. This program is an excellent way for St. Thomas to show off
the high quality of lawyers they are creating.”
— Thomas Hanson, partner, Winthrop & Weinstine
“This is a fantastic program for students willing to make it work for them. It allows
students to get to know great people who are willing to sharing their life experiences.
Chris’ professional experience is just what I want to do, and he has been so open to
answering questions, introducing me to other legal professionals and teaching me
about United States law.”
— Juan José Tanhuz Pizarro, Chilean lawyer and current LL.M. in U.S. Law student
“The mentor program at St. Thomas has allowed me to receive insight and support
from legal professionals in the community. This unique opportunity allowed me to form
relationships which have helped me grow both as a person and as an aspiring attorney.”
— Morgan Fuller ’16 J.D.
To read more mentor-mentee experiences, please visit: stthomas.edu/law/mentor.
Thank You to Our Faculty Mentors! Faculty mentors lead classroom discussions, meet one on one
with students, and enhance our students’ experiences and professional relationships. We honor these faculty mentors as
an integral step in the professional formation of our students.
Lisa Montpetit Brabbit,
Senior Assistant Dean for
External Relations and
Pro­grams, University of
St. Thomas School of Law
Sarah Brenes, Program
Director, Refugee and
Immigrant Program,
The Advocates for
Human Rights
Adam Brown, Assistant
Director of CPD,
University of St. Thomas
School of Law
Santo Cruz, Assistant
Commissioner,
Minnesota Depart­ment
of Human Services
Neil Hamilton,
Professor of Law,
University of St. Thomas
School of Law
Jack Hennen, Senior
Defense Counsel,
Provo-Petersen and
Associates PA
Barb Jones, Editor,
Minnesota Lawyer
Anna Lima, Attorney at
Law, Lima Law Office,
PLLC
Heather M. McElroy,
Partner, Ciresi Conlin
LLP
Toni Newborn, Diver­sity
and Consulting Services
Manager, City of St. Paul,
Human Resources Office
Jerry Organ, Professor
of Law, University of
St. Thomas School of
Law
Lawrence Purdy, Of
Counsel, Maslon LLP
Roshan Rajkumar,
Hiring Partner, Bowman
and Brooke LLC
Becky Ribich, Attorney
at Law, Brekke, Clyborne
& Ribich, LLC
Andy Rorvig, Attorney
at Law, McEllistrem,
Fargione, Landy, Rorvig,
and Eken, PA
Judie Rush, Director
of Mentor Externship,
University of St. Thomas
School of Law
Elizabeth Tolzmann,
Assistant City Manager,
City of Bloomington
Steve Tourek, Senior
VP/General Counsel,
Marvin Windows and
Doors
Not pictured: Dan
O’Brian, Retired
Public Defender
Steven Tyacke, Retired,
Briggs and Morgan
Dan J. Van Loh,
Attorney at Law, Deckert
and Van Loh
Robert K. Vischer, Dean Chris Wheaton,
and Mengler Chair in Law, Compliance Manager,
University of St. Thomas
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