International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 94 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 2019.  Each of these 94 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 2019 set a great example, but they are not alone. In 2019, Dorsey lawyers across the Firm performed a total of 34,216 hours of Challenge pro bono work!”

Dorsey’s North Star Program honorees include:

  • Keith Ahlgren
  • Briana Al Taqatqa
  • Daniel Andersen
  • Paul Beck
  • Brian Bell
  • Christopher Bercaw
  • Rebecca Bernhard
  • Shannon Bjorklund
  • Ian Blodger
  • Sam Bolstad
  • Michael Brey
  • Sahr Brima
  • Trevor Brown
  • Daniel Brown
  • Erin Bryan
  • Nick Bullard
  • Jeff Cadwell
  • Tien Cai
  • Anabel Cassady
  • Marilyn Clark
  • Jennifer Colich
  • Clint Conner
  • Erin Conti
  • Cathy Dahl
  • Christopher DeLong
  • Timothy Droske
  • Evan Everist
  • Anna Finstrom
  • Meghan Flynn
  • Beth Forsythe
  • Payton George
  • Michelle S. Grant
  • Joshua M. Greenberg
  • Richard Greiffenstein
  • LB Guthrie
  • Mark Hamel
  • Randall Hanson
  • Andrea Hedtke
  • Alex Hontos
  • Jack Huerter
  • Caitlin Hull
  • Alison Jarzyna
  • Kathryn Johnson
  • Ben Kappelman
  • Jillian Kornblatt
  • Samuel Kouri
  • Dan Lenhardt
  • Jay Lindgren
  • Evan Livermore
  • Nathaniel Longley
  • Creighton Magid
  • JoLynn Markison
  • Greta Mattison Megna
  • Peter Mayer
  • Michael McCormick
  • Lawrence McDonough
  • Chelsea McLean
  • Sonny Miller
  • Marcus Mollison
  • Laura B. Morgan
  • Akosua Owusu-Akyaw
  • Katina Peterson
  • Neal Peterson
  • Katie Pfeifer
  • David Racine
  • F. Matthew Ralph
  • Melissa Raphan
  • Leonard Rice
  • Lauren Roso
  • Michael Rowe
  • Eric Ruzicka
  • Lindsey Schmidt
  • Kirsten Schubert
  • Alex Sellke
  • Jesse Sheedy
  • Eric Sherman
  • Rhonda Skoby
  • Mary Streitz
  • Nicole Strydom
  • David P. Swanson
  • Forrest Tahdooahnippah
  • Tom Tinkham
  • Claire Topp
  • Tiana Towns
  • David Trevor
  • Samuel Tunheim
  • Gary Tygesson
  • Jonathan Van Horn
  • Steven Wells
  • Colin Wicker
  • Cam Winton
  • RJ Zayed
  • Alysia Zens
  • Charis Zimmick