Lawyers Board Directory

Member	Bio

Stacy L. Vinberg, Granite Falls	Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2019. LPRB Chair. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee. Served in private sector practice for 16 years prior to becoming an Assistant County Attorney. Areas of practice while in private practice were mainly real estate, probate, wills/trusts, family law, and contract litigation. Primary area of law currently is criminal prosecution of all gross misdemeanor and felony level offenses.
Terrie S. Wheeler, Rush City	Public member. LPRB Vice-Chair. Term expires January 31, 2018. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee and as Chair of the Board’s DEC Committee. Served on the Hennepin County District Ethics Committee for two years. For over 20 years has been the president of Professional Services Marketing, LLC. Has a strong background in ethical marketing practices for lawyers, and offers marketing consulting and marketing coaching services to lawyers in Minnesota and across the country. Teaches ethical marketing strategies at two Midwestern law firms, and is a regular CLE presenter for bar associations in Minnesota and nationally.
Joseph P. Beckman, Edina	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2020. Serves on LPRB Opinion Committee. Partner in the law firm of Hellmuth & Johnson. Areas of law: Current - Business Transactions (corporate governance, commercial transactions, technology); Past - Civil Litigation (contract disputes, business breakups, insurance coverage).
Jeanette M. Boerner, Minneapolis	Attorney member. First term expires January 31, 2020. Hennepin County First Assistant Public Defender. Area of law: 25 years' experience in criminal defense work.
James P. Cullen, Minneapolis	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2020. Serves on LPRB Rules Committee. Served on Hennepin County District Ethics Committee for eight years. Owner of Cullen Law Firm, Ltd. Areas of legal experience: Commercial and individual client litigation in state and federal courts; personal injury and professional liability civil actions; representation of medical professionals in civil, criminal and peer review matters and proceedings; criminal defense in state and federal courts; and service as an arbitrator in American Arbitration Association commercial and no-fault arbitration proceedings.
Norina Jo Dove, Spring Park	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2019. Serves on LPRB Opinion Committee. Areas of expertise: Family Law, Debtor/Creditor, Real Estate and Business Litigation.
Thomas J. Evenson, Minneapolis	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. First term expires January 31, 2018. Shareholder at Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, PA. Participant in Minnesota Automobile Assigned Claims Bureau, MSBA Assembly, and Hamline University School of Law Alumni Association Board. Areas of law: General litigation, with an emphasis on products liability, wrongful death, construction defects, and fraud.
Roger Gilmore, Brooklyn Park	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2020. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee and DEC Committee. Served 10 years on Hennepin County District Ethics Committee. Served as member of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee to Review Lawyer Discipline System 2007-2008. Retired Captain, U.S. Navy Supply Corps., and retired Manager, FMC Corporation, Fridley. Areas of expertise: Defense Department contracting; contract administration and claims resolution; logistic support; program management; community mediation.
Chris A. Grgurich, Minneapolis	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. First term expires January 31, 2019. Partner at Lindquist & Vennum. Focus on securities and commercial litigation. Also serves as General Counsel to assist partners and associates in meeting and understanding their ethical obligations under the MRPC. Served three years on Fourth District Ethics Committee. Chair of Hennepin County Bar Assn. Professionalism and Ethics Section.
Mary L. Hilfiker, St. Paul	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2020. Serves on the LPRB DEC Committee. Served on Second District Ethics Committee. Education Specialist/Consultant for University of Wisconsin and Bureau of Indian Education. Areas of expertise: Special education, mediation, arbitration, investigation, public administration and FINRA arbitrator.
Gary M. Hird, St. Paul	Attorney member. MSBA Nominee. First term expires January 31, 2018. Serves on the LPRB Rules Committee. Served on Tenth District Ethics Committees. Chief Operating Officer, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc. (SMRLS). Areas of law: Family, real estate, bankruptcy, juvenile, criminal and corporate law as well as labor relations.
Anne M. Honsa, Minneapolis	Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2019. Serves on LPRB Opinion Committee. Served on the Fourth District Ethics Committee for 12 years - four years as Vice-Chair. Founder of Honsa Rodd Landry. Area of law: Family Law.
Peter Ivy, Chaska	Attorney member. First term expires February 1, 2020. Serves as Chief Deputy Carver County Attorney. Carries a felony caseload and provides legal advice to all Carver County officials and divisions. Serves as Co-Chair of the Minnesota County Attorney's Association Ethics Committee. Area of practice: Currently involves conducting internal investigations for Carver County.
Bentley R. Jackson, St. Paul	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2020. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee and LPRB Rules Committee. Operations Specialist for Children's Minnesota. Adjunct instructor and retired Burnsville police sergeant. Areas of expertise: Risk management, criminal and internal investigations, and project management.
Shawn Judge, Minneapolis	Public member. First term expires January 31, 2018. President and founder of The Speaker’s Edge, LLC. Areas of expertise: Strategic-communications consultant and certified Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Discovery Inventory, experienced in leading small-group and individual training sessions to develop confident speakers who get results. Clients include attorneys from major law firms and corporate executives.
Virginia Klevorn, Plymouth	Public member. First term expires February 1, 2020. Served on Fourth District Ethics Committee for three years. Business management consultant specializing in alternative dispute solution services.
Michael J. Leary, Burnsville	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2019. Serves on LPRB DEC Committee. Served on the First District Ethics Committee for two years and the Second District Ethics Committee for three years. Retired as Executive Vice President of International Dairy Queen, Inc. Areas of expertise: Mediation and arbitration; management and contract issues.
Cheryl M. Prince, Duluth	Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2019. Chair of LPRB Rules Committee. Serves on LPRB DEC Committee. Shareholder in the Duluth firm of Hanft Fride, P.A. Served on Eleventh District Ethics Committee for many years, including six years as Chair. Areas of law: Family law and mediation.
Susan C. Rhode, Minneapolis	Attorney member. Partial term expires January 31, 2018. Served as Fourth District Ethics Committee Chair for six years. Partner at Moss & Barnett. Area of practice: Family law focusing on complex financial issues in dissolution matters.
Gail Stremel, St. Paul	Public member. First term expires January 31, 2018. Serves on LPRB Rules Committee. Served on Ramsey County District Ethics Committee for six years. Served as division director of public assistance programs at Ramsey County Community Human Services. Area of expertise: Public administration.
Bruce R. Williams, Virginia	Attorney member. Partial term expires January 31, 2019. Served as Twentieth District Ethics Committee Chair from 2011 to 2017. Served as Chair for the Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal Education from 2001 - 2002. Appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee to Review the Lawyer Discipline System in July 2007. Part-time attorney for the Sixth Judicial Public Defenders Office in Virginia, Minnesota, since 1990. Sole practitioner. Areas of expertise: General litigation, family, criminal defense. Certified as a criminal trial specialist since 2005.
Allan Witz, Rochester	Attorney member. First term expires January 31, 2020. Attorney, mediator and arbitrator who practices in the Rochester, Minnesota office of Witz Law P.A. Licensed to practice law in Minnesota, Florida, Michigan, and South Africa (inactive). Served three years on the Third District Ethics Committee. Former Chair of the Third District Bar Association Fee Dispute Resolution Committee. Former President of the Olmsted County Bar Association. Former President of the Third District Bar Association. Principal practice areas: Business law, estate planning and immigration law.
Robin M. Wolpert, St. Paul	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2020. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee and DEC Committee. Served on Nineteenth District Ethics Committee for seven years. Served as MSBA President from 2016 - 2017. Attorney at Sapientia Law Group in Minneapolis. Principal areas of practice: Appellate practice, white collar criminal defense, complex civil litigation, and data privacy.

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