Lawyers Board Directory

Member	Bio

Robin M. Wolpert, St. Paul	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. LPRB Chair. Term expires January 31, 2022. Serves on LPRB Executive 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.
Christopher A. Grgurich, Minneapolis	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. LPRB Vice-Chair. Term expires January 31, 2022. Serves on Executive Committee and LPRB Rules Committee. Partner at Ballard Spahr. Focus on securities and commercial litigation. Also serves as Loss Prevention Partner 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.

Landon J. Ascheman, St. Anthony	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. First term expires January 31, 2022. Served on Fourth District Ethics Committee for three years. Founder of Ascheman Law, LLC. Area of law: Criminal.
Joseph P. Beckman, Edina	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2020. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee and 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. Serves on LPRB Rules Committee. 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. Chair, 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.
Thomas J. Evenson, Minneapolis	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. First term expires January 31, 2021. Serves on DEC Committee. 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.
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, 2021. Chair, LPRB Opinions Committee, and serves on the LPRB Rules Committee. Served on Tenth District Ethics Committees. Areas of law: Family, real estate, bankruptcy, juvenile, criminal and corporate law as well as labor relations.
Katherine A. Brown Holmen, Eagan	Attorney member. First term expires January 31, 2022. Served on Second District Ethics Committee for six years. Attorney at Dudley and Smith, P.A. Area of practice: Personal injury.
Peter Ivy, Chaska	Attorney member. First term expires February 1, 2020. Chair of LPRB DEC Committee. 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 Attorneys 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. 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, 2021. 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. Serves on LPRB Rules Committee. Served on Fourth District Ethics Committee for three years. Business management consultant specializing in alternative dispute solution services.
Mark Lanterman, Minnetonka	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2021. Serves on LPRB Opinion Committee. Chief Forensics Officer for Computer Forensic Services. A sworn law enforcement investigator who has also served as a neutral computer forensic analyst in both federal and state court. Faculty at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, the University of St. Thomas School of Law, the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, the Federal Judicial Center in Washington D.C., and the University of Minnesota’s MSci in Security Technologies Program. Areas of expertise: digital forensics and cybersecurity.
Kyle A. Loven, Minnetonka	Attorney member. First term expires January 31, 2022. National Director at Computer Forensic Services. Provides training throughout the country on cyber threats and internal investigations. Areas of expertise: Cyber security, investigations and compliance.
Susan C. Rhode, Minneapolis	Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2021. Serves on LPRB Opinion Committee. 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.
Susan T. Stahl Slieter, Olivia	Public member. First Term expires January 31, 2022. Retired Renville County Court Administrator with 35 years of service to the judicial branch. Areas of expertise: Court operations, budget and finance, and personnel management.
Gail Stremel, St. Paul	Public member. First term expires January 31, 2021. 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. Term expires January 31, 2022. Serves on LPRB DEC Committee. 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. Serves on LPRB DEC Committee. 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.

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