Lawyers Board Directory

Member	Bio

Robin M. Wolpert, St. Paul	Attorney member. 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.
Landon J. Ascheman, St. Anthony	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2022. Serves on LPRB Opinion Committee. Served on Fourth District Ethics Committee for three years. Founder of Ascheman Law, LLC. Area of law: Criminal.
Jeanette M. Boerner, Minneapolis	Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2023. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee. Director of Hennepin County Adult Representation Services. Area of law: 26 years' experience in criminal and child protection defense work.
Daniel J. Cragg, Minneapolis	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2023. Partner at Eckland & Blando, LLP. Serves on LPRB Rules Committee. Member of MSBA's Rules of Professional Conduct Committee since 2014.
Thomas J. Evenson, Minneapolis	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2021. Serves on DEC and Training Committee. Shareholder at Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, PA. Participant in Minnesota Automobile Assigned Claims Bureau, Mitchell Hamline Law School Dean’s Advisory Board, and Minnesota Twins Season Ticket Holder Advisory Council. Areas of law: General litigation, with an emphasis on products liability, wrongful death, construction defects, and fraud.
Michael Friedman, Minneapolis	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2023. Serves on LPRB Opinion Committee. Served on Hennepin County District Ethics Committee nearly seven years. Executive Director of Legal Rights Center. Former Board Chair of the Minneapolis Civilian Police Review Authority.
Gary M. Hird, St. Paul	Attorney member. MSBA Nominee. Term expires January 31, 2021. Serves on LPRB Opinion 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. Term expires January 31, 2022. Serves on LPRB DEC and Training Committee. 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. Term expires January 31, 2023. Chair of LPRB Rules 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: Criminal and in-house counsel to county divisions.
Shawn Judge, Minneapolis	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2021. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee. 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. Term expires January 31, 2023. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee and Rules Committee. Served on Fourth District Ethics Committee for three years. Business management consultant specializing in alternative dispute solution services. Minnesota House Representative for District 44A.
Tommy Krause, Virginia	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2022. Serves on LPRB DEC and Training Committee. Served on 20th District Ethics Committee for six years. Serves as Vice President on the Board of Directors for Range Mental Health Center and as President of the Virginia Area United States Bowling Congress Association. Served as member of the Board of the Northern St. Louis County Habitat for Humanity. Retired law enforcement officer for the Virginia Police Department. Areas of expertise: Criminal and internal investigations.
Mark Lanterman, Minnetonka	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2021. Serves as Chairperson of the LPRB Opinion Committee. Chief Technology Officer for Computer Forensic Services. A former sworn law enforcement investigator assigned to the United States Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force 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 the Federal Judicial Center in Washington D.C., and the University of Minnesota’s Security Technologies Program. Completed postgrad studies in cybersecurity at Harvard University and is certified as a Seized Computer Evidence Recovery Specialist (SCERS) by the Department of Homeland Security. Areas of expertise: digital forensics and cybersecurity.
Paul J. Lehman, Minnetonka	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2023. Serves on LPRB Rules Committee. Member of Minnesota Client Security Board. Served on Hennepin County District Ethics Committee for three years.
Kristi J. Paulson, Burnsville	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2022. Serves on LPRB Rules Committee. President of Kristi J. Paulson, Chartered Law Firm since 1998. Minnesota Rule 114 Qualified Mediator and Arbitrator since 2017.
William Z. Pentelovitch, Minneapolis	Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2022. Partner at Maslon, LLP. Trial lawyer for more than 46 years. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers and 2020 Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award from Minnesota State Bar Association. Served on HCBA District Ethics Committee. Served eight years on Civil Trial Certification Council of the MSBA. Area of expertise: Complex business litigation.
Susan C. Rhode, Minneapolis	Attorney member. First term expires January 31, 2021. Serves on LPRB Rules 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. Term expires January 31, 2022. Retired Renville County Court Administrator with 35 years of service to the judicial branch. Certified Court Executive, Institute for Court Management, NCSC. Areas of expertise: Court operations, budget and finance, and personnel management.
Mary L. Waldkirch Tilley, Marine on St. Croix	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2023. Serves on LPRB Rules Committee. Retired Victim Services Supervisor with Washington County.
Gail Stremel, St. Paul	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2021. Serves on LPRB Opinion 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. First term expires January 31, 2022. Serves on Executive 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. Handles serious felony matters as part-time attorney for the Sixth District 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. Second term expires January 31, 2023. Chairs the LPRB DEC and Training Committee. 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.
Julian C. Zebot, Minneapolis	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2023. Serves on LPRB Opinion Committee. Co-General Counsel and Ethics Partner for Maslon LLP. Served on the Hennepin County District Ethics Committee for more than 10 years. Served as Vice Chair of the Ethics and Malpractice Committee within the ABA Real Property Trust & Estate Section for the past several years.

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