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Benjamin J. Butler, St. Paul | Attorney member. MSBA nominee. LPRB Chair.
Term expires January 31, 2026. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee, Rules and Opinions Committee. Managing Attorney, Office of the Minnesota Appellate Public Defender. Area of expertise: Criminal law. |
Landon J. Ascheman,
St. Anthony | Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2025. Serves on LPRB Training, Education and Outreach Committee and Equity, Equality & Inclusion Committee. Served on Fourth District Ethics Committee for three years. Founder of Ascheman Law, LLC. Area of law: Criminal. |
Katherine A. Brown Holmen, Eagan | Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2025. Serves on LPRB Training, Education and Outreach Committee. Served on Second District Ethics Committee for six years. Attorney at Dudley and Smith, P.A. Area of practice: Personal Injury. |
Daniel J. Cragg, Minneapolis | Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2026. Serves on LPRB Rules and Opinions Committee. Partner at Eckland & Blando, LLP. Member of MSBA's Rules of Professional Conduct Committee since 2014. |
Michael Friedman, Minneapolis | Public member. Term expires January 31, 2026. Serves on LPRB Opinion Committee and Equity, Equality & Inclusion 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. |
Thomas J. Gorowsky, Minneapolis | Public member. Term expires January 31, 2027. |
Jordan Hart, St. Louis Park | Public member. Term expires January 31, 2025. Licensed doctoral level clinical psychologist for twenty years. Owner of private practice. Served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts for the past four years. Current member of the Minnesota ADR Ethics Board. Also a member of the Minnesota Psychological Association (where she previously served for three years on their Ethics Committee). |
| Public member. Term expires January 31, 2025. Serves on Equity, Equality & Inclusion 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. |
Paul J. Lehman, Minnetonka | Public member. Term expires January 31, 2026. Serves on LPRB Training, Education and Outreach Committee. Member of Minnesota Client Security Board. Served on Hennepin County District Ethics Committee for three years. |
Frank Leo, Lakeville | Public member. Term expires January 31, 2026. Director of Optum Advisory Services at UnitedHealth Group. Served on 1st District Ethics Committee for six years. Treasurer for the Lakeville North High School Speech Boosters program. Former board member of the River Valley Nursing Center. |
Kevin M. Magnuson, Stillwater | Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2026. After 20 years of practicing law, joined the Washington County Attorney’s Office in 2019 and has handled complex civil and criminal matters, such as fraud and vulnerable adult cases, attorney ethics, redistricting, election law, multi-county joint powers boards, and advising the county board and administration. He is active in several nonprofit and charitable organizations. |
Melissa Manderschied, St. Paul | Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2026. Serves as Bloomington City Attorney. Formerly served as counsel to several Minnesota cities and nonprofit organizations. Established a career in community organizing and land-use planning before becoming an attorney. Area of law: Government Law. |
Jill Nitke-Scott, Coon Rapids | Public member. Term expires January 31, 2027. |
Kristi J. Paulson, Burnsville | Attorney member. MSBA nominee. LPRB Vice Chair. Term expires January 31, 2025. Serves on LPRB Training, Education and Outreach 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, 2025. Serves on LPRB Equity, Equality & Inclusion Committee. 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. |
Jill Prohofsky, Golden Valley | Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2027. Chief Child Support Magistrate. Oversees judicial officers in IV-D child support program. Appointed in all 10 judicial districts and continues to hear calendars. Has appeared in all 10 districts and over 50 counties over the years, which gives her a broad perspective. In her role with the Minnesota Judicial Branch, serves on a number of statewide project teams dedicated to improving remote hearings and ensuring access to justice. Also involved in the legal community. Member of the Hennepin County Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, and Minnesota Women Lawyers. Enjoys serving on the MSBA High School Mock Trial Advisory Committee, a competition she has been judging for 15 years. Currently serving as the HCBA rep to the MSBA Assembly. Previously the Chair of the Minnesota State Bar Foundation, previously served on the Supreme Court Gender Fairness Implementation Committee, and served two terms on the statewide Committee for Equality and Justice. |
Matthew Ralston, Minneapolis | Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2026. Serves as a parents attorney with Hennepin County and on the Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Committee for juvenile probation. Member of Minnesota American Indian Bar Association. |
Wendy L. Sturm, Brainerd | Attorney member. MSBA nominee. Term expires January 31, 2026. Managing Attorney and Assistant Public Defender for the 9th Judicial District. Former police officer, guardian ad litem, and deputy sheriff prior to joining the defense bar. Area of law: Criminal Law. |
Sharon H. Van Leer, Woodbury | Public member. Term expires January 31, 2026. Director for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Serves as Board Chair for South Washington County School District 833. Served on Fourth District Ethics Screening Committee since 2020. |
Carol R. Washington, Minneapolis | Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2026. Practiced in the private and public sector for 11 years. Prior to law school, worked in the nonprofit and government sector for 7 years. Serves as Charities Division Manager for the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General. Served on Attorney General Office’s Ethics Council. Served as a law clerk for Supreme Court Chief Justice Gildea after law school. Area of law: Government, Civil Litigation/Enforcement, Nonprofit/Charities. |
Antoinette M. Watkins, Minneapolis | Public member. Term expires January 31, 2027. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee, DEC and Training Committee. Regional Director for Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Territory. Ongoing and ad hoc as needed volunteer for various organizations within the Twin Cities. |
Bruce R. Williams, Virginia | Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2025. Serves on Equity, Equality & Inclusion 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. |
John M. Zwier, St. Paul | Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2027. Served on District Ethics Committee. Practiced law as a U.S. District Court of Minnesota judicial clerk, a U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate, an intellectual property litigation attorney and as a contract attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota. Also serves as an appointed Referee for Ramsey County Conciliation Court. |
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