Lawyers Board Directory

Member	Bio


Benjamin J. Butler, St. Paul	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. LPRB Chair. Term expires January 31, 2026. Serves on LPRB Rules and Opinions Committee. Managing Attorney, Office of the Minnesota Appellate Public Defender. Area of expertise: Criminal law.
Susan C. Rhode, Minneapolis	Vice Chair. Attorney member. First term expires January 31, 2024. Serves on LPRB Rules and Opinions 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Tommy Krause, Virginia	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2025. Serves on LPRB Executive Committee and 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.
Mark Lanterman, Minnetonka	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2024. Serves on the LPRB Training, Education and Outreach 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, 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.
Sumbal Mahmud, Medina	Attorney member. Term expires January 31, 2026. Adjudicator, humanitarian and professional speaker. Legal work includes serving the state administration as an Administrative Law Judge in the Department of Human Services and serving the Federal government as an Asylum Officer II with the Department of Homeland Security. Previously worked as in house counsel for Best Buy and as an associate attorney. Has over 14 years of experience working at the American Bar Association (ABA) as subject matter expert to the following committees: Standing Committee on Public Education (2018-current), Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline (2014-2018), and Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice (2010-2013). Past president of the Minnesota Chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). In addition, served for six years on the national board of NAPABA, served on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) and just finished a three-year term as the Chair of the MSBA Judiciary Community. Currently a member of the ABA House of Delegates and a frequently requested public speaker.
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.
Kristi J. Paulson, Burnsville	Attorney member. MSBA nominee. 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.
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.
Andrew N. Rhoades, Woodbury	Public member. Term expires January 31, 2024. Serves on LPRB DEC and Training Committee. Assistant Federal Security Director at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
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, 2024. Serves on LPRB 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 LPRB Executive Committee and 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.

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