Minnesota Lawyer announces 'Unsung Legal Heroes' honorees
by Minnesota Lawyer Staff
Minnesota Lawyer last week announced the 25 honorees in its second annual Unsung Legal Heroes Awards. The awards are meant to honor law office employees who have consistently gone above and beyond the call of duty.
This year’s honorees were nominated by colleagues, supervisors, and the staff of Minnesota Lawyer. Employees were eligible in seven different staff categories: Secretary/legal administrative assistant/miscellaneous support staff; paralegal/judicial clerk; administrator/office manager; librarian; accounting staff; information technology staff; and marketing staff.
This year’s honorees:
• Leslie Anderson, Paralegal, Fredrikson & Byron
• Jane Angell, Legal administrative assistant, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
• Tamara J. Barrett, Senior paralegal, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
• Trudi Busch, Director of information services, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly
• Michael Cammack, Chief information officer, Bowman and Brooke
• Carol Dorsa, Paralegal, Bowman and Brooke
• Julie Fling, Senior paralegal, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
• Sue Goettl, Legal secretary, Lindquist & Vennum
• Liz Haugen, Marketing coordinator, Bowman and Brooke
• Lori Iaquinto and Rachel Kopp, Paralegals, Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey
• Kathleen Leach, Director of marketing, Faegre & Benson
• Richard J. Nigon, Chief financial officer, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
• Jeannie Nowak, Legal secretary, Cody Law Firm
• Ruthann Petrell, Legal secretary, Bassford Remele
• Patty Porter and Lynnette Shanahan, Legal secretaries, Maslon Edelman Borman and Brand
• Jack Rhodes, Chief of staff, Ramsey County Attorney’s Office
• Stacy Rowe, Marketing manager, Fredrikson & Byron
• Victoria A. Schoeller, Legal assistant, Mitchell, Bruder and Johnson
• Susan Thompson, Office administrator, Littler Mendelson
• Barbara Tickner, Judicial clerk, Hennepin County District Court
• Carol Varhalla, Office manager, Fish & Richardson
• Jill Weber, Chief business development officer, Leonard, Street and Deinard
