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The Assembly is the larger of the two governing bodies. The Assembly
is responsible for development of all MSBA policy and for all business
conducted by the MSBA. Within the meaning of the Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation
Act, the Assembly is the board of directors and has the powers and functions
of such board.
The Assembly has five committees to monitor, research, and develop proposals
in various areas, including: Elections/Appointments, General Policy, Governance,
Legislative Policy, and Operations.
The Assembly has 124 positions, made up of the following:
- 15 members of the council (which includes four officers)
- 45 representatives from district bar associations
- 14 representatives from affiliated minority bar associations
- 6 representatives from affiliated organizations
- 34 representatives from sections
- 10 representatives from appellate courts, law schools, Minnesota
CLE, and the ABA delegation
The Assembly will meet at least four times each bar year. Notice of meetings
and the reason for each meeting will be available 30 days prior to each
meeting. Groups wanting to place an item on the Assembly agenda must submit
that item to the MSBA staff approximately
45 days prior to each meeting. Specific dates are available on the MSBA
Master
Calendar.
2007-08 Assembly
For current address listings, visit the
MSBA's online
membership directory
President
Brian Melendez, Minneapolis
President-Elect
Michael J. Ford, St. Cloud
Treasurer
Leo I. Brisbois, Minneapolis
Secretary
Terrance W. Votel, Minneapolis
Council Members
Margaret Erickson, Outstate Representative
Aaron Biber, HCBA Representative
Judge Edward Cleary, Assembly Representative
Dyan Ebert, MWL Representative
Daniel Gilchrist, New Lawyers Section Chair
Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Assembly Representative
Lisa Montpetit Brabbit, HCBA Representative
Judge George Perez, Assembly Representative
Mary Ward, RCBA Representative
Judge Susan Burke, Minority Bars Rep to the Council
Sarah Wheelock, Minority Bars Rep to the Council
District 1
Michael Molenda, Apple Valley
Jori Whitehead, Eagan
District 2 (RCBA)
John Guthman, St Paul
Richard Kyle, Jr., St Paul
Jessie Nicholson, St Paul
Judge Elena Ostby, St Paul
James Speckmann, St Paul
Mary Ward, St Paul
District 3
Karen Sullivan-Hook, Winona
District 4 (HCBA)
Thomas Conlin, Minneapolis
Craig Dokken, Minneapolis
John Dornik, Minneapolis
Marlene Garvis, Minneapolis
Nancy Kleeman, Minneapolis
Jeremy Lane, Minneapolis
Bricker Lavik, Minneapolis
Sonia Miller-Van Oort, Minneapolis
Richard Nelson, Minneapolis
Ellis Olkon, Minneapolis
James Rogers, Minneapolis
Brent Routman, Minneapolis
Judge Kathleen Sanberg, Minneapolis
Jonathan Strauss, Minneapolis
Bradley Thorsen, Minneapolis
Michael Unger, Minneapolis
District 5
Ann Barker, Owatonna
District 6
Ken White, Mankato
District 7
Judge Steven Cahill, Moorhead
Troy Poetz, St Cloud
District 8
Paul Onkka, Prior Lake
District 9
Joel Solie, Redwood Falls
District 10
Judge James Broberg, Albert Lea
District 11
Tim Helegesen, Duluth
District 12
David Moody, Willmar
District 13
Margaret Erickson, Worthington
District 14
Kevin Duffy, Crookston
Mary Seaworth, Grand Forks
District 15
Robert Enger, Bemidji
District 16
Michael (Mick) McCartney, Glenwood
District 17
Michael Johnson, Blue Earth
District 18
Arden Fritz, Elk River
District 19
John Hennen, Woodbury
Judge Susan Rester Miles, Stillwater
District 20 (Range)
Richard Prebich, Hibbing
District 21
Judge Jonathan Jasper, Anoka
Minnesota Women Lawyers
Daniel'la Deering, St Paul
Kari Jensen Thomas, Minneapolis
MN American Indian Bar Assn
Michael Harralson, Onamia
Eileen Strejc, St Paul
MN Assn of Black Lawyers
Jocelyn Benton, Minneapolis
MN Black Women Lawyer's Network
Martha Holton Dimick, Minneapolis
Lateesa Ward, Minneapolis
MN Hispanic Bar Assn
Ana Pena, St. Paul
Patricia Perez-Jenkins, St Paul
MN Lavender Bar Assn
Amy Johnson, Minneapolis
Kelly Olmstead, St Paul
National Asian Pacific American Bar Assn - MN Chapter
Judge Susan Burke, Minneapolis
Steven Reeves, Minneapolis
Corporate Counsel
Anthony Branch, Minneapolis
MN County Attorneys Assn
G. Paul Beaumaster, Faribault
MN District Judges Assn
Judge Charles Porter, Minneapolis
MN Intellectual Property Law Assn
Dina Khaled, Minneapolis
MN Defense Lawyers Assn
Richard Thomas, Arden Hills
MN Trial Lawyers Assn
Paul D Peterson, Woodbury
MN Supreme Court
Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Minneapolis
MN Court of Appeals
Judge Edward Toussaint Jr., St Paul
Hamline University School of Law
Dean Jon Garon, St Paul
University of Minnesota Law School
Co-Dean Guy Charles, Minneapolis
Co-Dean Fred Morrison, Minneapolis
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Dean Thomas Mengler, Minneapolis
William Mitchell College of Law
Acting Dean Eric Janus, St Paul
ABA Delegate
Fred Finch, Minneapolis
Mary D. Schneider, Moorhead
Past President
Patrick Kelly, Minneapolis
MN CLE Board Chair
Hildy Bowbeer, St. Paul
Section Representatives
David Schultz, Administrative Law
Linda Close, ADR
Patrick Costello, Agricultural Law
Vicki McIntyre, Animal Law
Mark Jacobson, Antitrust Law
Charles Webber, Appellate Practice
James Barnum, Art & Entertainment
Andrew Moratzka, Bankruptcy
Ernest (Pat) Shriver, Business
Sherri Hawley, Children and the Law
Andrew Luger, Civil Litigation
Gregory Merz, Communications
Chris Hilberg, Computer Law
Deb Mackay, Construction Law
Rebecca Rhoda Fisher, Criminal Law
Laurie Hanson, Elder Law
Doug Heffernan, Employee Benefits
Thad Lightfoot, Environment & Nat Res
Ellen Abbott, Family Law
Thad Lightfoot, General Practice
Susan Kratz, Health Law
Alan Goldfarb, Immigration
Thomas M. Davis, International Business
Laurie Vasichek, Labor & Employment
TBD, Law Students
Jamal Faleel, New Lawyers
TBD, Outstate Practice
Todd Scott, Practice Management
Thomas Rauenhorst, Probate & Trust
Judge Diane Alshouse, Public
Thomas Bailey, Public Utilities
Charles Hoyum, Real Property
Gina Deconcini, Tax
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