Paralegals & Legal Secretaries

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

? Kathy Bredesen, Administrator, University of St. Thomas Law Interprofessional Clinic

? 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

Source: Minnesota Lawyer