International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 105 lawyers in the Firm’s Minneapolis office will receive recognition from the North Star Program of the Minnesota State Bar Association (#NorthStarLawyer) for their pro bono work in 2016. Each of these 105 lawyers contributed at least 50 hours of pro bono legal service to the poor and disadvantaged in our community.

“Community is a Dorsey core value, and pro bono work is one of the most important ways we give back to the community,” said Eric Ruzicka, the Firm’s Pro Bono Partner. “Dorsey was an original signatory of the American Bar Association Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge back in 1993. Every year since then, we have surpassed the Challenge by devoting more than 3% of the Firm’s total billable hours to pro bono. The Minneapolis lawyers being recognized for doing more than 50 hours of pro bono in 2016 set a great example, but they are not alone. In 2016, Dorsey lawyers across the Firm performed a total of 35,222 hours of Challenge pro bono work!”

Dorsey’s North Star Program honorees include:

Katherine Arnold

Brian Bell

Christopher Bercaw

Rebecca Bernhard

Theresa Bevilacqua

Shannon Bjorklund

David Boehnen

Daniel Brown

Trevor Brown

Jeff Cadwell

Nathan Canova

Maggie Carnahan

Robert Cattanach

Marilyn Clark

Sarah Claypool

Clinton Connor

Erin Conti

Steven Curry

Cathy Dahl

Erin Davenport

Erik Detlefsen

Lily Dobson

Kelsey Dolven

Timothy Droske

Michael Drysdale

Nathan Ebnet

George Eck

Benjamin Ellison

Evan Everist

Daniel Falknor

Joseph Genereux

Timothy Goodman

David Green

Richard Helde

Morgan Helme

Kiley Henry

Alexander Hontos

Caitlin Hull

Imeabasi Ibok

Samir Islam

J Jackson

Kathryn Johnson

Ken Jorgensen

Paula Kanne

Ben Kappelman

Bryan Keane

Dawn Koestner

Erica Larson

Lincoln Loehrke

Nathaniel Longley

JoLynn Markison

John Marsalek

John Marti

Emily Mawer

Peter Mayer

Michael McCormick

Lawrence McDonough

Eduardo Mozqueda

Peter Nelson

James Nichols

Erik Nyre

Lucas Olson

Robert Olson

Joel O’Malley

Betsy Parker

Katina Peterson

Neal Peterson

Katie Pfeifer

Michael Pignato

Angela Porter

Matthew Ralph

Melissa Raphan

Leonard Rice

Eileen Roberts

Michael Rowe

Erik Ruda

Eric Ruzicka

Ryan Thomas

Kirsten Schubert

Scott Selix

Betsy Sellers

Jesse Sheedy

Eric Sherman

Jessica Shiffman

Rhonda Skoby

Phil Steger

Jaime Stilson

Mike Stinson

Mary Streitz

Jack Sullivan

David Swanson

Thomas Swigert

Vanessa Szalapski

Tom Tinkham

Claire Topp

Tiana Towns

David Trevor

Gary Tygesson

Jonathan Van Horn

Thomas Vander Molen

Steven Wells

Adam Wickens

Brent Ylvisaker

RJ Zayed

Alysia Zens

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