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Lommen Abdo Welcomes Joseph A. Wetch, Jr. ’01

Categories: Alumni

Joseph Wetch ’01 joins Lommen Abdo, Minneapolis Joseph Wetch joined Lommen Abdo on February 1, 2023.  Providing legal leadership to his clients, Joseph has focused on litigation in multiple areas including injury, commercial, construction law, contract disputes, and oil, gas and mineral cases.  Joseph hosts a weekly podcast called Midwest Law Talk With Joseph Wetch […]

The Gavel: UND School of Law Class of 1966:

Categories: Alumni

Keeping a tradition of class reunions for 46 years Reunion: an act of reuniting: The state of being reunited: A reuniting of persons after separation. Merriam-Webster Class Reunions are an opportunity to reunite with a group of people with whom you share a common bond. The UND School of Law Class of 1966 have enjoyed […]

Jill Grossman ’14 to serve as Chief Deputy Clerk of U.S. District Court

Categories: Alumni, Public

Kari M. Knudson, Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, announced that Jill Grossman has been appointed to the position of Chief Deputy Clerk of Court, effective January 1, 2023. The Chief Deputy is responsible for the administration and supervision of the day-to-day operations of the Office […]

Judge Steven L. Marquart ’79 honored

Categories: Alumni, Public

A retirement celebration in honor of East Central Judicial District Judge Steven L. Marquart was held Dec. 28 at the Cass County Courthouse Judge Steven McCullough speaks at the cermony about life at the district court with Judge Marquart. The two judges joined the court in 2004 and had a joint investiture ceremony. Judge Marquart’s family […]

Kara Gansmann ’07 listed among 2023 legal elite

Categories: Alumni

Alumnus Kara Gansmann recognized by Business North Carolina magazine as part of the magazine’s Legal Elite program Business North Carolina magazine has honored North Carolina lawyers by publishing Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, a listing of the state’s top lawyers in business related categories, since 2002. Kara Gansmann devotes her entire practice to elder law and estate planning […]

Garry Allan Pearson ’58 (1934-2022)

Categories: Alumni, Faculty, Public

Garry Allan Pearson, a longtime resident of Grand Forks, ND, passed away peacefully in his home on December 19, 2022. Born in Minot, North Dakota in 1934, the son of Elmer and Kathleen (Johnson) Pearson, he grew up in Minot as an avid golfer and outdoorsman.  At 16 years of age he won his first North […]

Michael Carlson ’14 promoted by Sterling Management

Categories: Alumni

Sterling Management, LLC, advisor to two of the largest real estate investment trusts in the Upper Midwest, has promoted Michael Carlson to General Counsel and Secretary. Michael joined Sterling in May of 2020 as Assistant General Counsel.  Carlson is a graduate of The University of North Dakota with both Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of […]

Judge Stacy Louser ’07, finalist for ND Supreme Court vacancy

Categories: Alumni, Public

The North Dakota Supreme Court announced the names of three finalists to fill the impending vacancy on the court. The two judges and one attorney singled out by the selection committee include South Central Judicial District Judge Doug Bahr of Bismarck, Assistant United States Attorney Jake Rodenbiker of Fargo, and North Central Judicial District Judge […]