Staff and Board

  VLN STAFF   

If you are a volunteer (or potential volunteer) and have questions or suggestions, please contact us or call us at 612-752-6655 (direct lines are listed below).

If you are looking for legal services, please click here.

To learn more about the VLN staff, click the person's name below.

 Suzanne Pontinen
Executive Director
(612) 752-6671 		 Martha Delaney
Assistant Executive Director
(612) 752-6676 
 Sharon Boodoo
Director of Administration
(612) 752-6670		 Nancy Nguyen
Administrative Coordinator
(612) 752-6644   

 Thomas Walsh
Resource Attorney
(612) 752-6675

  Christina Szitta
Resource Attorney
(612) 752-6649
 Heidi Huber
Data Manager
Case Placement Coordinator
-Employment-
(612) 752-6658

 Glen Drew
Clinics Coordinator
Case Placement Coordinator
-Civil-
(612) 752-6659
 Bill Dooley
Case Placement Coordinator
-Housing, Real Estate,Business, Criminal Exp-
(612) 752-6672		  Greg Rachwal
Case Placement Coordinator
-Family-
(612) 752-6673

 Bill Chang
Case Placement Coordinator
-Bankruptcy-
(612) 752-6657

  Molly Irwin
Intake Specialist
(612) 752-6654
 Patricia Bogle
Intake Specialist
(612) 752-6674		 Diana Villella Larson
Linea Legal Latina
Manager
 Mon & Wed (612) 752-6647
Tues & Thurs (651) 379-4230 
 

Milca Dominguez De Corral
Linea Legal Latina
Adminstrator
Mon & Wed (612) 752-6655
Tues & Thurs (651) 238-2973 


  2010-2011 VLN Board   


 Fred Ojile
Chair
Messinger Ojile PLLP		  Peter Goss
Vice Chair / Treasurer
Faegre & Benson LLP		 Kate DeVries Smith
Secretary
Pauly, DeVries Smith & Deffner LLC 		  Jon Bye
Past Chair
Lindquist & Vennum
       
 Matt Boos
Fredrikson & Byron PA

Karen Canon
US Bank National Association 

 Jeremy Carvell
Legal Aid Society 		  Robin Caneff Gipson
Briggs & Morgan
 Mark Carter
Carter Legal Services PA		 Skip Durocher
Dorsey & Whitney 		 Jennifer Doyle
Robins, Kaplan, Miller, & Ciresi 		  David Galle
Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly
 Sam Glover
The Glover Law Firm LLC		  Judge Laurie Miller
Family Justice Center		 Edward Sheu
Best & Flanagan 		  Tim Shields
Shields Legal Services
 Brooke Swenson
Briggs & Morgan		 Laurel Learmonth
Primus Law Group		 J. Allison Morris
William Mitchell College of Law 		 Michael Skoglund
Cargill Inc. 
 Debra Lozoff Swaden
Self Help Center		  Dan Tyson
Dan Tyson Law		 Mark Vyvyan
Fredrikson & Byron PA 		  Alysia Zens
Dorsey & Whitney
 Douglas Stafford
Client Representative		 Jewelie Grape
HCBA Representative 		 Catharine Haukedahl
Legal Aid Representative