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.

Administrative	Programmatic
Suzanne Pontinen Executive Director 612-752-6671	Tom Walsh Family Law Resource Attorney 612-752-6675	Darielle Dannen Housing Law Resource Attorney 612-752-6649	Suzanne Tresnak Spanish Hotline (Linea Legal Latina) Manager
Martha Delaney Assistant Exec. Director 612-752-6676	Greg R. Areas: Family Law--Divorce w/o children, Custody, Criminal Expungements	Bill D. Areas: Housing and Business Law	Kristopher H. Clinics Coordinator, Admin, Federal Pro Se
Sharon Boodoo Admin. Director 612-752-6670	Mary A. Areas: Family Law - Divorce w/ children, and Adoptions	Glen D. Areas: Civil, Clinics, Workshops	Heidi H. Areas: Bankruptcy, Employment
Heidi H. Fundraising Coordinator

 

 

VLN BOARD 2008-2009

 

Alysia Zens, Chair

Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

Jon Bye, Vice Chair

Lindquist & Vennum, PLLP

Fred Ojile, Secretary

Messenger Ojile PLLP

Laurel Learmonth, Treasurer

Primus Law Group

Robin Caneff Gipson, Past Chair

Briggs & Morgan PA

Matt Boos

Fredrikson & Byron PA

Patrick Burns

Lawyers Board of Professional Responsibility

Karen Canon

US Bank National Association

Mark Carter

Carter Legal Services, PA

Kate DeVries Smith

Pauly, DeVries Smith & Deffner, LLC

Nancy DiPasquale

Faegre & Benson, LLP

David Galle

Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, LLP

Peter Goss

Faegre & Benson LLP

Bricker Lavik

Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

Molly Loussaert

Fredrikson & Byron PA

Larry McDonough

Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance

Robin Preble

Target Corporation

Tim Shields

Shields Legal Services

Kimberly A. Spates

Senior Planning Analyst, African American Men Project

Douglas Stafford

Client Representative

Debra Lozoff Swaden

Fourth Judicial District Court, Self-Help Center

Brooke C. Swenson

Briggs & Morgan PA

Dan Tyson

Best & Flanagan LLP

 

Armando Vilchez

Probate/Mental Health Division

Mark Vyvyan

Fredrikson & Byron PA

Christopher Morris (HCBA Representative)

Bassford Remele a Professional Association

Catherine Haukedahl (Legal Aid Representative)

Legal Aid Society