One minute, Sam was a typical kid enjoying himself on the playground. The next minute, he was withdrawn, angry and on a path to self-destruction. Thankfully, someone intervened.

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Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis Staff

Deputy Director

Cathy Haukedahl chaukedahl@midmnlegal.org

Managing Attorneys

Larry McDonough lrmcdonough@midmnlegal.org
Peggy Russell prussell@midmnlegal.org

Supervising Attorneys

Kathleen Davis kmdavis@midmnlegal.org
Irene Opsahl imopsahl@midmnlegal.org
Kristin Siegesmund kasiegesmund@midmnlegal.org
James Wilkinson jwilkinson@midmnlegal.org

Staff Attorneys

Anna Andow aandow@midmnlegal.org
Aisha Bierma abierma@midmnlegal.org
Monica Bogucki mmbogucki@midmnlegal.org
Jeremy Carvell jcarvell@midmnlegal.org
Melina Chohan mchohan@midmnlegal.org
Colleen Daly cdaly@midmnlegal.org
Genevieve Gaboriault gegaboriault@midmnlegal.org
David Gassoway dgassoway@midmnlegal.org
Diana Hamilton dhamilton@midmnlegal.org
Amber Hawkins ahawkins@midmnlegal.org
Katalina Jiménez kjimenez@midmnlegal.org
Carol Johnson csjohnson@midmnlegal.org
Barbara Kuhn bjkuhn@midmnlegal.org
James Lee jlee@midmnlegal.org
Greg Marita gmarita@midmnlegal.org
Jayne McCoy jbmccoy@midmnlegal.org
Alison Olson amolson@midmnlegal.org
Kirsten Olson klolson@midmnlegal.org
Elizabeth Parrell bmparrell@midmnlegal.org
Michael Persellin mjpersellin@midmnlegal.org
Anne Quincy aquincy@midmnlegal.org
Lael Robertson lerobertson@midmnlegal.org
Drew Schaffer dpschaffer@midmnlegal.org
Paula Schwartzbauer pschwartzbauer@midmnlegal.org
Ellen Smart eesmart@midmnlegal.org
Anna Marie Stenson astenson@midmnlegal.org
Gary Van Winkle gvwinkle@midmnlegal.org
Dorinda Wider dlwider@midmnlegal.org
Erik Williamsen eawilliamsen@midmnlegal.org

Legal Advocates

Tonya Long tklong@midmnlegal.org
Hassan Ali Mohamud hamohamud@midmnlegal.org