We are grateful for your support and look forward to celebrating the legacy of fifty-two years of publication with you on the evening of April 30, 2026! We hope you will join our members, faculty, alumni, and friends in marking this milestone.
Date & Time: Thursday, April 30, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Location: American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55047
We are honored to welcome Katherian Roe, Federal Defender for the District of Minnesota, as our keynote speaker. The evening will also feature live music by The Reasonable Doubts.
Registration has closed for this event. We look forward to you joining us at next year’s annual banquet for Volume 53.
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Katherian Roe, Keynote Speaker
As the Federal Defender for the District of Minnesota, Katherian Roe oversees the essential work of providing high quality representation to individuals charged with federal crimes. Since her appointment in 2006 she has pioneered structural improvements to the federal defense system through service on national commissions, prioritization of professional development for young attorneys, and ensuring that clients feel respected and understood.
Ms. Roe is a veteran of the Minnesota legal community, having served as a Judge in Hennepin County from 2002–2006, and an Assistant Federal Defender in the office she now leads from 1989–2002. Her legal career was inspired by the lack of Native American lawyers representing the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation defendants, and she has dedicated herself to shaping a more representative federal criminal bar.
Jevon Bindman, Wallace-Lerner Excellence in Leadership Award Recipient
Jevon Bindman, a litigation partner with Maslon LLP in Minneapolis, works with clients in a range of industries, with a focus on representing stakeholders in construction and real estate matters and assisting policyholders in insurance coverage disputes, including at the appellate level. He has established himself as a thought leader in the Minnesota legal community, co-authoring four volumes of the Minnesota Practice Series—the seminal treatise on Minnesota law and procedure. Jevon also believes firmly in the importance of pro bono service. He is the chair of Maslon’s pro bono committee and recently obtained a pardon due to actual innocence for Sherman Townsend, who was incarcerated in 1998 for a crime he did not commit.
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