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Cheers to the Latine Affinity Group at Legal Aid for celebrating promotions of Karen Ortiz (Paralegal), Gerardo Ortiz (Client Intake Supervisor) and special honors for Atty Michelle Gonzalez (Immigration) from the MN Hispanic Bar Association! Atty Armando Calderon (Housing) gets a win for his 🙂!
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid
Celebrating Freedom Day, Legal Aid offices will be closed this Friday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” - Alice Walker
The "local legal aid office" where Melissa Hortman began her legal career, is Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid. In short order, she clerked with us, became an attorney with our partners at Central MN Legal Services and scored the largest payout for a housing discrimination case in MN! https://cbsn.ws/4a4fooZ
Legal Aid is grateful to legislative leaders who will work with us to do what's best for kids, even when we intensely disagree. Witness a collegial, respectful exchange, as Legal Aid Attorney Jessica Webster rejects the idea that kindergarteners should be suspended. https://bit.ly/493A0NE
We celebrate her legacy, the lives she touched and all who continue to feel her impact. #Remembering #MelissaHortman
Before Melissa Hortman was elected to the Legislature and later became speaker of the Minnesota House, she began her career fresh out of law school at a local legal aid office. In her short time doing...