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YOUNG LAWYER SHOWCASE
The YLS Community Service Committee hosted the Fifth Annual Feed Your Community Food and Fund Drive the week of
April 9. YLS partnered with the Great Plains Food Bank to help feed those in need in our local communities.
YLS continues to host luncheons and happy hours across the state for great social networking opportunities. If you are
interested in hosting, please contact YLS Secretary-Treasurer, Shea Thomas at [email protected].
In addition, the YLS Education and Professionalism Committee continues to host webinars featuring various legal topics.
Young lawyers, as well as other licensed attorneys, are encouraged to participate in these educational opportunities to earn
continuing legal education credits. Please be on the lookout for information on upcoming webinars.
If you would like to recommend young lawyers for future showcases or if you would like to get involved in YLS, please contact
YLS President Jill Martin Grossman at [email protected].
JESSICA JENSEN MICHAEL P. SLY
Jessica Jensen is an associate
attorney with Galstad, Jensen &
McCann, PA, in East Grand Forks,
Minn. She currently practices
family law and immigration law,
representing clients in North
Dakota, Minnesota, and the
Federal District of North Dakota. Michael P. Sly joined
Ohnstad Twichell, P.C. as
an associate attorney in
July 2017. Sly practices
primarily in the areas of
public finance and public-
private partnerships. Sly’s
practice often involves
matters of municipal
law, water law, and real
estate/land use. Recently,
he became a founding attorney of the bankruptcy/
restructuring group, which mainly represents debtors in
North Dakota and Minnesota. Sly is licensed in North
Dakota, Minnesota, and New York (pending).
Jensen grew up in Winnipeg,
Man. She received a bachelor
of arts in criminal justice from the University of Winnipeg and
chose to pursue her career in law after spending some time
traveling abroad in Europe. She graduated from the University
of North Dakota School of Law in December 2014.
During her time in law school, Jensen was the co-founder and
secretary/treasurer for the Canadian Law Student Society as
well as the secretary/treasurer for the Van Sickle Senate of
Delta Theta Phi. Jensen received the Lillian Elsinga Outstanding
Student Leader Award in 2014 for her roles. She is the 2018
president-elect for the Greater Grand Forks County Bar
Association and also sits on the Northeast Central Judicial
Planning Committee and the Northeast Central Local Rules of
Court Committee. Jensen also serves as the secretary/treasurer
for the Family Law Section of SBAND and is a member of
the Young Lawyers Section and the Canadian American Bar
Association.
Jensen currently resides in Grand Forks with her husband Matt
and her dog, Ray. She and her husband are expecting their
first child in July. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time
outdoors with her family and visiting Winnipeg.
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Sly is a Fargo native and graduated from Concordia
College with a bachelor of arts cum laude in German and
political science and the University of St. Thomas School
of Law with a juris doctor cum laude. He lived in Germany
for two years where he worked as a translator for Prof. Dr.
Eric Hilgendorf and earned a master’s degree from the
University of Wuerzburg (L.L.M. Eur.).
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