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YOUNG LAWYER SHOWCASE The Young Lawyer Section (YLS) held its annual statewide food drive May 4-8 through a virtual food drive. Thank you to all who donated. YLS will be holding board elections in June. Available positions include a one-year term as president- elect, immediately followed by a one-year term as president (two-year commitment), secretary-treasurer (one-year term), and Board of Governors representative (completing second year of two-year term). If you have any questions or are interested in running for a position on the YLS Board, please contact Sarah Wall at [email protected]. If you would like to recommend young lawyers for future showcases or if you would like to get involved in YLS, please contact the YLS Board at [email protected]. BRITTANY GEFROH Brittany Gefroh is a term law clerk to the Honorable Peter D. Welte, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. Prior to clerking for Judge Welte, she served as a term law clerk to the Honorable Ralph R. Erickson for two years, primarily as an appellate clerk due to Judge Erickson’s elevation to the Eighth Circuit. Gefroh grew up in Bismarck and graduated from Century High School. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism with a minor in public relations and advertising from North Dakota State University. She continued her education at the University of Minnesota Law School, where she graduated magna cum laude. While in law school, Gefroh dedicated much of her time to the legal writing program. She helped develop an optional class for 1Ls desiring extra help with legal writing, participated in National Moot Court as a student director and competition team member, and created the case record and bench memo for the law school’s largest moot court. She also externed for a federal judge in Minneapolis, Minn. Gefroh currently resides in Fargo. She enjoys traveling to national and state parks, watching sports, playing ukulele, and spending time with friends and family. 30 THE GAVEL VICTORIA THORESON Victoria Thoreson is an associate attorney at Morley Law Firm, Ltd, in Grand Forks. Thoreson is licensed to practice in North Dakota and focuses her practice on civil litigation defense, including personal injury, wrongful death, construction, and insurance litigation. She is also a special assistant attorney general for Workforce Safety and Insurance. Thoreson attended Lake Region State College and earned an associate in science degree with a certificate in practical nursing in 2015. Her career as a licensed practical nurse has focused mainly on working with geriatric patients, and she is a certified dementia practitioner by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners. Following graduation from Mayville State University with a bachelor of university studies, she attended law school at the University of North Dakota. While in law school, she was a member of Phi Theta Kappa and Delta Theta Phi. During the summer of 2017, she externed for the Honorable Tamara Yon with the Ninth Judicial District of Minnesota, and following her externship, she interned as a law clerk for Morley Law Firm, Ltd. In May 2019, Thoreson graduated with her juris doctor with a certificate in Indian and Tribal law. During her spare time, she enjoys working as a nurse at Maple View Memory Care in Grand Forks, a good workout, kayaking, paddleboarding, and spending time with her partner, Matt.