YOUNG LAWYER SHOWCASE
KATIE WINBAUER
Katie Winbauer is an associate at Bormann , Myerchin , Espeseth & Edison LLP . Prior to starting in private practice , Winbauer clerked for the Honorable Daniel J . Crothers of the North Dakota Supreme Court . She currently serves as a board member of the Big Muddy Bar Association and The Gavel .
Winbauer received her juris doctor , cum laude , from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2021 . While in law school , she was the outside articles editor and symposium co-editor for the “ North Dakota Law Review ,” a teaching assistant for lawyering skills , and was actively involved in Moot Court and the Law Women ’ s Caucus . Winbauer was inducted into the Order of the Barristers upon graduation .
She was raised in Bismarck and is proud to be staying in the community with her husband , Deon Paulson , and their son . In her spare time , Winbauer writes monthly columns for “ The Bismarck Tribune .”
LOGAN CARPENTER
Logan Carpenter serves as general counsel for the North Dakota Ethics Commission . He received his bachelor of arts degree in political science , magna cum laude , from the University of Jamestown in 2017 . While at the University of Jamestown , Carpenter played alto saxophone in the concert and jazz bands , worked as a teaching assistant , and was selected as a college fellow in political science .
Following his undergraduate studies , he attended law school at the University of North
Dakota School of Law where he graduated magna cum laude in 2020 . During law school , he was actively involved as a member of the International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi , as a lawyering-skills teaching assistant , and as the managing editor and co-symposium editor of the “ North Dakota Law Review .” Carpenter was inducted into the Order of the Coif and the Order of Barristers upon graduation .
After law school , he served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Gerald VandeWalle at the North Dakota Supreme Court . He then continued his career as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Clare Hochhalter , Magistrate Judge for the District of North Dakota .
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