Kass Harstad

Education

University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN
Juris Doctor, May 2000, Cum Laude
Honors: Top Quartile; Dean's List with A average; Miner Scholarship; Jessup International Moot Court Managing Director and Third-Place Oralist Award.

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies, May 1994  

Work Experience

Strindberg & Scholnick, LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Associate, October 2006 - present

Judge James Z. Davis, Utah Court of Appeals
Salt Lake City, Utah
Law Clerk, May 2005 - October 2006

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Chicago, Illinois
Associate, October 2000 - April 2005

Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
Peru
Monitor, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, September 2002 - December 2003

Minnesota State Public Defender
St. Paul, Minnesota
Law Clerk, May - December 1999

Centro Legal
St. Paul, Minnesota
Law Clerk, September 1997 - August 1999

Farmworker Legal Services
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Law Clerk, June - August 1998

Jalisco State Commission for Human Rights
Guadalajara, Mexico
Legal Assistant, April 1996 - February 1997

Minnesota State Senate Education Committee
Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota
Education Committee Assistant, January - May 1995

Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, U.S. State Department
Washington, D.C.
Intern, September - December 1994

Memberships

Utah State Bar, admitted November 2006

Minnesota State Bar, admitted April 2003

Illinois State Bar, admitted November 2000