Nicole A. Kettwick - Anoka, MN

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Juris Doctor

• Non Legal Education

  • University of St. Thomas, Bachelor of Arts– Philosophy and Sociology, Cum Laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law
  
• DWI Forfeitures, Minnesota CLE, March 2019
  
• DWI Forfeitures, Minnesota CLE, March,2018
  
• An Update on DWI Forfeiture, Minnesota CLE, March 2013
  
• Expanding Implied Consent Hearings: Creative Defenses and Moving Beyond the 10 Enumerated Issues, Hennepin County Bar Association, 2013
  
• Just What the Doctored Ordered – Prescription Drug DWIs and Revocation, 2014 Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice 29th Annual DWI Seminar, June of 2014
  
• If Cheech and Chong Come to Town – An Update on Minnesota Marijuana Law, Minnesota CLE, September 2014
  
• The Importance of Mentor Relationships, Developing These Relationships Through Networking, Building a Constellation of Mentors, 2014
  
• DWI Forfeitures, Minnesota CLE, March 2015
  
• Volunteering with the Hennepin County Bar Association, University of St. Thomas School of Law August, 2016
  
• DWI Forfeitures, Minnesota CLE, March 2016
  
• Criminally Involved Lawyers, Seventh Annual Full Ethics and Elimination of Bias Training HOME Line March, 2017
  
• DWI Forfeitures, Minnesota CLE, March 2017

Pro Bono Activities

• Mentor for law students at UST
• Judge for the MSBA Mock Trial Team
• Judge for the Law School Moot Court Competition
• Ethics investigator for the 21st district
• H20 for Life Board Member for H2O for Life
• Mentor for law students at Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Published Works

Articles

• Letter to the Editor, The Champion magazine 2011
  
• Gone in 6 drinks: An overview of Minnesota Forfeiture Law in DWI cases, Hennepin Lawyer 2012
  
• Forfeiture Chapter DWI DESKBOOK, DWI Deskbook 2012
  
• Chapter on Evidence – DWI DESKBOOK, Minnesota CLE 2012
  
• Thou Shall Not Spank: A Look at Minnesota’s Malicious Punishment Statute, Hearsay (MSBA New Lawyers Section) 2013
  
• Forfeiture Chapter DWI DESKBOOK, DWI Deskbook 2013
• Marijuana in Minnesota: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Hennepin Lawyer 2014
• Forfeiture Chapter DWI DESKBOOK, DWI Deskbook 2014
• Forfeiture Chapter DWI DESKBOOK, DWI Deskbook 2015
• Interpreters in the Courtroom, Hennepin Lawyer 2016
• Forfeiture Chapter DWI DESKBOOK, DWI Deskbook 2016
• Forfeiture Chapter DWI DESKBOOK, DWI Deskbook 2017
• Forfeiture Chapter DWI DESKBOOK, DWI Deskbook 2018
• Forfeiture Chapter DWI DESKBOOK, DWI Deskbook 2019

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota
• Minnesota Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Hennepin County Bar Association, President
• Hennepin County Bar Association, Criminal Division, Co-chair
• Hennepin County Bar Association, New Lawyers Section, Former Chair
• Hennepin County Bar Association, New Lawyers Section, Delegate
• American Bar Association, Delegate
• American Bar Association, Member
• American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, Member
• Hennepin County Bar Association, Member
• Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
• National Trial Lawyers, Member
• Hennepin County Bar Association, Former CLE Director
• New Lawyers Section of the Hennepin County Bar Association, Former CLE Director