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RECOGNITIONS
- Recognized as a Minnesota Super Lawyer in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, Thompson Reuters
- Selected as one of the 2015 Women in Business honorees by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, May 2015
- Recognized for her pro bono ADR work in the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s Just Resolutions eNewsletter (page 3, 2013)
- Recipient of the Alumni of Notable Achievement Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota (2010)
- Recipient of the Martin Blum Community Mediation Award, Dispute Resolution Center, St. Paul, MN (2008)
- Recipient of the Steven M. Block Legal Writing Award (1990) and First Year Legal Writing Honors (1988), University of Minnesota Law School
- Named to the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and its Minnesota Chapter of Distinguished Mediators and Arbitrators in January 2013 (to present)
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AFFILIATIONS
Linda is very active in various professional associations and has served in several officer positions
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Section of the MSBA (2014-15 and 2013-14 terms)
- Secretary of MSBA ADR Executive Council (2011 to 2013)
- Vice Chair of the MSBA ADR Section’s Commercial and Employment ADR Committee (formerly Mediation Committee) (2007 to 2011)
- Elected Member of MSBA ADR Executive Council (2007 to 2017)
- Member of the ADR Section of the MSBA (2005 to present)
- Elected Member of Governing Council for Labor and Employment Law Section of the MSBA (June 2007 to 2011)
- Member of the American Bar Association and the ABA Dispute Resolution Section (2009 to present)
- Member of Minnesota ADR Workgroup (June 2006 to 2008)
- Member of CRM-Conflict Resolution Minnesota (2011 to 2018)
- Member of ACR – The Association of Conflict Resolution (2013 to 2015)
- Member of the California State Bar Association (Inactive Status)
- Advisory Board Member, US-China Peoples Friendship Association, Minnesota Chapter (USCPFA-MN) (2018 to present)
- Former Board Member and Vice President and Secretary USCPFA-MN (24 years)
- President Emeritus and Co-Founder (2005), The Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society