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)
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