SHOWCASE
LUKE HECK
RACHEL PRUDHOMME
Luke Heck is an associate attorney at Severson, Wogsland,
& Liebl, P.C. in Fargo. Luke’s primary focus is in criminal
defense, where he advocates for his clients in North Dakota,
Minnesota, and the Federal District of North Dakota.
Rachel Prudhomme is an associate with Galstad, Jensen
& McCann, P.A., in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. She
practices in the area of family law as well as serving as the
City Prosecutor for the City of East Grand Forks. Rachel
also serves as a mediator for the North Dakota Family Court
Mediation Program.
Originally from Jamestown, North Dakota, Luke attended
Jamestown College, where he graduated with a B.A. in
Business Administration, with focuses in Economics and
Global Business. Luke then proceeded to law school at
the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, where he graduated in 2011. While at the
University of St. Thomas School of Law, Luke spent three
years as a certified student attorney with the First District
Public Defender’s Office in Chaska and Shakopee, Minnesota.
Luke is a member of the North Dakota Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Association of
Premier DUI Attorneys. In his free time, Luke enjoys spending
time with his wife, Holly, and daughter, Elsie, along with
watching sports and movies, continuing to play amateur
basketball for the firm’s basketball team (to his teammates
dismay), and also enjoys spending time at his family’s lake
cabin near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
Originally from Rochester, Michigan, she graduated from
Northern Michigan University with a Bachelors of Social Work
in 2002. Prior to attending law school, she worked in the
field of child protective services in the states of Arizona and
Michigan and later in accounting at Arctic Cat, Inc., upon her
relocation to northwestern Minnesota.
She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of North
Dakota School of Law in the winter of 2013, where she
received the 2012 Jack Marcil Scholarship for her outstanding
dedication to Alternate Dispute Resolution and the Fall 2012
Moot Court Competition Best Oralist - Petitioner.
In the Fall of 2014 Rachel was elected as the Ward 5
representative on the city council in Thief River Falls,
Minnesota. She is also serving as Vice President of the 14th
District Bar Association in Minnesota and is a member of the
Greater Grand Forks Bar Association.
In her spare time, Rachel enjoys spending time with her
daughter, running, and volunteering in her local community.
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