Taft Minneapolis attorney Karl Johnson has been selected to moderate a “Fireside Chat” event for the Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association, featuring Judge Kesha Tanabe. 

Judge Tanabe was recently appointed by the Eighth Circuit to the federal bankruptcy bench for the District of Minnesota. She will be the first Asian American woman on the federal bench in Minnesota. The virtual event will include an in-depth discussion on clerkships led by Johnson and Judge Tanabe.

To learn more about this event, visit here. 

Karl Johnson is a board certified business bankruptcy specialist. Johnson clerked for retired bankruptcy judge Gregory F. Kishel from 2010 to 2012. He regularly publishes and presents on bankruptcy topics and has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Stars honoree and in Best Lawyers® “Ones to Watch”, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law in 2021 and 2022.