m boulette named one of minnesota lawyer’s 2025 attorney of the year

Every year Minnesota Lawyer names a handful of “attorneys of the year,” folks who have set themselves apart through a landmark case or pubic service or community involvement. 

This year, m is among the honorees. 

Minnesota Lawyer recognized m’s work on behalf of the state’s trans community, including: a Supreme Court brief on behalf of OutFront Minnesota and the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association; a petition to change court rules to protect gender-affirming court records, and their leadership as the first trans and nonbinary president of the Hennepin County Bar Association (the largest local association of lawyers in the state).

They summed up m’s contributions this way:

In 2025, boulette represented dozens of transgender people on a pro bono or low bono basis in name changes, gender-marker corrections, and motions to make their court records private. They represented the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association and OutFront Minnesota as amicus in In re Application of Soto, a Minnesota Supreme Court case that could redefine the standards for children’s name changes, and Black & Pink Minneapolis in an amicus application in In re Application of Hanlon, a name-change case involving a transgender prisoner.

boulette is now leading the charge to change Minnesota’s court rules to protect the privacy of transgender Minnesotans. Representing the Minnesota State Bar Association, OutFront Minnesota, Transforming Families, the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association, and Gender Justice in In re Petition to Limit Access to Gender-Affirming Court Records, they are petitioning the Minnesota Supreme Court for rule changes to protect transgender court records.

This is the third time m’s been recognized. First, for a landmark victory in Pooley v. Pooley in 2022. And then for work on Minnesota’s personal leave court rule in 2024.

You can read the entire article about this year’s award here.