Character Map
Who represents whom in Strickland v. Ramsey County. The plaintiff, the adverse party, the court (judicial officers + court administration), and the implicated institutions — with attorney representation, employment, and judicial-succession edges between them.
The Relationship Tree — Interactive View
The static cluster view below is generated from _relationships.php’s five-verb typed edges
(represents / employs / sits-on / succeeded-by / formerly). The interactive graph at /actors/network/
adds the expanded edge vocabulary from _graph.php: alma-mater ties, prior employment, same-firm
partnerships, bar-section co-panelist links, appointment-by, supervisory chains, case-linkages, and the Bacon
defense pattern. Filterable by cluster, hoverable for mini-bios, clickable to per-actor dossiers.
Cluster View
who represents whomThe Plaintiff
Kellye Strickland (Onion Madder)
Adverse Party
↳ Madeline S. M. Lee represented by Kyle T. Manderfeld
The Court
Judicial Officers: Elizabeth Clysdale, Jenese Larmouth, Rebecca Rossow, Victoria Gardner, Nicole J. Starr, Mark Ireland, Kelly L. Olmstead, Cheri L. Brix, Kathleen R. Gearin, Sara R. Grewing, Patrick C. Diamond, Thomas A. Gilligan, David Kraus, Stephen L. Smith
Court Admin: Nicole Rueger, Michael F. Upton, Heather M. Kendall, Donald W. Harper Jr., Elizabeth Girling, Benjamin Linker, Laura J. Stevens
↳ represented by Matt Mason: Elizabeth Clysdale, Jenese Larmouth, Rebecca Rossow, Victoria Gardner, Nicole Rueger
Implicated Institutions
Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd. → employs Kyle T. Manderfeld
Ramsey County, Minnesota → employs Nicole Rueger, Michael F. Upton, Ramsey County Sheriff's Office
Ramsey County Sheriff's Office → employs Corrine Loya
↳ Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd. represented by Bradley Kletscher
↳ Ramsey County, Minnesota represented by Brett Bacon
Counsel Roster
attorneys → clientsEvery representation edge in the schema, including attorney-on-attorney representation (e.g. Kletscher represents both BGS and Manderfeld personally). The cluster view above filters edges by target cluster; this roster shows the full set.
- Kyle T. Manderfeld represents Madeline S. M. Lee
- Bradley Kletscher represents Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd., Kyle T. Manderfeld
- Matt Mason represents Jenese Larmouth, Elizabeth Clysdale, Rebecca Rossow, Victoria Gardner, Nicole Rueger
- Brett Bacon represents Ramsey County, Minnesota
Succession & Prior Roles
temporal edges- Jenese Larmouth succeeded by Nicole J. Starr — August 2025 — after Larmouth voluntarily recused
- Victoria Gardner formerly Referee at filing; now sitting District Court Judge
- Kyle T. Manderfeld formerly Former Ramsey County law clerk
- Jenese Larmouth formerly Former Assistant Ramsey County Attorney
Each actor links to their full dossier on the cast page. Relationship data lives in actors/_relationships.php — add edges there and they surface here automatically.