Super Lawyers magazine recognized 37 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys as 2014 Minnesota Super Lawyers and 13 attorneys as Minnesota Rising Stars.
Attorneys James L. Baillie, Clinton E. Cutler and John M. Koneck were named in the list of Top 100 Minnesota Super Lawyers. Attorneys Dulce Foster and Karen Schanfield were included on the list of Minnesota’s Top 50 Women Attorneys.
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a rigorous multi-phased process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. Only the top 5 percent of attorneys in Minnesota are included in the annual Super Lawyers list.
Rising Star candidates must go through the same selection process as Super Lawyers but need to be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. Less than 3 percent of attorneys in Minnesota are named to the Rising Stars list.
2014 Minnesota Super Lawyers
- James L. Baillie – Bankruptcy: Business
- Larry J. Berg – Real Estate
- Stephen Bergerson – Intellectual Property
- Robert C. Boisvert – Employment & Labor
- William J. Brody – Estate Planning & Probate
- Clinton Cutler – Bankruptcy: Business
- Christopher J. Dolan – Real Estate
- James E. Dorsey – Business Litigation
- Dulce J. Foster – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Lynn M. Gardin – Banking
- David B. Gollin – Estate Planning & Probate
- Karen L. Grandstrand – Banking
- Mark W. Greiner – Estate Planning & Probate
- David C. Grorud – Mergers & Acquisitions
- John R. Houston – Mergers & Acquisitions
- Christopher B. Hunt – Estate Planning & Probate
- Sean P. Kearney – Mergers & Acquisitions
- John M. Koneck – Real Estate
- Richard H. Kyle, Jr. – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- John W. Lundquist – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- David R. Marshall – Business Litigation
- Thomas R. Muck – Tax
- Ryan T. Murphy – Bankruptcy: Business
- John G. Patterson – Construction Litigation
- Anne M. Radolinski – Employment & Labor
- Mary S. Ranum – Real Estate
- Kristy A. K. Rodd – Family Law
- Richard A. Ross – Employment Litigation: Defense
- Howard A. Roston – Eminent Domain
- John A. Satorius – Securities & Corporate Finance
- Karen G. Schanfield – Employment & Labor
- Dale J. Schoonover – Estate Planning & Probate
- David C. Sellergren – Land Use/Zoning
- Joseph M. Sokolowski – Employment Litigation: Defense
- Joseph G. Springer – Construction Litigation
- Rachna B. Sullivan – Business Litigation
- Thomas Wilhelmy – Tax
- Todd A. Wind – Business Litigation
2014 Minnesota Rising Stars
- James C. Brand – Bankruptcy: Business
- Joseph J. Cassioppi – Business Litigation
- Grant D. Fairbairn – Intellectual Property Litigation
- Sten-Erik Hoidal – Business Litigation
- Lousene M. Hoppe – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Beau J. Hurtig – Banking
- Leigh Erin Irons – Mergers & Acquisitions
- Leah C. Janus – Business Litigation
- Brian S. McCool – Land Use/Zoning
- Nicole M. Moen – General Litigation
- Norah E. Olson Bluvshtein – Employment & Labor
- Kevin C. Riach – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Lindsay J. Sokolowski – Employment Litigation: Defense
Fredrikson & Byron is a 275-attorney law firm based in Minneapolis, with offices in Bismarck, Des Moines, Fargo, Monterrey, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. Fredrikson & Byron has a reputation as the firm “where law and business meet”. Our attorneys bring business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to work with clients, and operate as business advisors and strategic partners, as well as legal counselors. Learn more at fredlaw.com or LinkedIn.