Awards & Rankings

Super Lawyers named eight Fredrikson attorneys to the list of Great Plains Super Lawyers and included four Fredrikson attorneys on the list of Great Plains Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers recognized 29 Fredrikson attorneys as 2020 Minnesota Super Lawyers and 19 attorneys as Minnesota Rising Stars.

Fredrikson attorneys Gail F. Brandt and Sandra Smalley-Fleming were recognized for their outstanding pro bono volunteer service performed in Special Juvenile Immigration Status cases for young women.

Fredrikson ranked Band 1 in Private Wealth Law in Minnesota and North Dakota in Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2020.

Grant D. Fairbairn, Lora Friedemann, Thomas R. Hipkins, Ann M. Ladd, Kurt J. Niederluecke, Charles D. Segelbaum and David C. West were featured in the 2020 edition of the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals.

Fredrikson has earned Gold Standard Certification by Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) for the fifth time. WILEF grants Gold Standard status to major firms that meet objective criteria concerning the number of women among equity partners, in firm leadership positions and in the ranks of their most highly compensated partners.

The Minnesota State Bar Association recognized 55 Fredrikson attorneys as North Star Lawyers.

Fredrikson is among the 37 firms from across the nation named a Midsize Heavyweight from The BTI Consulting Group (BTI) for delivering the same level of confidence and reliability to clients as large firms.

USPTO has named Fredrikson a recipient of the 2019 Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate. The certificate recognizes individuals and law firms who contributed over 100 attorney hours of patent attorney pro bono during 2019.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked 10 practice areas and 26 individual attorneys from Fredrikson in its 2020 edition.

PitchBook, a leading source for data on M&A, private equity and venture capital deal activity, has ranked Fredrikson among the most active law firms in 2019 for private equity deals in the U.S.

Shareholders Lora Friedemann, Cynthia A. Moyer, John C. Pickerill and Ann Dunn Wessberg have been named to the 2020 edition of the WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals for Minnesota.

Fredrikson has chosen shareholder Youn-Jin Kim to be a member of the 2020 class of Fellows, participating in a landmark program created by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD).

Each year, MSPBJ editors select 40 leaders under the age of 40 who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement while also finding time to give back to their communities.

Fredrikson earned 100 of 100 possible points on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s leading benchmarking tool and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.

Fredrikson Shareholders Patrick J. Kelly and Luis G. Reséndiz were recognized by Best Lawyers® in The Best Lawyers in Mexico^© 2020.

Clients of Fredrikson have recognized the firm for excellent client service, as published in the BTI Client Service A-Team 2020: Survey of Law Firm Client Service Performance.

Fredrikson attorneys Aron J. Frakes, Nicole M. Moen, Christopher D. Pham, Anupama D. Sreekanth and Marie E. Williams have been named to Minnesota Lawyer’s “Attorneys of the Year” for 2019.

Fredrikson has been awarded the 2019 Distinguished Service Award from The Children's Law Center of Minnesota (CLC), an organization that promotes the rights and interests of Minnesota’s children in the judicial, child welfare, health care and education systems.

Fredrikson attorney Ryan T. Murphy has been invited to become a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, recognizing him for his work, contributions to the administration of justice, his public service and integrity.