Awards & Rankings

Attorneys from Fredrikson’s Signal Human Trafficking Team and the Larry Stigen Team were selected.

Fredrikson has been named a Tier 1 Metropolitan “Best Law Firm” in 30 practice areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® in 2016.

On October 8, 2015, attorney Steven Kaplan received the Minnesota Innocence Project’s Never Forgotten Award.

Fredrikson and Alliance Management received the award for the successful and value-maximizing sale of assets of HEI, Inc. under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Fredrikson received the highest award for pro bono matters given by The American Lawyer.

Fredrikson attorney Kevin P. Goodno was recently elected chair of the American Brain Foundation Board and is the first chair who is not a neurologist.

Six Fredrikson attorneys were named 2015 Great Plains Super Lawyers, and three Fredrikson attorneys were named 2015 Great Plains Rising Stars.

Sixty-four Fredrikson attorneys were included in The Best Lawyers in America 2016^©.

For the fifth year in a row, Fredrikson was named one of the 50 Best Law Firms for Women by Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers LLC.

Super Lawyers Magazine recognized 36 Fredrikson attorneys as 2015 Minnesota Super Lawyers and 15 attorneys as Minnesota Rising Stars.

The Minnesota State Bar Association recognized 56 Fredrikson attorneys as North Star Lawyers.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked eight Fredrikson practice areas and 22 individual attorneys in its 2015 edition.

Mary S. Ranum was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) on April 9, 2015.

The Minnesota Women Lawyers is an association of more than 1,300 attorneys, judges, law students, legal employers dedicated to advancing the success of women attorneys.

Leigh-Erin Irons was named a “40 Under 40” honoree by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

John M. Koneck, President of Fredrikson & Byron, has been selected to receive the Hennepin County Bar Association’s 2015 Pro Bono Publico Distinguished Service Award.

Fredrikson was named a 2015 “Go-To Law Firm” by American Lawyer Media (ALM).

Fredrikson lawyer James E. Dorsey received the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota’s 18th Annual Earl Larson Award.