Minnesota Lawyer announces Attorneys of the Year

Minnesota Lawyer//December 21, 2023//

Listen to this article

It is with great pleasure that Minnesota Lawyer announces the 2023 Attorneys of the Year. Our selections encompass the wide variety of practices and issues that make Minnesota’s legal professiseon vibrant. Please plan to join us Thursday, Feb. 8, at Quincy Hall in Minneapolis as we recognize these remarkable Attorneys of the Year.

Diversity & Inclusion

Infinity Project – Application Support Committee

Stephanie A. Angolkar of Iverson Reuvers, Sybil L. Dunlop of Greene Espel PLLP, Jeannine Lee and Julie Morrison of the Infinity Project

Restore the Vote and CROWN Act

Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers

Groups

State of Minnesota v. JUUL Labs, Inc.

Keith Ellison, James Canaday, Michael Goodwin, Eric Maloney, Jason T. Pleggenkuhle and Adam Welle of the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office; Tara D. Sutton, Munir R. Meghjee, Holly H Dolejsi, Gary Wilson, Eric M. Lindenfeld, Julie A.K. Reynolds, Greta A. Wiessner and Stephen P. Safranski of Robins Kaplan LLP; and Carolyn Glass Anderson, June Pineda Hoidal, Behdad C. Sadeghi, Charles R. Toomajian III, Kimberly B. McNulty, C. Richard Hansen and Anna E. Jenks from Zimmerman Reed LLP

Cargill v. Syngenta

Kate Hibbard, Brooke Tassoni and Molly Thornton of Cargill, Inc.; Holley C.M. Horrell, Mark L. Johnson, Aaron P. Knoll, Jeya Paul, Faris A. Rashid, Anna M. Tobin, Gina Tonn and X. Kevin Zhao of Greene Espel PLLP

Civil Rights and Police Misconduct Group

Katie Bennett, Marc Betinsky, Andrew Noel and Greta A. Wiessner of Robins Kaplan LLP

Defending Minnesota Gun Regulation Post-Bruen

Megan Walsh of University of Minnesota Law School and certified student attorneys Aidan Earnest, Arielle Hugel, David Lamb, Rose Lewis, Wyatt Lutenbacher, Ted Mathiowetz, Chad Nowlan, Emily Byers Olson, Will Roberts, Nicholas Taylor and Meghan Zula of University of Minnesota Law School

E. Phillips Neighborhood Inst. v. City of Minneapolis

Elizabeth Royal of Elizabeth Royal Law Office, Miles Ringsred of Miles Ringsred Law, Jessica L. Blome of Greenfire Law, Hudson Kingston of CURE MN and Jordan Hughes, Attorney at Law.

Health Records Act cases

Rachel L. Barrett, Jacob F. Siegel, Barry M. Landy and Brandon Thompson of Ciresi Conlin LLP

Immigration Attorneys for Drivers Licenses for All

Michele Garnett McKenzie of The Advocates of Human Rights; Michelle Rivero of City of Minneapolis; Edmundo Lijo of City of St. Paul; Susana De Leon of De Leon & Nestor; Julia Decker, Marissa Hill-Dongre and Veena Iyer of Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota; Ana Pottratz Acosta of Mitchell Hamline School of Law; Linus Chan of University of Minnesota Law School; Virgil Wiebe of University of St. Thomas Law School

Parada v. Anoka County

Ian Bratlie and Teresa Nelson of ACLU-MN; Isabella Salomão Nascimento of Ballard Spahr LLP; Clare Diegel of Hennepin County Attorney’s Office; Amanda Cefalu of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.; and Alain Baudry of Saul Ewing LLP (Deceased)

Smart Growth Minneapolis v. City of Minneapolis

Nekima Levy Armstrong; Maren M. Forde, Jack Y. Perry and Brayanna J. Smith of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP; and Timothy J. Keane of Kutak Rock LLP

Terrell James Buechner v. State of Minnesota

Charlie Clippert of Clippert Law Firm; Rebecca Duren of Kelly & Lemmons, P.A.; and Sean McGuire of Minnesota Board of Public Defense

Tyler v. Hennepin County

Garrett Blanchfield and Roberta Yard of Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield; Vildan A. Teske and Marisa Katz of Teske Law, PLLP

Individuals

Jennifer Olson

TSR Injury Law

Timothy A. Rye

Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd.

Nonprofit and Government

Lusk v. Minnesota Department of Corrections

Jess Braverman and Christy Hall of Gender Justice; Rebecca Bact and Sharon Roberg-Perez of Robins Kaplan LLP

Puce v. City of Burnsville

Paul Donald Reuvers, Jason J. Kuboushek and Andrew A. Wolf of Iverson Reuvers

United States v. Anton Joseph Lazzaro et al.

Craig Baune, Angela M. Muñoz, Emily A. Polachek, Laura M. Provinzino and Melinda Williams of United States Attorney’s Office

Outstanding Service to the Profession

Sharon Jones

Legal Assistance of Dakota County

Paul D. Peterson

Harper & Peterson, P.L.L.C.

Joseph M. Price

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Robin Wolpert

Sapientia Law Group, PLLC

Pro Bono

Andrew L. Marshall

Bassford Remele

Mark Schnieder

Law Enforcement Labor Services

Counsel for Governor Walz challenging the constitutionality of Board of Pardons law

Jacob F. Siegel, Barry Landy and Kyle W. Wislocky of Ciresi Conlin LLP; and Andy Crowder of Norton Rose Fulbright

In the Matter of the Denial of Contested Case Hearing Requests and Issuance of National Pollution Discharge Elimination System/State Disposal System

Paula Maccabee of Just Change Law Offices; William Z. Pentelovitch, Margo S. Brownell and Evan A. Nelson of Maslon LLP; Joy Anderson, Ann Cohen, Jay Eidsness and Kevin Reuther of Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

Jennifer Schroeder, et al. v. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon

David P. McKinney, Teresa J. Nelson of American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota; Craig S. Coleman, Jeffrey P. Justman, Kirsten L. Elfstrand of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; and Tom Pryor of Public Health Law Center

Ricky Lee McDeid, Appellant (A21-0042), Shane P. Garry, Appellant (A21-0043), vs. Nancy Johnston, CEO/Director, Minnesota Sex Offender Program, et al., Respondents

Marc A. Al, Andrew J. Pieper and Bradley R. Prowant of Stoel Rives LLP; and Roxanna V Gonzalez of Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Mark R. Bradford

Bradford, Andresen, Norrie & Camarotto, PLLP