In the Lead: Best Legacy Law Firms 2025

Established in 1882, Bassford Remele serves major corporations and Fortune 500 companies as local and national counsel, offering services in litigation, family law and corporate matters.

With 620 attorneys practicing in 21 locations through the United States and four countries, Dorsey & Whitney LLP has expanded mightily since its founding in 1912.

Established as a two-lawyer practice in 1958 by Jim Larkin and Bob Hoffman, Larkin Hoffman today has 79 attorneys who provide counsel to a wide variety of organizations, from small businesses and nonprofits to Fortune 500 companies.

Merchant & Gould is a full-service intellectual property law firm that was founded in 1900.

Minneapolis-based Best & Flanagan has been serving its clients for nearly 100 years.

Established in Minneapolis in 1929, Meagher & Geer has 75 attorneys in six offices across the country.

Flaherty & Hood was founded in 1992 by attorney Tim Flaherty, who, according to the firm’s website, “had a vision to create a firm dedicated to providing legislative, legal and regulatory services to local governments.”

Founded in 1978, Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP combines expertise in civil litigation and government relations.

Arthur Chapman was founded in 1974, growing to 50 attorneys with extensive trial experience in two offices (Minnesota and Wisconsin).

Greene Espel is a litigation boutique with a national practice serving clients in the areas of trials and appeals, investigations and compliance, and dispute resolution and risk management.

In 1979, Robert Weinstine and Sherman Winthrop left successful careers at another large law firm to create what has become one of the most respected law firms in Minnesota.

Fredrikson & Byron P.A. was founded in 1948 in Minneapolis. The firm has ten global offices, with 430 attorneys total and 343 attorneys in Minnesota.

For 40 years, businesses and individuals have relied on Monroe Moxness Berg for legal and financial representation in business law, finance, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, franchise and distribution, estate planning, taxation, wealth preservation, real estate, land use, employment, and commercial litigation.

Corporate law firm Hellmuth & Johnson was founded in 1994 by David Hellmuth and Chad Johnson.

Robins Kaplan LLP was founded in 1938 by Jewish attorneys unable to find employment at established firms during the Great Depression.

Established in 1981, Jeff Anderson & Associates is recognized as a premier law firm representing victims of childhood sexual abuse.

As a leading law firm in the Twin Cities, Messerli Kramer, founded in 1965, has three offices in Minnesota as well as three out-of-state satellite offices.

Henson Efron combines big-firm sophistication with a personalized, client-focused approach that has positioned them as a trusted, value-driven partner.

In 1928, one year before the beginning of the Great Depression, Richard (“Dick”) Felhaber began practicing law in St. Paul. According to Felhaber Larson’s website, Felhaber developed his special interest in labor and employment law during that time.

Melchert Hubert Sjodin was founded in Waconia by Judge Arlo Haering in 1927, and a partnership developed with Bill Glaeser of Waconia in 1951.

Founded in 1892, Moss & Barnett is a multidisciplinary client-centered law firm with 52 attorneys providing a full range of legal services to business and private clients in Minnesota and beyond.

Founded nearly 70 years ago, Maslon traces its roots back to Samuel Maslon, “a Harvard Law graduate and U.S. Supreme Court clerk who, upon his return to Minneapolis in 1923, was denied opportunity due to antisemitism,” the firm says.

Founded in 1929, LeVander, Gillen & Miller, P.A. was founded when Harold Stassen and Elmer Ryan hung out their shingle in South St. Paul.