Minnesota Lawyer’s 2026 Reader Rankings Final Winners

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

BEST 1031 Exchange Experts

Cushman & Wakefield — Winner

First American Title Company — Finalist

Land Title — Finalist

The Excelsior Group — Finalist

BEST Appraisal Companies

CBRE — Winner

Diversified Real Estate Services — Finalist

MN Real Estate Appraisal Services — Finalist

Shenehon Company — Finalist

BEST Commercial Leasing Company

CBRE — Winner

Colliers — Finalist

JLL — Finalist

Kraus-Anderson — Finalist

BEST Commercial Property Manager

CBRE — Winner

Cushman & Wakefield — Finalist

Doran Properties — Finalist

JLL — Finalist

BEST Commercial Real Estate Brokerage                                            

CBRE — Winner

Colliers — Finalist

Doran Companies — Finalist

JLL — Finalist

Kraus-Anderson — Finalist

BEST Commercial Valuation

CBRE — Winner

Diversified Real Estate Services — Finalist

Hoff Appraisal Associates — Finalist

Minnesota Real Estate Appraisal Services — Finalist

Shenehon Company — Finalist

BEST Tenant Representation

CBRE — Winner

Cushman & Wakefield — Finalist

Forte Real Estate Partners — Finalist

Frauenshuh, Inc. — Finalist

JLL — Finalist

BEST Title Companies

Guaranty Commercial Title — Winner

First American Title — Finalist

Land Title — Finalist

Old Republic Title — Finalist

CONSTRUCTION

BEST Architect

Kaas Wilson Architects — Winner

Doran Companies — Finalist

ESG Architecture & Design — Finalist

Pope Architects — Finalist

BEST Commercial Real Estate Developer

Sherman Associates — Winner

Doran Companies — Finalist

Roers Companies — Finalist

Ryan Companies — Finalist

BEST Concrete Company

Northland Concrete and Masonry — Winner

Goodmanson Construction — Finalist

Molin — Finalist

Ryan Companies — Finalist

BEST Concrete Supplier

Cemstone — Winner

Aggregate Industries — Finalist

AVR — Finalist

Marshall Concrete Products — Finalist

BEST Construction/Real Estate Law Firm

Winthrop & Weinstine — Winner

Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson P.A. — Finalist

Hellmuth & Johnson — Finalist

Kubes Law Office — Finalist

Maslon LLP — Finalist

BEST Contractor – Over $250 million      

Frana — Winner

Doran Companies — Finalist

Kraus-Anderson — Finalist

Weis Builders — Finalist

BEST Contractor – under $250 million    

Loeffler Construction & Consulting — Winner

Big D Construction — Finalist

Flannery Construction — Finalist

Gardner Builders — Finalist

BEST Electrical Contractor          

JBerd — Winner

Collins Electric — Finalist

Gephart Electric — Finalist

Hunt Electric — Finalist

BEST Engineer – Civil – Earthwork – Utilities – Infrastructure – Remediation

Braun Intertec — Winner

Civil Site Group — Finalist

Larson Engineering Inc. — Finalist

Loucks Associates, Inc. — Finalist

BEST Engineer – Mechanical – Structural – Electrical

BKBM Engineers — Winner

Alliant Engineering Inc. — Finalist

Cain Thomas Associates — Finalist

Egan Co. — Finalist

Emanuelson-Podas, Inc. — Finalist

ERA Structural Engineering — Finalist

BEST Equipment Rental

United Rental — Winner

Northland Crane Service, Inc. — Finalist

Sunbelt — Finalist

Vic’s Crane & Heavy Haul, Inc. — Finalist

Ziegler Cat — Finalist

BEST Fabrication Company        

Twin City Glass Contractors — Winner

JL Schwieters Construction — Finalist

MG McGrath, Inc. — Finalist

TEK Fabricators Inc. — Finalist

BEST Landscape Design Company           

Civil Site Group — Winner

Margolis — Finalist

Midwest Landscapes Inc. — Finalist

Perkins & Will — Finalist

BEST Materials Supplier

JL Schwieters Construction — Winner

Menards — Winner

Shaw Stewart Lumber (Marvin Windows Dealer) — Winner

Brock White — Finalist

Metzgers — Finalist

Siwek Lumber — Finalist

BEST Painting Company

Finishing Touch Plus (FTP) — Winner

JB Nelson — Finalist

Protouch Painting — Finalist

Show Me Painting LLC — Finalist

Sunrise Painting — Finalist

BEST Paving      

Northland Paving — Winner

Metro Paving Inc. — Finalist

Minnesota Roadways Co. — Finalist

Pine Bend Paving — Finalist

BEST Plumbing Company            

Jberd — Winner

Egan Company — Finalist

Horwitz — Finalist

Schadegg Mechanical Inc. — Finalist

BEST Roofing Contractor             

Central Roofing Company — Winner

Horizon Roofing — Finalist

Kaufman Roofing — Finalist

QT Commercial — Finalist

BEST Windows and Glazing        

Andersen Windows — Winner

Empirehouse — Finalist

Marvin Windows — Finalist

MG McGrath, Inc. — Finalist

Northern Glass and Glazing — Finalist

LEGAL SERVICES

BEST ADR Company                                    

Gilbert Mediation Center, Ltd. — Winner

JAMS — Finalist

PowerHouse Mediation — Finalist

SiebenCarey — Finalist

BEST ADR Individual Mediator                                

James H. Gilbert — Winner

Tim Cook — Finalist

Mark Heley — Finalist

Elizabeth V. Cutter — Finalist

Kristi Paulson — Finalist

Mary E. Pawlenty — Finalist

BEST Claims Administration                                     

Kroll Business Services — Winner

American Risk Services — Finalist

Rust Consulting Inc. — Finalist

Van Wagenen — Finalist

BEST Class Action Claims Administration Services                                          

Kroll Business Services — Winner

FTI Consulting — Finalist

JND Legal Administration — Finalist

Rust Consulting Inc. — Finalist

BEST Court Reporter and Deposition Service                                    

Veritext — Winner

Benchmark Reporting Agency — Finalist

National Court Reporters — Finalist

Twin West Reporting — Finalist

BEST Deposition Video Provider                                            

Veritext — Winner

Discovery Litigation Services — Finalist

Lexitas — Finalist

On The Record — Finalist

Pelletier Court Reporters — Finalist

BEST Digital Forensics                                 

Carney Forensics — Winner

ArcherHall — Finalist

Computer Forensic Associates — Finalist

Computer Forensic Services — Finalist

BEST Docketing and Calendaring Software                                        

Thomson Reuters Elite — Winner

BEC Legal — Finalist

Lecorpio Inc. — Finalist

MyCase — Finalist

BEST E-Discovery                                          

FTI Consulting — Winner

Computer Forensic Services — Finalist

Kroll — Finalist

Thomson Reuters — Finalist

BEST Expert Witness                                    

Thomson Reuters Expert Witness Services — Winner

Juris Pro — Finalist

The Expert Institute — Finalist

The TASA Group — Finalist

BEST Expert Witness Financial                                 

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP — Winner

Barrington Financial — Finalist

Frank E Nute CPA LLC — Finalist

Wipfli — Finalist

BEST Forensic Accounting                                        

Eide Bailly LLP — Winner

Ernst & Young LLP — Winner

Jenny Bestful cpa — Finalist

RSM — Finalist

Schechter, Dokken — Finalist

BEST Jury Consultant                                   

The Advocates — Winner

JuryThink LLC — Finalist

NJP Litigation Consulting — Finalist

Populus Law — Finalist

BEST Law School                                          

Mitchell Hamline School of Law — Winner

University of Iowa College of Law — Finalist

University of Minnesota Law School — Finalist

University of St. Thomas School of Law — Finalist

BEST Legal Liability Insurance                                  

Minnesota Lawyer’s Mutual Insurance — Winner

Hays Companies — Finalist

Insureon — Finalist

Lawyers Insurance Group — Finalist

BEST Legal Outplacement and Career Transition Provider                                          

Roy S. Ginsburg, J.D.  Strategic Advisor to Lawyers and Law Firms — Winner

Career Partners International — Finalist

Minneapolis Outplacement Services — Finalist

Talon Performance Group — Finalist

BEST Litigation Consulting Firm                               

ArcherHall — Winner

Barrington Capital Management, Inc. — Winner

JuryScope, Inc. — Finalist

Martin Litigation Support Services, LLC — Finalist

NJP Litigation Consulting — Finalist

BEST Litigation Valuation                                          

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP — Winner

Lurie — Finalist

Wipfli — Finalist

Value Consulting Group — Finalist

BEST Legal Staffing                                      

Robert Half Legal — Winner

Sand Search Partners — Finalist

Special Counsel — Finalist

Talon Performance Group — Finalist

Winlaw — Finalist

BEST Non-Association Continuing Legal Education Provider                                      

ArcherHall — Winner

University of St. Thomas School of Law — Winner

Minnesota County Attorneys Association — Finalist

Mitchell Hamline School of Law — Finalist

Richard Clem Continuing Legal Education — Finalist

BEST Online Research Provider                               

Lexis/Nexis — Winner

Casemaker — Finalist

Fastcase — Finalist

QuickView — Finalist

Thomson Reuters — Finalist

BEST Paralegal Program in the MN                                       

Hamline University — Winner

Inver Hills Community College — Finalist

Minnesota State University, Moorhead — Finalist

North Hennepin Community College — Finalist

BEST Practice Management Software                                  

ProLaw — Winner

MyCase — Finalist

PracticePanther — Finalist

Smokeball — Finalist

BEST Private Detective                                

Private Eye Security — Winner

Andrew P. Miklesh — Finalist

Envista Forensics — Finalist

Gilbertson Investigations — Finalist

Graf Agency — Finalist

BEST Process Server                                    

Metro Legal Services Inc. — Winner

Excel Legal — Finalist

Platinum Process Serving & Investigation — Finalist

Pro Legal MN — Finalist

Twin City Processing — Finalist

BEST Tables of Authority Software                                       

Thomson Reuters — Winner

Best Authority — Finalist

Lexisnexis — Finalist

Wordperfect — Finalist

BEST Time and Billing Solutions                              

MyCase — Winner

Clio — Finalist

Coyote — Finalist

Minute 7 — Finalist

NetDOcs — Finalist

TimeSolv — Finalist

BEST Translation Services                                         

Global Translation — Winner

Bridge-World Language Center — Finalist

Lynne Krenz , Stillwater — Finalist

Minnesota Translations — Finalist

BEST Trust Administration

Thrivent Financial — Winner

Marquette Asset Management — Finalist

Northern Trust — Finalist

Securian — Finalist

BUSINESS SERVICES

BEST Accounting Firm

Baker Tilly — Winner

Ernst & Young — Finalist

Froehling Anderson — Finalist

Mahoney — Finalist

RSM — Finalist

BEST Business Bank

Alerus Financial — Winner

Bridgewater Bank — Finalist

Sunrise Bank — Finalist

U.S. Bancorp — Finalist

BEST Business Broker

Sunbelt Business Advisors — Winner

Calhoun Business Brokers — Finalist

HSC Business Brokers — Finalist

Murphy Business — Finalist

Transworld Business Advisors — Finalist

True North Mergers & Acquisitions — Finalist

BEST Commercial Mortgage Lender

Alerus — Winner

Bell Bank — Finalist

BMO Harris Bank — Finalist

Bridgewater Bank — Finalist

North America Banking Co. — Finalist

U.S. Bancorp — Finalist

BEST Courier and Messenger Service                    

Priority — Winner

Metro Legal Services Inc. — Finalist

OnTime Delivery — Finalist

Street Fleet Courier — Finalist

BEST Data Recovery Service

Atomic Data — Winner

Chipheads — Finalist

OnTrack — Finalist

Secure Data Recovery — Finalist

BEST Digital Security Company / Information Security (Cyber)

Loffler Companies, Inc. — Winner

Atomic Data — Finalist

Blue Team Alpha — Finalist

Code42 — Finalist

BEST Document Destruction

Shred-it — Winner

Iron Mountain — Finalist

Shred-N-Go, Inc. — Finalist

Shred Right — Finalist

BEST Document Management

Loffler Companies, Inc. — Winner

ArcherHall — Finalist

Nightowl Discovery — Finalist

Shepherd Data Services — Finalist

BEST Executive Search Firms

Robert Half — Winner

SkyWater Search Partners Inc. — Winner

CorTalent — Finalist

Midwest Financial Search Partners — Finalist

Stone Murphy — Finalist

Talon Performance Group, Inc. — Finalist

Versique Search and Consulting — Finalist

BEST Insurance Brokerage

Kraus-Anderson Insurance — Winner

Hays — Finalist

Maguire Agency  — Finalist

Marsh & McLennan Agency — Finalist

BEST IT Outsourcing Provider

Emerson Technology — Winner

Cognizant Technology Solutions — Finalist

Deloitte — Finalist

IBM — Finalist

MyTech — Finalist

Thomspn Reuters Legal Managed Services — Finalist

ThriveOn — Finalist

BEST MBA Program

Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota — Winner

Concordia University – St. Paul — Finalist

Opus College of Business, University of St. Thomas — Finalist

University of Minnesota Duluth – Labovitz School of Business and Economics — Finalist

BEST Office Equipment

Loffler Companies, Inc. — Winner

Coordinated Business Solutions — Finalist

Innovative Office Solutions — Finalist

Podany’s — Finalist

SOS Office Furniture — Finalist

BEST Office Interiors

BDH — Winner

Atmosphere Commercial Interiors — Finalist

Fluid Interiors — Finalist

Perkins & Will — Finalist

BEST Office Supplies

Loffler Companies, Inc. — Winner

Innovative Office Supplies — Finalist

Office Depot — Finalist

Staples — Finalist

BEST Printer

Loffler — Winner

Alpha Graphics — Finalist

FedEx — Finalist

MetroSales — Finalist

Minutemen Press Central — Finalist

Minutemen Press Uptown — Finalist

BEST Public Relations Firm

Media Minefield — Winner

Beehive — Finalist

Carmichael Lynch Relate — Finalist

Padilla — Finalist

Tunheim — Finalist

Weber Shandwick — Finalist

BEST Small Business Banking

Alerus Financial — Winner

BMO Harris Bank — Finalist

Bremer Bank — Finalist

Bridgewater Bank — Finalist

BEST Staffing Agency

Robert Half OfficeTeam — Winner

Avenica — Finalist

Express Employment Professionals — Finalist

Salo — Finalist

The Creative Group – Robert Half — Finalist

BEST Tech Recycling & Disposal

Tech Dump — Winner

Twin Cities Computer Recycling — Winner

Atomic Recycling LLC — Finalist

Recycle Technologies — Finalist

Veit — Finalist

BEST Wealth Management

Alerus Wealth Management — Winner

BMO Wealth Management — Finalist

RBC Wealth Management — Finalist

Thrivent Financial — Finalist

BEST Web Development

The Nerdery — Winner

Irish Titan — Finalist

Prime Advertising — Finalist

Rocket 55 — Finalist

LEISURE

BEST Local Brewery

Bent Paddle — Winner

Lakeville Brewing Company — Finalist

Modist Brewing — Finalist

Surly — Finalist

BEST Local Winery                         

Saint Croix Vineyards — Winner

Schram Winery — Finalist

Winehaven Winery — Finalist

Woodland Hill Winery — Finalist