Attorneys of the Year 2021
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Groups
3M N95 Mask Seizure Litigation 
Bair Hugger MDL Plaintiffs
Brown, Lee, and Young v. Reese Pfeiffer and United States v. Pfeiffer
The Hall Law Team
Minor Does v. The Hills Youth and Family Services
Mohamed Noor appellate team
N.H. v. Anoka Hennepin School District
Protecting Minnesotans from Medicaid Fraud, State v. Remona Lysa Brown
Protecting Tenants as Consumers, State v. Steven Meldahl
ResCap Liquidating Trust Litigation Team
RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc. et al v. Hospital Partners Inc. Case Team
Shefa v. Attorney General Keith Ellison, et al.
University of Minnesota Law School Clemency Project
Individuals
Patrick Arenz, Robins Kaplan
Alain Baudry, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Mai Moua, Mai Neng Moua Law Office
Kaarin Nelson Schaffer, Conard Nelson Schaffer PLLC
Melissa Nilsson, Henson Efron
Matthew Pelikan, Madel PA
Paul D. Peterson, Founding partner, Harper & Peterson, PLLC
Eric Rice, The Law Office of Eric A. Rice
Chris Sailors, SailorsAllen Law
Erin Sindberg Porter, Jones Day
Jeff Storms, Newmark Storms Dworak LLC
Aaron Van Oort, Faegre Drinker
Teams
Court J. Anderson and Benjamin J. Hamborg , Henson Efron
Tim Barnett and Ryan Schildkraut, Winthrop & Weinstine
Kathleen Flynn Peterson and Robert King Jr., Ciresi Conlin
Dan Guerrero and Perry Moriearty, Meshbesher & Spence and University of Minnesota Law School
Brooke Holmes and Randall Knutson , Knutson + Casey
Willow Anderson and Jack Rice, Willow Anderson Law and Jack Rice Defense
Outstanding Service to the Profession
Beth Bertelson, Bertelson Law Office
Abigail Cerra, Minneapolis Police Conduct Oversight Commission
Derek Chauvin Prosecution
Rita Coyle DeMeules, Minnesota Supreme Court
Dyan Ebert, Quinlivan & Hughes
David Herr, Maslon
Mark Myhra, Boston Scientific Corporation
Eric Nelson, Halberg Criminal Defense
= Circle of Excellence Attorney of the Year
Attorneys of the Year 2020
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Groups:
District of Minnesota Compassionate Release
Mayo Clinic and Fish & Richardson
Protecting Minnesotans in a Pandemic
Bde Maka Ska Name Restoration
Creating Peacetime Emergency Precedent
State COVID Legal Team, Executive Order Drafting Team
2020 Election
Thomas Hagen and Steven Groschen
Andrew Irlbeck and Paul Applebaum
Jan Conlin and Mathew Korte
Jerry W. Blackwell and Corey L. Gordon
Thomas Boyd and Michael Rosow
Imran Ali and Karen Kugler
Kevin Sieben and Samuel Edmunds
Peter Gorman and Mary Rice
Paul Dworak and Jeff Storms
Gerald Laurie and Kelly Jeanetta
Larry J. Chiat and Alan S. Milavetz
Individuals:
Andrew Carlson, Taft
David Davenport, BC Davenport
Greg Merz, Lathrop GPM
Irene Kao, League of Minnesota Cities/The Infinity Project
Jill Brisbois, Brisbois Defense PLLC
Leita Walker, Ballard Spahr
Masha M. Yevzelman, Fredrikson & Byron
Michael Sacchet, Ciresi Conlin
Sybil Dunlop, Greene Espel
Outstanding Service to the Profession, group
Jeff Shorba, Dawn Torgerson, AnneMarie O’Neill and Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea
Outstanding Service to the Profession, individuals
Cindy Telstad, Streater & Murphy
Edward J. Cleary, Chief Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals, retired
David Lillehaug, Fredrikson & Byron
Sharon Sayles Belton, Thomson Reuters
Tom Nelson, Minnesota State Bar Association
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Attorneys of the Year 2019
Groups
Aida Al-Kadi v. Ramsey County et al.
Blackwell Burke Bair Hugger Team
Leonard Pozner/Sandy Hook defamation case
LGBTQ+ asylum matters
Lor Ler Kaw, Lor Ler Hok Koh, Mary Jane Summerville and George Thawmoo v. ISD #625
Minnesota Attorney General’s Office prosecution of Minnesota School of Business/Globe University for fraud
Minnesota prisoner hepatitis C litigation
Portz et. al. v. St. Cloud State University
Ramsey County juvenile detention alternatives initiative and juvenile justice reform leaders
Team
Jacob Campion and Janine Kimble
Jessica L. Kometz and Amie E. Penny Sayler
George W. Soule and Melissa R. Stull
Individual
John Arechigo
Patrick J. Casey
Sara Karki
Paula Jossart
Teresa Lavoie
Amy Lawler
Nicholas G.B. May
Nicole Moen
Clark Opdahl
Stephen Safranski
Jon Schmidt
Stacey Slaughter
Amy Sweasy
Marshall Tanick
Eva Wailes
Recognition of outstanding service
Senior U.S. District Court Judge Joan Ericksen
Magistrate Judge Steven E. Rau
Judge Peter M. Reyes Jr.
= Circle of Excellence Attorney of the Year
Attorneys of the Year 2018
