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Attorneys of the Year 2021

Attorneys of the Year 2021 section

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Groups

3M N95 Mask Seizure Litigation circle-excellence
Bair Hugger MDL Plaintiffs circle-excellence
Brown, Lee, and Young v. Reese Pfeiffer and United States v. Pfeiffer circle-excellence
The Hall Law Team
Minor Does v. The Hills Youth and Family Services
Mohamed Noor appellate team circle-excellence
N.H. v. Anoka Hennepin School District circle-excellence
Protecting Minnesotans from Medicaid Fraud, State v. Remona Lysa Brown 
Protecting Tenants as Consumers, State v. Steven Meldahl circle-excellence
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. circle-excellence
University of Minnesota Law School Clemency Project 

Individuals

Patrick Arenz, Robins Kaplan circle-excellence
Alain Baudry, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Mai Moua, Mai Neng Moua Law Office circle-excellence
Kaarin Nelson Schaffer, Conard Nelson Schaffer PLLC
Melissa Nilsson, Henson Efron
Matthew Pelikan, Madel PA
Paul D. Peterson, Founding partner, Harper & Peterson, PLLC circle-excellence
Eric Rice, The Law Office of Eric A. Rice
Chris Sailors, SailorsAllen Law
Erin Sindberg Porter, Jones Day circle-excellence
Jeff Storms, Newmark Storms Dworak LLC circle-excellence
Aaron Van Oort, Faegre Drinker circle-excellence

Teams

Court J. Anderson circle-excellence and Benjamin J. Hamborg circle-excellence, Henson Efron
Tim Barnett and Ryan Schildkraut, Winthrop & Weinstine
Kathleen Flynn Peterson circle-excellence and Robert King Jr., Ciresi Conlin
Dan Guerrero and Perry Moriearty, Meshbesher & Spence and University of Minnesota Law School
Brooke Holmes and Randall Knutson circle-excellence, 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 circle-excellence
Rita Coyle DeMeules, Minnesota Supreme Court

Dyan Ebert, Quinlivan & Hughes
David Herr, Maslon circle-excellence
Mark Myhra, Boston Scientific Corporation
Eric Nelson, Halberg Criminal Defense

circle-excellence = Circle of Excellence Attorney of the Year

Attorneys of the Year 2020

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Groups:

In re: 20 Day Revocable Trust Trial symbol
District of Minnesota Compassionate Release symbol
Mayo Clinic and Fish & Richardson
Protecting Minnesotans in a Pandemic
Bde Maka Ska Name Restoration symbol
Creating Peacetime Emergency Precedent symbol
State COVID Legal Team, Executive Order Drafting Team      
2020 Election symbol
Two partners:

Thomas Hagen and Steven Groschen
Andrew Irlbeck and Paul Applebaum
Jan Conlin and Mathew Korte symbol
Jerry W. Blackwell and Corey L. Gordon symbol
Thomas Boyd and Michael Rosow symbol
Imran Ali and Karen Kugler symbol
Kevin Sieben and Samuel Edmunds symbol
Peter Gorman and Mary Rice
Paul Dworak and Jeff Storms symbol
Gerald Laurie and Kelly Jeanetta
Larry J. Chiat and Alan S. Milavetz symbol

Individuals:

Andrew Carlson, Taft
David Davenport, BC Davenport symbol
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 symbol
Sharon Sayles Belton, Thomson Reuters
Tom Nelson, Minnesota State Bar Association symbol

symbol = Circle of Excellence Attorney of the Year

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Attorneys of the Year 2019

Groups

Aida Al-Kadi v. Ramsey County et al.
Blackwell Burke Bair Hugger Team symbol
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 symbol
Portz et. al. v. St. Cloud State University symbol
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 symbol

Individual

John Arechigo symbol
Patrick J. Casey
Sara Karki
Paula Jossart symbol
Teresa Lavoie symbol
Amy Lawler
Nicholas G.B. May
Nicole Moen
Clark Opdahl
Stephen Safranski
Jon Schmidt symbol
Stacey Slaughter symbol
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. symbol

symbol = Circle of Excellence Attorney of the Year

Attorneys of the Year 2018

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Attorneys of the Year 2017 Magazine

MINNESOTA LAWYER RECAP OF 2016 ATTORNEYS OF THE YEAR

Special Section Magazine 2016 

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