Minnesota Lawyer

Stinson partner Todd Phelps took the Florida bar exam a few years ago to serve high-net-worth families and private businesses that tend to own commercial real estate or multifamily developments here and in southwest Florida.

Defense attorney Tom Hagen took the case for a simple reason: He believed what Christopher Kruse told him.

The Minnesota Supreme Court reinforced state environmental laws in a pair of key new decisions environmental advocates welcomed in the face of what they contend are increasing challenges to natural resources statewide.

Sharon Sayles Belton, who helped revitalize neighborhoods as Minneapolis mayor, is working to advance the recovery of Twin Cities areas damaged in the unrest following George Floyd’s death.

Chelsey Buck, a third-year associate at Lathrop GPM, says experience crunching numbers and creating spreadsheets as a certified public accountant is benefiting her mergers-and-acquisitions practice and legal career.

Employee handbooks now may create unilateral contracts with employees — despite disclaimers to the contrary — under a divided Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that attorneys say changes the legal landscape for employers and employees in the state.

Attorney and partner Justin Jenkins has teamed with managing partner David Davenport to launch BC Davenport, a Minneapolis-based law firm focused on representing developers, nonprofits and others in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) matters.

The narrow Minnesota Court of Appeals majority that affirmed former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor’s murder conviction and the dissenting judge who would reverse and convict on manslaughter were both right — and wrong — in their decisions, according to a law professor.

Courts must consider the rights of a person subject to guardianship when reviewing a petition for a harassment restraining order made on that person’s behalf, a Minnesota Court of Appeals panel declared.

Maslon partner Terrance Newby, who has written plays produced in local professional theaters and is revising his first novel, says fiction writing complements his intellectual property, e-commerce and complex commercial litigation practice.