Minnesota Lawyer

The surprising results of the Nov. 8 election may have thrown a spanner in the works of those aspiring to the federal bench but you wouldn’t know it by speaking to Tom Heffelfinger. Heffelfinger and Ann Huntrods head a committee ...

Let’s give it up for Seth Leventhal, author of the invaluable Minnesota Litigator blog, which has been named an ABA Top 100 law blog. The ABA particularly liked Leventhal’s coverage of Unitherm Food Systems v. Hormel, a dispute over “cutting ...

“Capitol Retort,” a feature in Minnesota Lawyer’s sister publication Capitol Report, asked a few politicos whether Ramsey County Attorney John Choi’s decision to charge the police officer who shot Philando Castile with manslaughter was the right call.  They said: Javier ...

A longtime practice in Woodbury of charging developers a “major roadway assessment fee” was struck down by Judge Richard Ilka as unlawful and unenforceable because the city has no specific statutory authority. The challenge to the city’s roadway fee was ...

A Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe tribal flag stands in the Cass County District Court. It was presented in 2007 by the tribe in commemoration of the Wellness Court and was said to be the first tribal flag to stand ...

Even by the standards of harried, overworked attorneys who don’t have time to exhale, Minneapolis trial lawyer Ashwin Madia had a pretty hectic November. It was also a satisfying one. Over back-to-back weeks, Madia prevailed in two weeklong civil trials ...

Last spring, you might recall, Minneapolis NAACP president Nekima Levy-Pounds announced that she was leaving her law professorship at the University of St. Thomas to work full time on issues of racial disparities and social justice.  Given the high-profile role ...

In 1991, Gov. Rudy Perpich appointed Sandra Gardebring to the Minnesota Supreme Court, making it the first high court in the nation to have a majority of women on its bench. The Supreme Court Historical Society honored that court at ...

Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers is owed a standing ovation. There’s likely not a lawyer in this state that hasn’t been touched by LCL in some way. It provides free, confidential peer and professional assistance to Minnesota lawyers, judges, law student, ...

Some 100 Hispanic students in Minneapolis and St. Paul may have felt like they were on their own in pursuing their dreams when they walked into a meeting with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, but they left with mentors from ...