Minnesota Lawyer

Inti Martínez-Alemán’s use of technology to advance innovation and reassure Hispanic clients is what earned him a Hennepin County Bar Association 2021 Excellence Award.

Ballard Spahr associate Sonja (Sunny) Beddow increased her existing pro bono service representing foster children and immigration clients when the pandemic slowed her commercial real estate practice.

Courtland Merrill brings more than 20 years of experience litigating claims involving patent enforcement and intellectual property rights as well as commercial disputes to Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Minneapolis office.

For 2nd Judicial District Judge Edward Sheu seeking a judicial appointment was a natural step after gravitating toward public interest — “people-minded work” — while in private practice.

Jeffrey R. Stone, a partner and IP attorney in Barnes Thornburg’s Minneapolis office, this month obtained the 11 millionth U.S. patent on behalf of 4C Medical Technologies, a medical device company in Maple Grove.

Native Ways Federation Executive Director Carly Bad Heart Bull was among a group of attorneys who succeeded in having the Dakota name Bde Maka Ska (White Earth Lake) restored to the former Lake Calhoun.

Nadine Graves, attorney and board chair of the Minneapolis nonprofit We Are All Criminals, focuses on challenging barriers to jobs, housing and education facing those with criminal backgrounds.

Esteban Rivera looks for the positive, even as the George Floyd killing and the pandemic have redirected his plans as Hennepin County Bar Association president.

University of Minnesota Law School professor JaneAnne Murray and her students, through the school’s Clemency Project, have helped win early release for 32 low-level, nonviolent inmates serving disproportionately long sentences.

Marques Lang, founding attorney of Landon Kennedi Law in Bloomington, likes helping clients get a fresh start financially after a divorce.