Minnesota Lawyer

Erin Mathern expects the coronovirus pandemic to add to the need for affordable housing, the primary focus of her real estate practice as a shareholder at Winthrop & Weinstine.

Robins Kaplan partner Patrick Arenz focuses his practice — and competitive streak — on high-stakes jury trials rather than one practice area.

Angela Beranek Brandt, partner at Larson King, finds competition to be a motivator in her trial litigation practice.

Reppe has a message for attorneys: If you’ve been researching a legal question for 20 minutes, the law library probably can get you on the right path faster.

Janel Dressen, shareholder at Anthony Ostlund Baer & Louwagie, is doing more pandemic-related crisis management for clients than practicing in her “sweet spot” of litigating private and family-owned business breakups.

Marlene Goldenberg, partner at Goldenberg Law, is serving on plaintiffs’ leadership groups in multidistrict litigation involving heartburn medication Zantac and high blood pressure treatment Valsartan.

Lathrop GPM partner Dean Eyler continues hearing from other IP attorneys and friends about serving as lead writer of an amicus brief that was on the winning side of a recent U.S. Supreme Court trademark infringement ruling.

Elizabeth Kniffen, partner in Zelle’s Minneapolis office, deals with disputes involving everything from damaged pears to massive tunnel boring machines.

Heidi Silton, partner at Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen, has an antitrust practice that includes cases alleging price fixing of products ranging from seafood to pharmaceuticals.

June Hoidal, partner at Zimmerman Reed, points to a case resulting in a favorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling as a career highlight.