Minnesota Lawyer

Airelle Wagner balances her work as an associate at Lockridge Grindal Nauen with her service this year as president of the Minnesota American Indian Bar Association.

Steven Ryan, partner-in-charge of Taft’s Minneapolis office, said the “courage to change” was behind the decision to combine the former Briggs and Morgan with the Taft firm in the merger that took effect at the start of this year.

Dorothy Whelan, senior principal at Fish & Richardson, reinvented her practice by focusing on post-grant proceedings.

Cynthia Hegarty, who recently joined Winthrop & Weinstine, says the pandemic and its economic fallout are driving greater demand for her specialty in bankruptcy work.

Executive director Sara Jones and the Great North Innocence Project are working with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office to create the state’s first Conviction Review Unit.

Kevin Riach says helping clients navigate crises is what makes his work as a Fredrikson & Byron shareholder “fulfilling, rewarding, engaging and challenging.”

Early experience in personal injury cases set Duluth attorney Stephanie Ball on a course that has directed her practice.

University of Minnesota Law School professor Linus Chan, recently honored for outstanding contributions to immigrant justice, attributes the recognition to his frustration.

Mike Rosow and Winthrop & Weinstine have represented multiple parties in “claw back” suits from trustee dealing with Tom Petters’ bankruptcy liquidation.

For Mitchell Hamline School of Law professor Colette Routel, having the U.S. Supreme Court cite an amicus brief she co-wrote in its landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma opinion was “not nearly as big as this great victory” for tribal sovereignty.