Landon Ascheman, recipient of this year’s Minnesota State Bar Association Professional Excellence Award, attributes the honor to his extensive pro bono service and encouraging more attorneys to volunteer.
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Local attorney leads national IP firm’s practice group
Ryan C. Smith worked as a patent examiner in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office before going into private practice, which helps him counsel clients.
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Leading firm’s Twin Cities office, women’s initiative
Fish & Richardson patent litigator Betsy Flanagan was already chairperson of a program to increase opportunities for female attorneys in the firm’s Twin Cities office when she recently was named the office’s managing principal, one of few women in such a role at local firms.
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Remote leadership to DACA response earns honor
Veena Iyer’s leadership at the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota during the pandemic recently earned her a Hennepin County Bar Association 2021 Excellence Award.
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Attorney leads online employment law platform
Stephanie Sarantopoulos, shareholder in the Minneapolis office of Littler, is now overseeing legal operations of the firm’s online platform for answering companies’ workplace legal questions as program director of Littler onDemand.
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Attorney proud of transgender-rights victory
Stinson partner Andrew Davis is proud to be “part of a case where justice is served” in having won a Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling recognizing a transgender student’s right to use a locker room aligning with his gender identity.
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Using technology to put clients at ease
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.
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Pro bono work expands during pandemic lull
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.
Read More »Breaking the Ice: IP work lights up litigator’s 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.
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Public service motivated judge’s bench application
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.
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