Minnesota Lawyer

Duluth-based law firm Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A. recently announced that attorney Mia Thibodeau was named as a shareholder. Thibodeau has worked for Fryberger since 2006. She earned her Juris Doctor at Willamette University College of Law. She now ...

DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore S.C., an affiliate of DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., announced the addition of two attorneys, Catherine Krisik and John Thomas, to its Minneapolis office. Krisik earned her J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law and ...

Kraus-Anderson announced it has hired Bradley W. Engelsma as associate general counsel. He will be involved in managing legal matters for all Kraus-Anderson business entities. Engelsma comes to KA from  Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in Minneapolis. He earned his B.A. from ...

Merchant & Gould has added new partner Scott M. Smith, M.D., to the Minneapolis and Silicon Valley offices. Smith is an M.D. and registered patent attorney who has spent nearly two decades advising medical device companies and the investors who ...

Fredrikson & Byron announces the addition of four associates to the firm’s Minneapolis office. Nadja Baer is a Minneapolis associate in the Advertising, Marketing & Trademark, Data Protection & Cybersecurity and Internet, Technology & E-Commerce Groups. Prior to joining Fredrikson ...

Moss & Barnett announced that Stuart V. Campbell has joined the firm’s litigation team. Stuart assists businesses and individuals with their litigation needs, including commercial and business disputes and a variety of other areas. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of ...

Cummins & Cummins, LLP announces that Laura Bernstein and Samuel Jackson have joined the firm, where they are handling labor & employment, civil rights, and consumer protection matters. Previously, Bernstein worked as an associate with another labor & employment law ...

Laura McKnight has joined the Minneapolis office of Jackson Lewis as a principal. She was previously a partner at Bassford Remele. McKnight’s practice focuses on defending a wide range of employers and boards of directors in federal and state courts ...

Fredrikson & Byron has elected five new shareholders in the Minneapolis office of the firm. Pamela Abbate-Dattilo  is a member of the Employment & Labor, Litigation and Class Action/Wage and Hour Litigation Groups. Aron J. Frakes  is a member of the Litigation, Construction, Real Estate Litigation and Life ...

Adam Szymanski has joined Patterson Thuente in its IP litigation practice. Szymanski has experience with litigation surrounding patents, trademarks, and other IP-related disputes, as well as post-issuance proceedings. He has worked on the transactional side of IP law as well ...