2025 Attorneys of the Year
This award shines a light on attorneys who have made an impact on the Minnesota legal community over the last year.
m boulette
m boulette, partner and practice group chair at Taft, has been a vocal champion for transgender Minnesotans during a challenging year.
Stacey Rogers
Since immigrating to the U.S. in 2018, Stacey Rogers has built a distinguished career providing compassionate, justice-driven immigration representation as a lead attorney at SRR Law Group LLC in St. Cloud.
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice
For more than 20 years, Twin Cities Diversity in Practice has worked to advance inclusion, equity and opportunity across Minnesota's legal profession through sustained, structural change.
Minnesota Legislature Quorum Lawsuits
A legal team from the Minnesota Attorney General's Office and Secretary of State's Office resolved a constitutional crisis that threatened to paralyze the state legislature in January 2025.
State of Minnesota v. Schierholz and Associates, Inc., and Paul Milton Schierholz
A defense team from Fredrikson & Byron and The Law Firm of Kevin C. Riach secured a landmark jury verdict in a high-stakes civil trial that established important precedents for Minnesota landlord-tenant law and mobile home park standards.
Wilson Law Group Immigration Litigation Impact Team
The Wilson Law Group Immigration Litigation Impact Team, led by attorney David Wilson, responded to sweeping changes in federal immigration policy throughout 2025 through coordinated pro bono litigation across multiple states.
Sonia Miller Van-Oort
Litigation Attorney Sonia Miller-Van Oort of Sapientia Law Group recently secured a $1.6 million settlement in Amy Sweasy Tamburino v.
Ryan O. Vettleson
Ryan O. Vettleson is a trial attorney with two decades of experience litigating civil cases in areas including civil rights, personal injury, commercial litigation, product liability, and employment law.
Cooper v. USA Powerlifting
A legal team from Gender Justice, Nichols Kaster PLLP, Premo Frank PLLC, and Schlesinger PLLC achieved a significant victory at the Minnesota Supreme Court in Cooper v. USA Powerlifting, establishing important protections for transgender athletes und[...]
St. Paul City Attorney’s Office
The St. Paul City Attorney’s Office emerged as a national leader in challenging federal executive actions in 2025.
United States v. Aimee Bock and Salim Said (Feeding Our Future)
A team of assistant United States attorneys from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota achieved a major victory in prosecuting the largest COVID-19 relief fraud scheme in the country, securing guilty verdicts against the alleged [...]
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