Minnesota Lawyer

No previous Minnesota governor has had to exercise emergency powers as much as Gov. Tim Walz during the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the complication behind doing so was that there was no equivalent legal history to lead the way.

When the coronavirus started spreading a year ago, it came with a byproduct that not many expected: the indignant refusal by some to wear a mask, a simple measure that health experts said would stop the virus from spreading.

Election Day 2020 was one of the most closely watched political events of this generation — and most hotly disputed.

Defense attorney Tom Hagen took the case for a simple reason: He believed what Christopher Kruse told him.

To Andrew Irlbeck and Paul Applebaum, the Chambers’ case was perfect for their pro bono and civil rights practices.

Located south of Fairbanks, Alaska, the small city of North Pole keeps Christmas decorations up year-round and boasts cheerful street names related to the holiday.

In a shameful chapter of Minnesota history, a Black man named Max Mason was wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman in 1920.

Michael Rosow and Thomas Boyd may have come to law as a career from different paths, but they share a common devotion to their clients.

Two lawyers from different counties are responsible for most of the recent sex-trafficking convictions in Minnesota.

Starting law school in the same class, Kevin Sieben and Samuel Edmunds became good friends almost immediately, and they built on that foundation to become law partners in 2013.