Minnesota Lawyer

Attorneys Brooke Holmes and Randall Knutson of the Mankato firm Knutson + Casey helped win justice for a teenage victim of sexual abuse by an older maintenance man who worked in the victim’s family’s Section 8 apartment complex.

In a landmark case that drew national attention, attorneys Jack Rice and Willow Anderson helped an American Indian activist gain dismissal of felony charges for toppling a Christopher Columbus statue at the state Capitol a few days after the 2020 death of George Floyd.

Representing the rights of employees is more than a career for Beth Bertelson.

Abigail Cerra was in a good place. She liked being senior counsel for Wells Fargo, and she did public service in the bank’s Eviction Preven-tion Project.

Video of Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd for nine minutes and 29 seconds was the state’s best evidence against the former officer. But video alone wouldn’t secure guilty verdicts.

After a decade as Minnesota Supreme Court commissioner, Rita Coyle DeMeules is embracing retirement.

In 2019, when Dyan Ebert was named 2020-2021 president of the Minnesota State Bar Association, the world was entering a uniquely challenging time.

The status of David Herr as a Minnesota legal icon could be exemplified by the fact that he was nominated as an attorney of the year by seven Minnesota Supreme Court justices.

Longtime Boston Scientific in-house counsel Mark Myrha passed away in December, but the imprint he left on his practice will live on.

Eric Nelson consulted with his partners at Halberg Criminal Defense and his family before accepting appointment to defend former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin against charges that he caused the death of George Floyd.