Minnesota Lawyer

Much of the legal process revolves around face-to-face meetings, whether in an office, chambers or courtroom. As with so many others, that custom was put on hold in 2020, but a team of court staff made sure the system would keep going remotely.

To Cindy Telstad, an important part of being an attorney is giving back to both the legal and non-legal communities.

St. Paul-born Edward Cleary says his legal career spanning more than four decades has been a meandering journey.

COVID-19 caused a lot of carefully made plans to be scrapped. One of those was David Lillehaug’s plan to do some retirement traveling with his wife.

Sharon Sayles Belton, who helped revitalize neighborhoods as Minneapolis mayor, is working to advance the recovery of Twin Cities areas damaged in the unrest following George Floyd’s death.

Tom Nelson took over the presidency of the Minnesota State Bar Association in mid-2019, little knowing that the state’s legal community was in for one of its most dynamic years in recent memory.

With humility and great pleasure, Minnesota Lawyer announces the 2020 Attorneys of the Year.

They pursued fair census procedures, rights of noncitizens charged with crimes, asylum for LGBTQ clients, and the path to citizenship or green card status.

After five years on the Minnesota Court of Appeals, Judge Peter Reyes says that he has been surprised by a couple of things at this post.

In October 2019, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Steven Rau went back to his chambers to share stories and goodbyes.