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Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association

Winthrop & Weinstine

When it comes to prosecuting alleged terrorists, it doesn't hurt to have a former Marine on your side.

Growing up in a family with nine children taught Terry Votel valuable lessons. He says it instilled loyalty and taught him to be a team player because it was "hard to be selfish."

If a doctor had been paying attention to the fetal monitor on June 6, 2007, while Kylie Rodgers' heart rate was plummeting, she might be a healthy child today, according to her attorneys.

Most lawyers honored in the 2010 Attorney of the Year contest garnered kudos because they won a big case last year. Rick Mark, a shareholder at Briggs and Morgan in Minneapolis, had his share of big wins, but he's also been toiling for years in some other areas that firm President Alan Maclin deemed worthy of attention.

For 33 years Rebecca Egge Moos has been an invaluable asset to Minnesota's legal community, particularly for her leadership, professionalism, ethics and legal acumen.

Attorney Randall L. Seaver is a bit of a bloodhound when it comes to debtors in bankruptcy hiding assets.

Paula Maccabee vividly remembers when she decided to become a public interest lawyer.

The good news for Michael C. Wilhelm, an associate with just six months' experience in practice, was that he'd been appointed to represent a plaintiff in a case that would very likely to go to trial. Anticipating a career in litigation when most civil lawsuits settle nowadays, Wilhelm was hungry for the trial experience.