Minnesota Lawyer

Don’t tell Edgar Ocampo in-house counsel work is less taxing than working at a law firm. In August 2020, when he accepted an offer to join Koch Companies’ Legal Department, it was a seven-days-a-week, 12-hours-a-day commitment for the majority of his first year.

Cassandra Headrick’s career has been partly shaped in the past decade by an impactful fellowship program.

During medical school over two decades ago, Carissa Hong Anderson volunteered at a women’s shelter. Then a single mom, she wanted to give back after surviving an abusive marriage.

Brian Flakne, general counsel at Lupe Development, didn’t see himself entering real estate law.

In recent years, St. Cloud-based Stearns Bank N.A. has been enjoying healthy growth and receiving honors from national and local publications as one of the top banks in its size category.

The war on Ukraine has destroyed thousands of lives, but it has also derailed many a young person’s education plans. Joel De León has set about rectifying that.

Gary Koch had already worked with Christensen Farms for many years before becoming their in-house counsel, but he made the transition under less-than-ideal cir-cumstances.

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For this edition of POWER 30, we’ve chosen to focus on real estate and construction lawyers.

The recent results of litigation illustrate the gamut of  real estate questions that need to be resolved by a trial.