Minnesota Lawyer

We all had an eventful 2020. But not many of us were involved firsthand with election lawsuits, diversity and equity issues and leading a statewide group of attorneys. But that was Sybil Dunlop’s year in a nutshell.

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.

Read Minnesota Lawyer's special section on finding ways to support struggling attorneys.

Minnesota Lawyer is pleased to recognize members of the legal community for their contributions to diversity in the practice of law in its fourth annual Diversity and Inclusion Awards.