The POWER 30: Personal Injury 2023
This edition of POWER 30 focuses on personal injury lawyers. We have focused on those whose mere presence on a case signifies the stakes, who have influenced the direction of the law, whose leadership in the community is pervasive and whose respect within the bar is undeniable.
The POWER 30: William Harper and Paul Peterson
The garage door didn’t see the 70-year-old man on a bicycle, is how his attorneys, Bill Harper and Paul Peterson of Woodbury, explain it.
The POWER 30: Wil Fluegel
In 2022, the Minnesota Supreme Court decided Energy Policy Advocates v. Ellison, which recognized the common interest doctrine in Minnesota.
The POWER 30: Tom Conlin and Stacy Deery Stennes
There are no silos in either the North Dakota or Minnesota offices of Conlin Law Firm.
The POWER 30: Teresa Fariss McClain
The United States has the highest mortality rate in the world for pregnant women and babies and it keeps increasing.
The POWER 30: Scott Wilson
The practice of personal injury law changed in 2018 and 2019, with three Minnesota Supreme Court decisions appealed by Minneapolis attorney Scott Wilson.
The POWER 30: Richard Ruohonen
"Rich has had one of the best years a personal injury attorney could possibly have,” Steve Terry, Rich Ruohonen’s partner said during his nomination of Ruohonen for 2022 attorney of the year.
The POWER 30: Philip Sieff
Philip Sieff has a way of being at the intersection of legal remedies and public crises.
The POWER 30: Peter Schmit
Peter Schmit has had one job since leaving the University of North Dakota Law School about 34 years ago.
The POWER 30: Paula Jossart
Railroad companies’ injured workers are not governed by state workers’ compensation laws or social security, but by the Federal Employer’s Liability Act.
The POWER 30: Nate Bjerke
Nate Bjerke’s career trajectory sounds like the plot of a John Grisham novel.
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