Forty-one lawyers from the Dorsey & Whitney Minneapolis office have been named to the 2025 Minnesota Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists, published by Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters.

2025 Super Lawyers Honorees

  • William Berens – Estate & Probate
  • Theresa Bevilacqua – Business Litigation
  • Beth Forsythe – Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Jocelyn Knoll – Construction Litigation
  • James Langdon – Securities Litigation
  • Edward Magarian – Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • John Marti – Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • David Meyer – Real Estate
  • Ryan Mick – Employment & Labor
  • Marcus Mollison – Real Estate
  • Melissa Raphan – Employment Litigation: Defense
  • Robert Rosenbaum – Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Jaime Stilson – Antitrust Litigation
  • William Stoeri – Health Care
  • Steven Wells* – Business Litigation
  • RJ Zayed** – Intellectual Property Litigation

2025 Rising Stars Honorees

  • Briana Al Taqatqa – Employment & Labor
  • Rachel Benedict – Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Ian Blodger – Banking
  • Anna Boyle – Business Litigation
  • Brian Burke – Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Anabel Cassady – Employment & Labor
  • Jennifer Colich – Estate & Probate
  • Monica Delgado – Employment & Labor
  • Christopher DeLong – Government Contracts
  • Abby Fang – Business/Corporate
  • Payton George – Intellectual Property
  • Roxanna Gonzalez – Business Litigation
  • Randall Hanson – Health Care
  • Jack Huerter – Securities Litigation
  • Caitlin Hull – Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • John Jorgenson – Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Ben Kappelman – Business Litigation
  • Evan Livermore – Construction Litigation
  • Greta Mattison Megna – Technology Transactions
  • Tessa Mielke – Estate & Probate
  • Megan Renslow – Employment Litigation: Defense
  • Ashley Repp* – Business Litigation
  • Mike Sevilla – Immigration: Business
  • Vanessa Szalapski – Health Care
  • Eric Weisenburger – Business Litigation

* In addition to being named a 2025 Minnesota Super Lawyer, Steven Wells and Ashley Repp were listed in the Top 100 Attorney List.
** RJ Zayed was recognized for the tenth time this year, marking a decade of inclusion on the Super Lawyers list.

Super Lawyers recognizes top attorneys nationwide across a range of practice areas and firm sizes. Only a small percentage of attorneys in each state are named each year to these annual lists—no more than 5 percent to the Super Lawyers list, and no more than 2.5 percent to the Rising Stars list. Candidates are evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and selections are made using a combination of independent research and peer input.