International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Partner Sarah Andrews Herman and Associate Claire Smith in the Firm’s Fargo office have been named as a Great Plains Super Lawyer™ and a Rising Star in Employment & Labor, respectively. 

Ms. Herman is head of the Dorsey Fargo office. Her practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation, concentrating in employment and labor law, transportation law, product liability, medical products defense, and health care cases. She assists a range of corporate clients in North Dakota with complex regulatory obligations under OFCCP, OSHA, NLRB, and FLSA rules, and more. 

Ms. Smith is an associate in Dorsey’s Labor & Employment Group. She represents and counsels employers in a broad range of employment issues including: employee handbook reviews, disability accommodation, discrimination, harassment, retaliation claims, employee leave, wage and hour issues, non-compete agreements, workplace investigations and worker’s compensation issues. 

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.