International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 54 lawyers in the Firm’s Minneapolis office were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2019. In addition, three lawyers from the Firm’s Minneapolis office have been named Best Lawyers® 2019 Lawyers of the Year. These are among a total of 123 Dorsey lawyers in 14 offices selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2019 and a total of six Dorsey lawyers named Best Lawyers 2019 Lawyers of the Year.  

Listed below are the Minneapolis lawyers named 2019 Lawyers of the Year and 2019 Best Lawyers, the specialties in which they are named, and the first year they were listed.
 
Best Lawyers 2019 Lawyers of the Year: 

  • Claire H. Topp
    Nonprofit/Charities Law
  • L. Joseph Genereux
    Banking and Finance Law
  • Paul W. Heiring
    Litigation–ERISA
The Best Lawyers in America 2019: 
  • Jonathan B. Abram (2007)
    Securities/Capital Markets Law
  • Michael J. Ahern (2010)
    Administrative/Regulatory Law
    Government Relations Practice
  • Timothy B. Arends (2013)
    Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Jeffrey Bauer (2018)
    Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • William J. Berens (1993)
    Litigation–Trusts & Estates
    Trusts & Estates
  • Rebecca Bernhard (2019)
    Employment Law–Management
  • B. Andrew Brown (2007)
    Litigation–Environmental
  • Elizabeth C. Buckingham (2010)
    Copyright Law
    Trademark Law
  • Robert E. Cattanach (2008)
    Litigation–Environmental
  • Dan Colton (2018)
    Mining Law
  • Ken Cutler (2006)
    Corporate Law
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Ross D’Emanuele (2017)
    Health Care Law
  • Skip Durocher (2013)
    Commercial Litigation
    Native American Law
  • L. Joseph Genereux (2007)
    Banking & Finance Law
  • Laura K. Graf (2018)
    Real Estate Law
  • LB Guthrie (2006)
    Real Estate Law
  • Mark E. Hamel (1995)
    Real Estate Law
  • Timothy S. Hearn (2009)
    Corporate Compliance Law
    Corporate Governance Law
    Securities/Capital Markets Law
  • Paul W. Heiring (2016)
    Litigation–ERISA
  • Stuart Hemphill (2016)
    Litigation–Intellectual Property
  • Nathan E. Honson (2013)
    Tax Law
  • J David Jackson (2016)
    Commercial–Litigation
  • Mark R. Kaster (2010)
    Administrative/Regulatory Law
  • Thomas O. Kelly III (2019)
    Banking and Finance Law
    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Jocelyn Knoll (2016)
    Construction Law
    Litigation–Construction 
  • Bridget A. Logstrom Koci (2008)
    Litigation–Trusts & Estates
    Trusts & Estates
  • Peter M. Lancaster (2011)
    Litigation–Intellectual Property
    Litigation–Patent
  • Thaddeus R. Lightfoot (2007)
  • Environmental Law
    Litigation–Environmental
  • Jay R. Lindgren (2006)
    Land Use & Zoning Law
    Public Finance Law
  • Michael A. Lindsay (2008)
    Litigation–Antitrust
  • Stephen P. Lucke (2010)
    Commercial Litigation
    Litigation–ERISA
  • Edward B. Magarian (2011)
    Litigation–Antitrust
  • Saiko Y. McIvor (2010)
    Immigration Law
  • David Meyer (2018)
    Real Estate Law
  • Ryan E. Mick (2018)
    Employment Law–Management
    Litigation–Labor & Employment
  • Marcus A. Mollison (2019)
    Real Estate Law
  • Peter Nelson (2017)
    Banking & Finance Law
  • Steven C. Nelson (2013)
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Barry Newman (2018)
    Trusts & Estates
  • Robert J. Olson (2013)
    Construction Law
    Real Estate Law
  • Neal N. Peterson (2017)
    Health Care Law
  • Michael J. Radmer (2007)
    Mutual Funds Law
  • Melissa Raphan (2009)
    Employment Law–Management
    Litigation–Labor & Employment
  • Robert A. Rosenbaum (2006)
    Corporate Compliance Law
    Corporate Governance Law
    Corporate Law
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Eric A. Ruzicka (2016)
    Construction Law
    Litigation–Construction
  • William Stoeri (2019)
    Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants
  • Mary J. Streitz (2012)
    Native American Law
    Tax Law
  • Jay L. Swanson (2007)
    Corporate Compliance Law
    Corporate Governance Law
    Corporate Law
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Thomas W. Tinkham (1989)
    Commercial Litigation
  • Claire H. Topp (2019)
    Nonprofit/Charities Law
  • Bryn R. Vaaler (2013)
    Corporate Law
  • Thomas D. Vander Molen (2008)
    NonProfit/Charities Law
    Public Finance Law
  • Steven J. Wells (2012)
    Commercial Litigation
    Franchise Law
  • RJ Zayed (2015)
    Criminal Defense: White-Collar
    Litigation–Intellectual Property
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer review evaluation. Over 83,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and Best Lawyers has received more than 13 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 7.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. 

The lawyers listed in Best Lawyers do not decide in which legal specialties they are listed. They are included in specialties as a result of the votes they receive from their peers. The specialties listed are based on information from a variety of sources.  For more information, visit the Best Lawyers website