International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 19 lawyers in the Firm’s Minneapolis office have been named to the 2021 Minnesota Super Lawyers® list and an additional 10 attorneys have been named to the 2021 Minnesota Rising Stars® list, published by Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters.

Super Lawyers Honorees

  • William J. Berens
    Estate & Probate
  • Theresa M. Bevilacqua***
    Business Litigation
  • Andrew B. Brown
    Energy & Resources
  • Skip Durocher*
    Business Litigation
  • Mark E. Hamel
    Real Estate
  • Jocelyn Knoll*****
    Construction Litigation
  • James K. Langdon
    Securities Litigation
  • Michael A. Lindsay
    Antitrust Litigation
  • Bridget A. Logstrom Koci***
    Estate & Probate
  • Edward B. Magarian
    Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • John Marti
    Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Ryan E. Mick
    Employment & Labor: Employer
  • Marcus A. Mollison
    Real Estate
  • Melissa Raphan***
    Employee Litigation: Defense
  • Robert A. Rosenbaum
    Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Eric A. O. Ruzicka
    Construction Litigation
  • William R. Stoeri*
    Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense
  • Steven J. Wells*
    Business Litigation
  • RJ Zayed
    Intellectual Property Litigation

Rising Stars Honorees

  • Rachel Benedict***
    Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Shannon Bjorklund***
    Business Litigation
  • Andrew Brantingham
    Health Care
  • Brian Burke
    Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Andrew James
    Employment Litigation: Defense
  • Ben Kappelman
    Business Litigation
  • Benjamin Lindblad
    Tax
  • Lincoln Loehrke
    Construction Litigation
  • Kirsten Schubert***
    Business Litigation
  • Forrest Tahdooahnippah
    Intellectual Property Litigation

* This is the tenth consecutive year Skip Durocher, William R. Stoeri and Steven J. Wells have been named Minnesota Super Lawyers honorees.

** In addition to being named a Minnesota Super Lawyers honoree, Jocelyn Knoll was also listed in the Top 50: 2021 Women Minnesota Super Lawyers.

*** In addition to being named Minnesota Super Lawyers honorees, Theresa Bevilacqua, Jocelyn Knoll, Bridget Logstrom Koci and Melissa Raphan will be included in the forthcoming Minnesota Super Lawyers Women’s edition, along with Minnesota Rising Stars honorees Rachel Benedict, Shannon Bjorklund and Kirsten Schubert.

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. 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. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.