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The 50 Largest Law Firms
By (Compiled by) Courtney Mault
Once again, it's time for Minnesota's 50 largest firms to show off their numbers. For the fourth year in a row, Faegre & Benson tops the list. Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi posted the largest increase, adding 16 lawyers in the past year. But that wasn't enough to bump Dorsey & Whitney and Fredrikson & Byron out of their spots. New to the list is Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, PA, which jumped into 50th place with 22 lawyers. Following the list are the survey results from public employers of lawyers.
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Rank
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Name
|
Total MN Lawyers
|
Number of Partners/ Shareholders
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Total 2008 Hires in MN
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2008 Lateral Hires in MN
|
Starting Salary for a New Associate
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1.
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Faegre & Benson LLP
|
354
|
169
|
31
|
7
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$120,000
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2.
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Dorsey & Whitney LLP
|
324
|
134
|
36
|
8
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$120,000
|
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3.
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Fredrikson & Byron, PA
|
229
|
129
|
21
|
6
|
$120,000
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4.
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Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
|
190
|
64
|
24
|
7
|
$120,000
|
|
5.
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Leonard, Street & Deinard
|
186
|
116
|
13
|
2
|
$120,000
|
|
6.
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Briggs and Morgan, PA
|
184
|
113
|
22
|
14
|
$120,000
|
|
7.
|
Lindquist & Vennum
|
178
|
120
|
15
|
4
|
$120,000
|
|
8.
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Gray Plant Mooty
|
155
|
106
|
8
|
2
|
$120,000
|
|
9.
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Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
|
104
|
57
|
10
|
2
|
$120,000
|
|
10.
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Winthrop & Weinstine, PA
|
89
|
56
|
4
|
1
|
$120,000
|
|
11.
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Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP
|
87
|
50
|
4
|
1
|
$117,500
|
|
12.
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Meagher & Geer, PLLP
|
77
|
37
|
7
|
1
|
NA
|
|
13.
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Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.
|
76
|
42
|
14
|
3
|
NA
|
|
14.
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Moss & Barnett, PA
|
75
|
54
|
NA
|
2
|
NA
|
|
15.
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Felhaber Larson Fenlon & Vogt
|
59
|
43
|
6
|
NA
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$100,000
|
|
16.
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Merchant & Gould PC
|
60
|
31
|
9
|
4
|
NA
|
|
17.
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Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson
|
58
|
33
|
5
|
3
|
$105,000
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|
18.
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Best & Flanagan LLP
|
55
|
40
|
4
|
1
|
NA
|
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19.
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Fish & Richardson PC
|
54
|
16
|
9
|
2
|
NA
|
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20.
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Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner
|
51
|
12
|
3
|
0
|
NA
|
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21.
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Messerli & Kramer, PA
|
50
|
24
|
8
|
1
|
NA
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22.
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Bassford Remele, PA
|
48
|
31
|
5
|
3
|
NA
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23.
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Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP
|
42
|
18
|
2
|
2
|
NA
|
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24.
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Foley & Mansfield PLLP
|
41
|
12
|
7
|
5
|
NA
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25.
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Bowman and Brooke LLP
|
39
|
21
|
2
|
1
|
NA
|
|
26.
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Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, PA
|
38
|
19
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
27.
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Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thompson, PA
|
37
|
21
|
3
|
0
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$110,000
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|
27.
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Kennedy & Graven, Chartered
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37
|
26
|
1
|
0
|
NA
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29.
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Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd.
|
34
|
21
|
1
|
0
|
$72,000
|
|
29.
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Cousineau McGuire, Chartered
|
34
|
15
|
3
|
NA
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NA
|
|
29.
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Larson King, LLP
|
34
|
17
|
4
|
1
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$95,000
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32.
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Henson & Efron, PA
|
33
|
15
|
1
|
1
|
NA
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|
32.
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Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, PA
|
33
|
27
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
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34.
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Johnson & Condon, PA
|
32
|
12
|
1
|
0
|
NA
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|
34.
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Murnane Brandt
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32
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15
|
1
|
1
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NA
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34.
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Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, PA
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32
|
10
|
5
|
0
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NA
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|
34.
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Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, Mason & Gette LLP
|
32
|
18
|
2
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0
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$120,000
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38.
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Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC
|
31
|
13
|
13
|
11
|
NA
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38.
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Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
|
31
|
21
|
NA
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2
|
NA
|
|
40.
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Mackall, Crounse & Moore PLC
|
28
|
20
|
2
|
1
|
NA
|
|
40.
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McGrann Shea Anderson Carnival Straughn & Lamb, Chartered
|
28
|
18
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
40.
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Parsinen Kaplan Rosberg & Gotlieb
|
28
|
16
|
6
|
6
|
NA
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40.
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Rinke Noonan Law Firm
|
28
|
19
|
1
|
0
|
NA
|
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44.
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Quinlivan & Hughes, PA
|
27
|
18
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
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45.
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Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, PA
|
26
|
13
|
3
|
1
|
NA
|
|
45.
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Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, PA
|
26
|
13
|
5
|
2
|
NA
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47.
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Krass Monroe, PA
|
25
|
11
|
3
|
2
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$102,000
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48.
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Jardine Logan & O'Brien, PLLP
|
24
|
15
|
1
|
0
|
NA
|
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49.
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Aafedt, Forde, Gray, Monson & Hager, PA
|
23
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
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50.
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Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, PA
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22
|
14
|
3
|
0
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NA
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NA = no answer or information not available • *Ranked by Minnesota lawyers based on totals given by firm.
Information is current as of Dec. 1, 2008.
Public Employers of Lawyers
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Law Firm
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# of Lawyers
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Supervising Lawyers
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Female Lawyers
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Minorities
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Hired Lawyers
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Starting Salary
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Dakota County Attorney's Office
|
40
|
7
|
26
|
3
|
1
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$52,600
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Hennepin County Attorney's Office
|
163
|
11
|
93
|
31
|
16
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$50,724
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Hennepin County Public Defender
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128
|
23
|
65
|
30
|
3
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$52,450
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Minneapolis City Attorney's Office
|
56
|
3
|
33
|
12
|
2
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$60,285
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Minnesota Board of Public Defense
|
582
|
54
|
240
|
66
|
0
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$50,799
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St. Paul Attorney's Office
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42
|
6
|
20
|
5
|
4
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$48,280
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Information is current as of Dec. 1, 2008.  Back to Articles
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