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The 50 Largest Law Firms in Minnesotaby Elizabeth Tannen Larson • King, LLP 2800 Wells Fargo Place 30 East 7th St. St. Paul, MN 55101 Phone: 651-312-6500 Fax: 651-312-6618 E-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:info@larsonking.com info@larsonking.com HYPERLINK http://www.larsonking.com www.larsonking.com Managing partner: Lawrence R. King Firm administrator: Pamela J. Habeger, Executive Director Year in Review: Larson • King, LLP enjoyed another year of providing innovative solutions to businesses and individuals faced with diverse legal needs. New hires in 2005 included Louise Dovre Bjorkman, who served seven years as a Ramsey County District Court Judge. The firm achieved notable victories on behalf of corporate and class action clients. Larson • King was again recognized in 2005 as a “go to” firm in Corporate Counsel’s Listing of Firms Representing Fortune 250 companies, and several of its lawyers were honored for their high standing in the business community and among their legal peers, including recognition as L&P Super Lawyers and L&P Rising Stars. Kennedy & Graven, Chartered 470 200 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-337-9300 Fax: 612-337-9310 E-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:attys@kennedy-graven.com attys@kennedy-graven.com HYPERLINK http://www.kennedy-graven.com www.kennedy-graven.com Managing partner: Stephen J. Bubul Firm administrator: Neil A. Simmons Year in Review: Kennedy & Graven, Chartered added a new school law practice group consisting of six attorneys in 2005 to further expand services to local units of government. The firm also added a new shareholder and two new associates practicing in municipal law and public finance. Five lawyers were named Super Lawyers. We increased the number of cities we represent as primary city attorney for civil matters. Cousineau, McGuire & Anderson, Chartered Phone: 952-546-8400 Fax: 952-546-0628 E-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:cma@cousineaulaw.com cma@cousineaulaw.com HYPERLINK http://www.cousineaulaw.com www.cousineaulaw.com Branch locations: Ironwood, Michigan, 1 Managing partner: Peter G. Van Bergen Firm administrator: Patricia Stender Fish & Richardson P.C., P.A. 3300 Dain Rauscher Plaza 60 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-335-5070 Fax: 612-288-9696 E-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:info@fr.com info@fr.com HYPERLINK http://www.fr.com www.fr.com Branch locations: Austin : 5 Boston: 91 San Diego: 57 Washington, D.C., 49 Redwood City, 34 Dallas: 44 New York: 26 Wilmington, DE: 12 Managing partner: Mark Ellinger Firm administrator: Carol Varhalla Year in Review: Fish & Richardson is one of the largest law firms practicing intellectual property, litigation and corporate law and the only firm with a truly national intellectual property practice. Founded in 1878, the firm represented Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright Brothers. For 125 years we have served great innovators, helping to protect countless ideas, nurture discoveries and bring new concepts to market. In a survey published in July 2005, IP Law & Business found that Fish & Richardson handles more patent litigation than any other firm. The firm has ranked number one on the survey for four out of the five past years. Henson & Efron, P.A. 220 South Sixth Street, Suite 1800 Minneapolis, MN 55402-4503 Phone: 612-339-2500 Fax: 612-339-6364 E-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:dthompson@hensonefron.com dthompson@hensonefron.com HYPERLINK http://www.hensonefron.com www.hensonefron.com Managing partner: Joseph T. Dixon Firm administrator: Debra Thompson Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, Mason & Gette LLP 500 Washington Ave. South, Suite 4000 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Phone: 612-339-2020 Fax: 612-339-9100 E-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:zelleweb@zelle.com zelleweb@zelle.com HYPERLINK http://www.zelle.com www.zelle.com Brach locations: Dallas: 18 San Francisco: 13 Boston: 9 Los Angeles: 7 Washington DC: 1 Managing partner: Mark Feinberg, Minneapolis Managing Partner Firm administrator: Robert Pederson Year in Review: 2005 has been the busiest and most successful in our firm’s history. Many thanks to our clients, attorneys and staff! Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A. 4800 IDS Center 80 South 8th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-349-5740 Fax: 612-349-9266 E-mail: info@ptslaw.com HYPERLINK http://www.ptslaw.com www.ptslaw.com Branch locations: Atlanta, GA: 1 Managing partner: James H. Patterson Firm administrator: Susan D. Sutton Mackall, Crounse & Moore, PLC 1400 AT&T Tower 901 Marquette Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-305-1400 Fax: 612-305-1414 HYPERLINK http://www.mcmlaw.com www.mcmlaw.com Managing partner: Timothy D. Moratzka, Chief Manager Johnson & Condon, P.A. 7401 Metro Blvd., Suite 600 Minneapolis, MN 55439 Phone: 952-831-6544 Fax: 952-831-1869 E-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:doc@johnson-condon.com doc@johnson-condon.com Managing partner: Christopher Celichowski Firm administrator: Deborah O. Cramer Flynn, Gaskins & Bennett, L.L.P. 333 South Seventh Street, Suite 2900 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-333-9500 Fax: 612-333-9579 HYPERLINK http://www.flynngaskins.com www.flynngaskins.com Managing partner: George Flynn Firm administrator: Rick Opp Parsinen Kaplan Rosberg & Gottlieb P.A. 100 South Fifth Street, Suite 1100 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-333-2111 Fax: 612-333-6798 Web site address: www.parlaw.com Managing partner: Howard Rubin Firm administrator: Marcey Potter Year in review: Parsinen Kaplan Rosberg & Gotlieb actively demonstrates the importance of connecting with clients. The firm is known locally and nationally as “not your average law firm” because of the unique culture that nurtures lawyers with personality, not attitude. The firm offers clients a deep expertise in Personal Legal Planning; Corporate and Business Planning; Commercial Real Estate; Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Employee Benefits; and Employment Law and Commercial Litigation Murnane, Conlin, White & Brandt 444 Cedar Street, Suite 1800 St. Paul, MN 55101 Phone: 651-227-9411 Fax: 651-223-5199 HYPERLINK http://www.murnane.com www.murnane.com Managing partner: Daniel A. Haws Firm administrator: Sue. Pearson Year in Review: Murnane Brandt has had a year of exciting changes. We moved to a new location in St. Paul — Wells Fargo Place — with accommodations better suited to meet the needs of our business, which has a strong local presence coupled with a national practice in areas of complex commercial and product liability litigation. We have broadened our technology services to include client extranets, e-billing, and an expert witness and exhibit library containing over two million records. Please visit our newly designed website to get more information about the new Murnane Brandt. Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd. 400 Northtown Financial Plaza 200 Coon Rapids Boulevard Minneapolis, MN 55433 Phone: 763-780-8500 Fax: 763-780-1777 E-mail: info@bgslaw.com HYPERLINK http://www.bgslaw.com Managing partner: Jeffrey S. Johnson Firm administrator: G. Edward Martin Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 2200 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Phone: 612-339-6900 Fax: 612-339-0981 E-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:email@locklaw.com email@locklaw.com HYPERLINK http://www.locklaw.com www.locklaw.com Managing partner: Harry E. Gallaher Film administrator: Harry E. Gallaher Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. 400 South First Street, Suite 600 St. Cloud, MN 56301 Phone: 320-251-1414 Fax: 320-251-1415 HYPERLINK http://www.quinlivan.com www.quinlivan.com Branch locations: Little Falls, MN: 2 Luverne, MN: 1 Managing partner: Michael C. LaFountaine Firm administrator: Dale (Red) Grewing Year in review: Although our firm is known for it’s prominence in Insurance Defense, Quinlivan & Hughes represented a client who received what is believed to be a record setting Personal Injury award for Central Minnesota in the amount of $4.7 million. Rinke Noonan 1015 W. St. Germain St., Suite 300 St. Cloud, MN 56301 Phone: 320-251-6700 Fax: 320-656-3500 E-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:mail@rnoon.com mail@rnoon.com HYPERLINK http://www.rnoon.com www.rnoon.com Managing partner: Jim Wiant Firm administrator: Ann Entenmann Year in Review: Rinke Noonan continues to grow and prosper in Central Minnesota. In 2005 the firm promoted Pamela Steckman as a new partner and hired three new associates, James Mogen, Tim Sime and Nicholas Delaney. The firm continues to grow and expand its client base towards the Metro area and towards the Northwest part of the state. McGrann Shea Anderson Carnival Straughn & Lamb, Chartered 800 Nicollet Mall, #2600 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-338-2525 Fax: 612-339-2386 Managing partner: Management Committee Firm administrator: Michele Sauder Jardine, Logan & O’Brien, P.L.L.P. 8519 Eagle Point Boulevard, Suite 100 Lake Elmo, MN 55402 Phone: 651-290-6500 Fax: 651-223-5070 E-mail: jlolaw@jlolaw.com HYPERLINK http://www.jlolaw.com www.jlolaw.com Managing partner: James G. Golembeck Firm administrator: Shannon Banaszewski Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen, P.A. 1700 U.S. Bank Plaza South 220 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-339-4295 Fax: 612-339-3161 Web site address: www.mansfieldtanick.com Branch locations: Bemidji: 1 Minneapolis: 25 Managing partner: Earl H. Cohen Firm administrator: Tracy L. Johnson Year in Review: Mansfield & Cohen continued to grow in 2005 with the addition of several associates and of counsel attorneys. We expanded our office space to occupy the entire 17th floor of U.S. Bank Plaza. For more news, visit www.mansfieldtanick.com. Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 222 South Ninth Street, Suite 3100 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-333-3434 Fax: 612-334-8888 Web site address: www.hinshaw.com E-mail: info@hinshaw.com Branch locations: Appleton, WI: 7 Belleville, IL: 17 Boston, MA:10 Champaign, IL: 2 Chicago, IL: 153 Crystal Lake, IL: 6 Ft. Lauderdale, FL: 22 Jacksonville, FL: 11 Joliet, IL: 10 Lisle, IL: 10 Los Angeles, CA: 19 Miami, FL: 20 Milwaukee, WI: 12 Minneapolis, MN: 12 New York, NY: 9 Peoria, IL: 13 Phoenix, AZ: 4 Portland, OR: 3 Rockford, IL: 29 San Francisco, CA: 17 Schererville, IN: 6 Springfield, IL: 11 St. Louis, MO: 8 Tampa, FL: 14 Waukegan, IL: 6 Managing partner: Thomas Berg, Partner in Charge, Minneapolis office Firm administrator: Pat Middleton, Office Manager, Minneapolis Hellmuth & Johnson, PLLC 10400 Viking Drive, Suite 500 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Phone: 952-941-4005 Fax: 952-941-2337 E-mail: info@hjlawfirm.com Website: www.hjlawfirm.com Managing Partner: Chad A. Johnson Firm Administrator: Carol McNamara-Miller Year in Review: In 2005, Hellmuth & Johnson experienced tremendous growth, uniquely positioning the firm to provide a full suite of services to clients without sacrificing our commitment to providing responsive and affordable representation. Throughout the year, we have bolstered the capabilities of our Litigation and Appellate practice, and enhanced our reputation as a driving force in Real Estate Law with an emphasis on both the growing community association market and the evolving area of construction defects. With one of the largest construction defect practices in the area, we have developed cost-efficient assertive strategies to open new avenues of recovery for homeowners. We have also developed strategies for aggressively defending construction defect claims against builders and subcontractors. In addition, we are dedicated to serving as a broad resource on construction defect issues — filing a pro bono Amicus brief with the Minnesota Supreme Court seeking clarification on insurance liability issues, and hosting numerous complimentary continuing education seminars for real estate professionals and other interested parties. Finally, in 2005 our partners have again been named Minnesota “Super Lawyers.” Our associated have been honored among the “Rising Stars,” and we are especially proud to garner a Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating. Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A. 2000 IDS Center 80 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-339-8131 Fax: 612-339-8064 E-mail: brad@lommen.com HYPERLINK http://www.lommen.com www.lommen.com Branch locations: Hudson, 4 Managing partner: Phillip A. Cole, President Firm administrator: Bradley G. Wicklund Year in Review: In 2005, Lommen Nelson’s litigation practice garnered victories in the manufactured home class action lawsuits and excellent outcomes in several medical malpractice, wrongful death and personal injury actions. The corporate department expanded its scope working on transactions with businesses across the globe in Germany, South Africa, England, Canada and South America. The fourth quarter culminated with the decision to merge the practices of Lommen Nelson with Abdo, Abdo, Broady & Satorius, P.A., to create the new firm of Lommen Abdo; the Abdo firm accentuates the business practice and brings the Midwest’s best known entertainment practice to the new firm. Krass Monroe, P.A. 8000 Norman Center Drive, Suite 1000 Minneapolis, MN 55437 Phone: 952-885-5999 Fax: 952-885-5969 E-mail: elarsen@krassmonroe.com HYPERLINK http://www.krassmonroe.com www.krassmonroe.com Managing partner: Phillip “Rod” Krass Firm administrator: Sandra K. Myren Year in Review: Celebrating 20 years of serving clients. Dunlap & Seeger, P.A. 206 S. Broadway, Suite 505 Rochester, MN 55904 Phone: 507-288-9111 Fax: 507-288-9542 E-mail: info@dunlaplaw.com Website: dunlaplaw.com Managing Partner: Douglas A. Boese Firm Administrator: Sheri Brandvold Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A. 700 Lonsdale Building 302 W. Superior Street Duluth, MN 55802 Phone: 218-722-0861 Fax: 218-725-6800 HYPERLINK http://www.fryberger.com www.fryberger.com Branch locations: St. Paul, 2 Superior, WI, 1 Managing partner: David R. OBerstar Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, P.A. 730 Second Avenue S., Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-339-0060 Fax: 612-339-0038 HYPERLINK http://www.ratwiklaw.com www.ratwiklaw.com E-Mail: postmaster@ratwiklaw.com Managing partner: Patricia Maloney Other Employers of Attorneys City of St Paul, City Attorney's Office 400 City Hall 15 W. Kellogg Blvd St Paul, MN 55102 Phone: 651-266-8710 Fax: 651-298-5619 Web site address: www.ci.stpaul.mn.us Head of the office: Manuel J. Cervantes Attorney General's Office 102 State Capitol 75 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd St Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-296-6196 Fax: 651-282-9898 Web site address: www.ag.state.mn.us E-mail: attorney.general@state.mn.us Head of the office: Mike Hatch Hennepin County Attorney's Office C-2000 Government Center 300 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, MN 55487 Phone: n/a Fax: 612-348-0712 Web site address: www.hennepinattorney.org E-mail: citizeninfo@co.hennepin.mn.us Head of the office: Amy Klobuchar Year in review: 2005 Highlights: -Secured over 40 homicide convictions, including the murder of a flower-shop clerk and a cold case involving the 1984 rape and murder of a 69-year-old woman in her home. -Continued a major focus on prosecuting white-collar financial crimes, including the theft of $1.6 million by the information technology manager at a medical device company. -Successfully advocated for stronger state laws dealing with identity theft, including mandatory minimum restitution to victims for the time and cost of recovering and repairing their stolen identities. -Expanded the national award-winning community prosecution initiative, with community prosecutors now assigned to 15 suburbs and all five police precincts in Minneapolis. -Opened new facilities for the Domestic Abuse Service Center, which provides a full range of services to victims and their families at one central and convenient location. Dakota County Attorney’s Office 1560 Highway 55 Hastings, MN 55033 Phone: 651 438 4438 Fax: 651 438 4499 Web site address: www.co.dakota.mn.us/attorney E-mail address: attorney@co.dakota.mn.us Office of the Public Defender, Hennepin County – 4th Judicial District 317 2nd Avenue South, Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Phone: 612 348 7530 Fax: 612 348 6179 Head of office: Leonardo Castro Year in Review: The mission of the Public Defender’s office is to provide the highest quality legal representation to indigent clients in the protection and exercise of their legal rights. In 2005, the office successfully challenged, on constitutional grounds, the statutory imposition of a mandatory fee on public defender-eligible clients. Our trial attorneys each had an average annual caseload of over 900 case units (comprised of homicides, felonies, gross misdemeanors, misdemeanors, juvenile delinquency, child protection cases, termination of parental rights, probation violations and other types of cases).
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