Date: February 2008
Contact: Kelly Griffith, Marketing Manager
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For Immediate Release
Fredrikson & Byron Attorney Laurie Miller Appointed Judge of Hennepin County District Court
Minneapolis, MN February 2008 – – Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. is pleased to announce that firm shareholder Laurie Miller has been appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty as a Hennepin County District Court Judge.
Miller joined Fredrikson & Byron in 1989. A shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Group, she has handled a wide variety of commercial litigation matters ranging from contract, to fraud, to insurance coverage disputes. She has a special interest in appellate practice, in both state and federal courts, and volunteered her services to the Children’s Law Center as author of several amicus briefs. Her trial court expertise included particular areas of expertise in land use litigation, property tax litigation, health law-related litigation, the open meeting law, and the data practices act.
Previously, Miller was an attorney with the Dunlap and Seeger (then known as Dunlap, Keith, Finseth, Berndt and Sandberg) law firm in Rochester from 1986 to 1989, an attorney with the Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe law firm in San Francisco, California from 1983 to 1986, and a law clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit Judges Myron H. Bright and Richard S. Arnold in St. Louis, Missouri from 1981 to 1983. Miller earned her juris doctorate degree from Yale Law School in 1981, and her bachelor of arts degree from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California in 1978.
“Laurie has been an excellent Fredrikson lawyer and partner and we are proud of her achievement. She has been a ‘lawyer’s lawyer,’ the one we would approach for help with the most difficult issues. She has served our clients well, and while we are sad to see her leave us, we know that our loss is a gain for the people of Minnesota,” said John Koneck, president of Fredrikson & Byron, as he announced Miller’s appointment to the bench.
Fredrikson & Byron is a 225-plus attorney law firm based in Minneapolis, with offices in Bismarck, Des Moines, London, Monterrey, Mexico, and Shanghai. The firm’s primary areas of practice include banking, corporate, employment, franchise, government relations, healthcare, intellectual property, international, litigation, real estate, securities, tax and energy. We serve a broad range of clients, including multinational corporations, public companies, privately-held businesses, entrepreneurs, government agencies, and family businesses. Fredrikson & Byron’s attorneys also work with individuals on estate planning, family law, and immigration matters. We are the exclusive Minnesota law firm member of the World Services Group, a worldwide network of professional service providers. More information about the firm is available at www.fredlaw.com.