Date: June 7, 2011
Contact: Kelly Griffith, Marketing Manager
Phone:
(612) 492-7514
Email: kgriffith@fredlaw.com
For Immediate Release
Fredrikson & Byron Attorneys Elected to Positions within the
Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
Minneapolis, MN June 7, 2011 – – Fredrikson & Byron is pleased to announce three attorneys’ elections to positions within the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association: Rachna Sullivan, President-Elect; Leah Janus, Vice President of Legal Education; and Dulce Foster, Chair of the Federal Transportation Program. They assume their positions on July 1, 2011. For more information on the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, please visit http://www.fedbar.org/minnesota.html.
Sullivan is a shareholder in Fredrikson & Byron’s Business Litigation Group. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex business litigation, including contract disputes and shareholder and partnership disputes in federal and state courts. Sullivan is also an advisor for several clients including multinational clients. She has been voted by her peers as a Super Lawyer & Rising Star.
Janus is a senior associate in Fredrikson & Byron’s Commercial Litigation Group. Her practice includes all areas of complex commercial litigation, including class actions, with a focus on banking and financial services litigation, shareholder disputes, legal malpractice defense, and trusts and estates litigation. Janus also advises clients on risk-management and litigation avoidance strategies in complex contract and consumer transactions. Janus appears in state and federal courts throughout the country.
Foster is a shareholder in Fredrikson & Byron’s White Collar & Regulatory Defense and Litigation Groups and Chairs the Internal Investigations Group. Her practice includes criminal and civil litigation in the areas of financial fraud, healthcare fraud, foreign corrupt practices, trade secrets theft, election fraud, illegal immigration, environmental crimes and False Claims Act defense.
Fredrikson & Byron is a 240 attorney law firm based in Minneapolis, with offices in Bismarck, Des Moines, Fargo, Monterrey, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. We’ve built a reputation as the firm “where law and business meet” by bringing business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to our work with clients, and by operating as business advisors and strategic partners as well as legal counselors. The firm’s primary areas of practice include advertising, banking, corporate, corporate governance, employment and labor, energy and renewable energy, government relations, healthcare, intellectual property, international, life sciences, litigation, mergers & acquisitions, real estate, securities, and tax. 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.