Date: July 14, 2011
Contact: Kelly Griffith, Marketing Manager
Phone:
(612) 492-7514
Email: kgriffith@fredlaw.com
For Immediate Release
Prominent Land Use and Environmental Attorney
Linda Fisher Joins Fredrikson & Byron
Minneapolis, MN July 14, 2011 – – Linda H. Fisher has joined Fredrikson & Byron as an attorney in the firm’s Real Estate and Environmental Groups. A recognized practitioner with more than 34 years of experience, Fisher’s practice focuses on land use and zoning, real estate development, environmental review, and environmental permitting.
Fisher advises clients on the full range of land use issues and represents clients in obtaining development and redevelopment approvals for all types of residential, mixed use, retail, office, institutional, and industrial land use. She assists clients with environmental review and permits, including government approvals at the Federal, state and local levels. Her experience also includes environmental review and permitting on large scale energy projects in the Midwest.
“We are pleased to have an attorney of Linda’s caliber join our practice,” said John Koneck, president of Fredrikson & Byron and a member of the firm’s Real Estate Group. “She brings a remarkable depth of land use and environmental review and permitting experience, and further enhances the reputation of our real estate group in the Midwest region.”
Fisher added: “I am thrilled to be part of the robust Fredrikson & Byron real estate team. Fredrikson offers business synergy between the real estate development, financing, and environmental teams, which is a valuable service platform for my clients.”
Prior to joining Fredrikson & Byron, Fisher was in private practice with a Twin Cities law firm.
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.