Date: August 1, 2007
Contact: Kelly Griffith, Marketing Manager
Phone: (612) 492-7514
Email: kgriffith@fredlaw.com

For Immediate Release

Karen Grandstrand Named One of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Industry Leaders

                      
Minneapolis, MN August 1, 2007 – –  Karen Grandstrand, a firm shareholder and chair of Fredrikson & Byron’s Bank & Finance Group, has been named one of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 25 Industry Leaders. Karen was honored on July 25th at the Business Journal’s Women in Business project, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. Karen was nominated by her peers as an example of an extraordinary woman executive.

Karen Grandstrand is the chair of Fredrikson & Byron’s Bank & Finance Group. She has an extensive background in and knowledge of regulatory matters, acquisitions, and payments system issues. She advises financial institutions on examination findings and enforcement actions, bank acquisitions and non-bank activities, forming new banks, new payments and trust products, corporate governance, privacy and information security, USA Patriot Act requirements, and a variety of compliance matters.

Fredrikson & Byron is a 200-plus attorney law firm based in Minneapolis, with offices in Bismarck, Des Moines, London and Monterrey, Mexico. 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.