Date: September 7, 2011
Contact: Kelly Griffith, Marketing Manager
Phone:
(612) 492-7514
Email: kgriffith@fredlaw.com
For Immediate Release
Pam Wandzel Receives 2011 Unsung Legal Heroes Award
Minneapolis, MN September 7, 2011 – – Fredrikson & Byron Pro Bono Coordinator Pam Wandzel is a 2011 recipient of the Minnesota Lawyer Unsung Legal Heroes award. Reserved for the state’s most talented and dedicated legal support professionals, the award recognizes people from the following categories: firm administrator, law librarian, legal marketer, legal secretary, information technology, accounting and paralegal. Wandzel was nominated by MEDA, a Fredrikson & Byron pro bono partner for more than 40 years, for her dedication and commitment to assisting minority business owners through pro bono services. Honorees will be recognized at a reception on September 21.
As Pro Bono Coordinator, Wandzel works with local and national organizations to help identify areas of need for pro bono legal services and matches those needs with volunteer lawyers within Fredrikson & Byron. Wandzel also coordinates Fredrikson & Byron’s community service program. Through this program, volunteers in the Volunteer Reading Program read with fourth grade students at Whittier International Elementary School, participate in home and neighborhood rehabilitation projects through Project for Pride in Living and volunteer at Sharing & Caring Hands. She also oversees the disbursements of funds and the distribution of gifts for Friends of Fredrikson, an employee-run nonprofit .
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.