Date: March 7, 2012
Contact: Kelly Griffith, Marketing Manager
Phone: (612) 492-7514
Email: kgriffith@fredlaw.com

For Immediate Release

Jessica Edwards Joins Fredrikson & Byron

Minneapolis, MN March 7, 2012 – –  Fredrikson & Byron welcomes associate Jessica L. Edwards to its Litigation Group. Primarily focusing on commercial litigation, Edwards represents clients in a wide range of complex business matters, including contract disputes, consumer-fraud litigation and business torts. In addition, she represents landowners and contractors in a variety of real-estate and construction disputes. Prior to joining Fredrikson & Byron, Edwards served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Richard H. Kyle on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Fredrikson & Byron is a 250 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.