Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, an annual legal guide identifying the top attorneys and law firms in the United States, ranked 16 practice areas and 29 individual attorneys from Fredrikson in its 2025 edition, released today.
During the Chambers USA interviews, clients described Fredrikson’s attorneys as sophisticated and practical, experienced and dependable. About the firm, one client commented, "Fredrikson & Bryon has a team that has decades of industry knowledge, which shines through in its work product."
Other clients stated, "Fredrikson is robust and responsive. The level of work is always excellent,” and, “They do a great job of listening to us and balancing the law with the needs of the business.”
Chambers ranked Fredrikson in the following practice areas:
Iowa
Corporate/M&A (Firm Band 3)
Energy & Natural Resources (Firm Band 1)
Labor & Employment (Firm Band 1)
Real Estate (Firm Band 3)
Minnesota
Corporate/M&A (Firm Band 1)
Energy & Natural Resources (Firm Band 1)
Healthcare (Firm Band 1)
Immigration (Firm Band 1)
Intellectual Property (Firm Band 3)
Labor & Employment (Firm Band 2)
Litigation: General Commercial (Firm Band 2)
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Firm Band 2)
Real Estate (Firm Band 2)
North Dakota
Corporate/Commercial (Firm Band 1)
Labor & Employment (Firm Band 1)
Litigation: General Commercial (Firm Band 1)
Chambers ranked the following Fredrikson attorneys:
Iowa
Krystle L. Campa (Real Estate)
Ryan Haaland (Real Estate), Up and Coming
Bridget R. Penick (Labor & Employment)
Emily S. Pontius (Labor & Employment)
J. Marc Ward (Corporate/M&A)
Minnesota
Frank B. Bennett (Corporate/M&A)
Ryan C. Brauer (Corporate/M&A)
Christina Brusven (Energy & Natural Resources)
Joseph T. Dixon, III (Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
Katherine J. Douglas (Healthcare)
Terrence J. Fleming (Litigation: General Commercial)
David M. Glaser (Healthcare)
Loan T. Huynh (Immigration)
Leigh-Erin Irons (Corporate/M&A)
Sean P. Kearney (Corporate/M&A)
John M. Koneck (Real Estate), Senior Statespeople
Brian S. McCool (Real Estate)
Anne M. Radolinski (Labor & Employment)
Mary S. Ranum (Real Estate)
Karen G. Schanfield (Labor & Employment), Senior Statespeople
Teresa M. Thompson (Labor & Employment)
Todd A. Wind (Litigation: General Commercial)
North Dakota
Beverley L. Adams (Labor & Employment)
Kristy L. Albrecht (Labor & Employment)
Lawrence Bender (Litigation: Energy & Natural Resources)
Benjamin J. Hasbrouck (Litigation: General Commercial)
Michael S. Raum (Corporate/Commercial)
Todd E. Zimmerman (Litigation: General Commercial)
Aubrey J. Zuger (Labor & Employment; Litigation: General Commercial)
Individual lawyers are ranked in their practice area based on their legal knowledge and experience, ability, effectiveness and client service. Law firm departments are ranked on their technical legal ability, client service, depth of team, commercial vision and business understanding, diligence and value for money. These factors and considerations are judged by interviews with those active in the market, mainly clients and other lawyers with whom they work, and by assessing recent work done. The rankings for law firms and individual attorneys are in bands from 1-6, with 1 being the best.
Fredrikson & Byron is a leading Midwest law firm working collaboratively to help businesses achieve their goals regionally, nationally and globally. With a reputation as the firm “where law and business meet,” our attorneys bring business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to work with clients and operate as business advisors and strategic partners as well as legal counselors. The firm’s 400+ attorneys are based in Minneapolis, with offices in Ames, Bismarck, Des Moines, Fargo, Madison, Mankato, St. Paul, Saltillo, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. Learn more at fredlaw.com or LinkedIn.