Awards & Rankings

The Advocates for Human Rights has awarded Fredrikson with a 2023 Law Firm Pro Bono Award for its long-term commitment to pro bono and for involving the entire firm in its pro bono efforts.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, an annual legal guide identifying the top attorneys and law firms in the United States, ranked 12 practice areas and 26 individual attorneys from Fredrikson in its 2023 edition.

Fredrikson attorney Navita T. Lakhram has been appointed to the Twin Cities Diversity in Practice and Wanton Injustice Legal Detail board of directors, in her capacity as co-chair of TCDIP’s Emerging Leader’s Group.

Fredrikson attorney Mary Beth Peranteau recently received a commendation from the State Bar of Wisconsin for her article, “Riparian Rights in Wisconsin,” published in the November 2022 edition of the Wisconsin Lawyer. The commendation appears in the May 2023 edition of Wisconsin Lawyer.

Fredrikson attorney Mark Vyvyan has been awarded Volunteer of the Year by Volunteer Lawyers Network. VLN presents this award to Vyvyan due to his deep and long-term commitment to pro bono work in the area of housing and litigation. 

Fredrikson attorney Brian McCool has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

Fredrikson Government Relations Specialist Cody J. Holliday has been appointed as a commissioner to the Saint Anthony Village Parks and Environment Commission. The focus of the commission concentrates on the sustainable use and management of environmental resources, including air, water, energy, land, ecological resources and waste.

Fredrikson attorney Masha M. Yevzelman has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a group of approximately 700 of America’s best tax attorneys. She was nominated and selected for demonstrating a high standard of excellence and ethical performance in the practice of tax.

Fredrikson attorney Tom Hipkins has been chosen as a 2023 Fellow by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. The Fellow program was created by the LCLD to identify, train and advance the next generation of diverse leaders in the legal profession.

Fredrikson attorneys Natasha Townes Robinson and Roger Yang have been selected for membership in the 2023 Pathfinder program by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

Fredrikson is once again ranked among the most active law firms advising on merger and acquisition, private equity and venture capital deals in PitchBook’s 2022 Annual Global League Tables.

Fredrikson shareholders, Cynthia A. Moyer, John C. Pickerill, Ann Dunn Wessberg, Courtney A. H. Thompson and Laura L. Myers have been named in the 2023 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals (WTR 1000) for Minnesota.

Fredrikson attorneys Frank B. Bennett, Ryan C. Brauer, Christopher J. Dolan, Leigh-Erin Irons, Sean P. Kearney and Ryan G. Miest have been selected by Minnesota Lawyer as POWER 30 Top M&A Attorneys for Minnesota in 2023.

Fredrikson shareholder and president John M. Koneck has been recognized as one of Minnesota’s most powerful business leaders in the 2022 edition of the Minnesota 500. Executives named on the Minnesota 500 are chosen from more than 7,000 impactful candidates throughout the state.

Fredrikson was recently honored by Diversity & Flexibility Alliance as a 2022 Tipping the Scales firm. Fredrikson is one of just 57 firms recognized for having 50 percent or more women in its 2022 U.S.-based new partner classes.

Fredrikson has been named a Tier 1 Metropolitan “Best Law Firm” in 41 practice areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in 2023.

Fredrikson attorneys Terrence J. Fleming, David R. Marshall and Todd A. Wind were recognized for their accomplishments, hard work, ingenuity and outstanding work ethic and were included in Minnesota Lawyer’s POWER 30 in Business Litigation.

Fredrikson & Byron has achieved Mansfield 5.0 Certification Plus status.

Fredrikson & Byron has been named a 2022 Compass Award winner by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

Fredrikson & Byron was recently named one of Iowa’s Top Workplaces by The Des Moines Register and Energage. Just 139 businesses in the state are given this recognition. The surveyed companies employ more than 50,500 people in Iowa. Fredrikson was the only law firm recognized in the small employer category.