Awards & Rankings

Fredrikson attorneys Grant Fairbairn, Thomas Hipkins, Ann Ladd, Paul LaVanway, Barbara Marchevsky, Kurt Niederluecke, Charles Segelbaum, Adam Steinert and David West are featured in the 2025 edition of the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals. 

Fredrikson has been named a 2025 Best of Buisiness Corporate Law Firm by Twin Cities Business.

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.

Super Lawyers named 10 Fredrikson attorneys to the list of 2025 Great Plains Super Lawyers and included five Fredrikson attorneys on the list of 2025 Great Plains Rising Stars.

Fredrikson has ranked within the top 10 most active private equity and mergers and acquisitions law firms in PitchBook’s first quarter 2025 Global League Table Awards.

Fredrikson attorney John M. Koneck has been named as one of five honorees for Twin Cities Business magazine’s 2025 Minnesota Business Hall of Fame.

Fredrikson attorneys Brian S. McCool, John G. Patterson and Alyssa M. Troje have been selected by Minnesota Lawyer as POWER 30 Construction & Real Estate attorneys in 2025. 

Fredrikson president Melodie R. Rose has been selected as a 2025 Women in Business honoree by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (MSPBJ).

Fredrikson attorney Roxanne N. Thorelli has been named to the Association of Corporate Growth Minnesota inaugural class of Rising Stars.

Fredrikson attorney Anupama D. Sreekanth has been named a 2025 Fellow by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD).

Fredrikson attorneys Shantal M. Pai and Maliya G. Rattliffe have been named 2025 Pathfinders by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD).

Fredrikson is pleased to announce that attorney Jacob D. Levine has been chosen by the Twin Cities Cardozo Society to receive the 2025 Arthur T. Pfefer Memorial Award.

Fredrikson shareholders, Cynthia A. Moyer, Laura L. Myers, John Pickerill, Courtney A. H. Thompson and Ann Dunn Wessberg have been named in the 2025 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals.

Fredrikson attorney Zhu “June” Cheng was named a 2025 “40 Under 40” honoree by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (MSPBJ). Each year, MSPBJ editors select 40 leaders under the age of 40 who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement while also finding time to give back to their communities.

Fredrikson attorneys Frank B. Bennett, Ryan C. Brauer, Harleigh Brown, Sean P. Kearney and Brian W. Kensicki have been selected by Minnesota Lawyer as POWER 30 Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) attorneys in 2025. Honorees demonstrate tangible results in M&A law for business owners across the state.

Fredrikson achieved 100 of 100 possible points on the 2025 Corporate Equality Index and has earned the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Equality 100 Award.

Fredrikson attorney Ryan Cox has been named a Top 40 Under 40 Lawyer in Minnesota by The National Black Lawyers.

Fredrikson attorney Patrick J. Kelly was included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Mexico^® for International Trade and Finance Law.

Fredrikson attorney Leakhena Au has been named a 2024 Rising Star by Super Lawyers for Madison, Wisconsin.

The Minnesota Legal Services Coalition has honored both Fredrikson and Government Relations Group Senior Government Relations Specialist Andy G. Pomroy and attorney Kevin P. Goodno with the Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding work in support of civil and legal services in the last two legislative sessions.