Awards & Rankings

110 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys were named by Best Lawyers in its 2022 ranking reports.

Fredrikson has been named law firm category winner of the Best of Business 2021 Readers’ Choice Award by Twin Cities Business (TCB).

Fredrikson shareholders Ann Dunn Wessberg and Lora Friedemann were recognized by World Trademark Review (WTR) in its 2021 Global Leaders list.

Fredrikson & Byron’s Trusts & Estates Group was ranked Band 1 in Private Wealth Law in Minnesota and North Dakota in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2021 edition.

Super Lawyers recognized 28 Fredrikson attorneys as 2021 Minnesota Super Lawyers and 16 attorneys as Minnesota Rising Stars.

Fredrikson & Byron attorneys Grant D. Fairbairn, Lora Friedemann, Thomas R. Hipkins, Ann M. Ladd, Kurt J. Niederluecke, Charles D. Segelbaum and David C. West are featured in the 2021 edition of the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals.

Four Fredrikson attorneys were featured in Minnesota Lawyer's POWER 30 in Construction and Real Estate Law in 2021.

Fredrikson & Byron shareholder Bridget R. Penick has been invited to fellowship in the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, a private association of preeminent trial lawyers.

The Minnesota State Bar Association recognized 74 Fredrikson attorneys as North Star Lawyers for providing more than 50 hours of pro bono service in 2020.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked 10 practice areas and 25 individual attorneys from Fredrikson & Byron in its 2021 edition.

Fredrikson & Byron shareholder Jessica L. Foss has been elected a Fellow of ACTEC, a prestigious national organization of trust and estate lawyers who are peer-elected to membership.

Cameron R. Seybolt has been appointed Minnesota State Chair of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a nonprofit association of more than 2,500 highly-credentialed trust and estate lawyers.

Shareholders Lora Friedemann, Cynthia A. Moyer, John C. Pickerill and Ann Dunn Wessberg have been named to the top band in the 2021 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals for Minnesota.

Fredrikson & Byron earned 100 of 100 possible points on the 2021 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s leading benchmarking tool and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

June Cheng was named a member of the LCLD 2021 class of Fellows, and Aleida Ortega Conners was named a member of the LCLD 2021 class of Pathfinders.