Awards & Rankings

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 & Byron earned 100 of 100 possible points on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s leading benchmarking tool and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.

Fredrikson Shareholders Patrick J. Kelly and Luis G. Reséndiz were recognized by Best Lawyers® in The Best Lawyers in Mexico^© 2020.

The Children's Law Center of Minnesota (CLC) promotes the rights and interests of Minnesota’s children in the judicial, child welfare, health care and education systems.

Fredrikson & Byron has been named a Tier 1 Metropolitan “Best Law Firm” in 36 practice areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® in 2020.

Fredrikson’s Director of Public Relations and Marketing, Kelly Griffith, was named a 2019 Unsung Legal Hero by Minnesota Lawyer magazine.

81 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys were included in The Best Lawyers in America^© 2020. Five of these Fredrikson attorneys were also named a “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers^®. Only one attorney in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

The Minnesota State Bar Association recognized 58 Fredrikson attorneys as 2018 North Star Lawyers.

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 2019 edition.

Christopher D. Pham was named a Top 100 Under 50 Emerging Leader by Diversity MBA.

The annual “Best Law Firms for Women” list recognizes 60 firms that utilize best practices in recruiting, retaining, promoting and developing women lawyers.

Super Lawyers recognized 34 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys as 2019 Minnesota Super Lawyers and 22 attorneys as Minnesota Rising Stars.

Fredrikson shareholder Loan T. Huynh was named to the Lawyers of Color Inaugural Nation’s Best List, recognizing her tenure in the legal profession and commitment to diversity and inclusion as a minority attorney.

Fredrikson attorneys Kenneth S. Levinson and Lynn S. Linné were honored by the Minnesota State Bar Association Tax Law Section at the Annual Judges Conference on June 6, 2019, in Minneapolis.

Fredrikson & Byron shareholder Aubrey J. Zuger was elected to serve as President of the State Bar Association of North Dakota. Zuger has been a member of the SBAND Board of Governors since 2011 and previously served as President-Elect and Secretary-Treasurer.

Attorneys Grant D. Fairbairn, Lora Friedemann, Thomas R. Hipkins, Ann M. Ladd, Kurt J. Niederluecke, Charles D. Segelbaum and David C. West were featured in the 2019 edition of the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals.