Attorney Awards

Aleida Ortega Conners was named a 2019 Up & Coming Attorney 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 (MSBA) recognized 58 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys as North Star Lawyers.

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

Super Lawyers named five Fredrikson & Byron attorneys to the list of 2019 Great Plains Super Lawyers and included five Fredrikson attorneys on the list of 2019 Great Plains Rising Stars.

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

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

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.

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.