Awards & Rankings

Fredrikson & Byron shareholder Karen L. Grandstrand will receive the Outstanding Director award for her work on the TCF board of directors.

Fredrikson & Byron has re-elected David P. Bunde, John J. Erhart, John M. Koneck, Steven J. Quam and Mary S. Ranum to the firm’s board of directors.

Fredrikson & Byron and Alliance Management won for the successful and value-maximizing sale of assets of HEI, Inc. under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. 

Sixty-six Fredrikson & Byron attorneys were included in The Best Lawyers in America 2017^© (Copyright 2016 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

Emily S. Pontius was named chair and Bridget R. Penick was named a council member of the Labor and Employment Section Council. J. Marc Ward was named a council member of the Business Law Section.

For the sixth year in a row, Fredrikson & Byron was named one of the “50 Best Law Firms for Women” by Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers LLC.

Super Lawyers named eight Fredrikson & Byron attorneys to the list of 2016 Great Plains Super Lawyers and included three Fredrikson attorneys on the list of 2016 Great Plains Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers Magazine recognized 34 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys as 2016 Minnesota Super Lawyers and 17 attorneys as Minnesota Rising Stars.

Fredrikson & Byron shareholder James L. Baillie was selected to receive the Volunteer Lawyers Network’s 2016 John D. Levine Distinguished Service Award.

Philip S. Bubb graduated from the West Des Moines Leadership Academy (WDMLA).