Awards & Rankings

Fredrikson & Byron has been named a Tier 1 Metropolitan “Best Law Firm” in 29 practice areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® in 2018.

John Stout received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 22^nd annual Outstanding Directors event presented by Twin Cities Business Magazine.

Howard Roston was invited to become a selective member of The Counselors of Real Estate (CRE). 

Fredrikson & Byron has re-elected Clinton E. Cutler, Kevin P. Goodno, Ann M. Ladd and James H. Snelson to the firm’s board of directors.

Fredrikson & Byron’s Trusts & Estates Group ranked in Band 1 in Minnesota and North Dakota in the 2017 edition of the Chambers High Net Worth Guide.

69 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys were included in The Best Lawyers in America 2018^© (Copyright 2017 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

Fredrikson & Byron was named one of the best law firms for female attorneys in the 2017 Glass Ceiling Report by Law360. 

For the seventh year in a row, Fredrikson & Byron was named one of the “50 Best Law Firms for Women” by Working Mother magazine.

Fredrikson & Byron’s Des Moines-based attorneys Philip S. Bubb, Bridget R. Penick, Emily S. Pontius, J. Marc Ward and Brandon R. Underwood hold various roles within the Iowa State Bar Association.

Super Lawyers named eight attorneys to the list of 2017 Great Plains Super Lawyers and included six attorneys on the list of 2017 Great Plains Rising Stars.