James L. Baillie
Shareholder
Email: jbaillie@fredlaw.com
Office: 612.492.7013
Mobile: 612.280.3486
Assistant: Shataia Stallings, 612.492.7730
PRIMARY SERVICES
"I understand how threatening financial distress can be for a business and its officers. I find satisfaction in counseling clients through all the options available and advocating on their behalf."
Overview
Experience
Articles & Presentations
Honors & Education
Professional Activities
Honors & Education
EDUCATION
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1967
- University of Chicago, A.B., 1964
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Minnesota, 1967
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1969
HONORS
- The Best Lawyers in America, 1989-present
- Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” in Minneapolis Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2011 and 2014
- Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” in Litigation - Bankruptcy, 2013
- Minnesota Super Lawyers, Super Lawyer-Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights; listed for more than twenty prior years
- Minnesota Super Lawyers, “Top 100 Attorney,” 2013, 2015, “Top 20 Attorney,” 2015
- Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy, 1997-present
- Fellow (Sustaining Life Fellow), American Bar Foundation, 1995-present
- National Transaction of the Year (mid-size), Turnaround Management Association, 2009 and 2016
- Transaction of the Year, Turnaround Management Association, Upper Midwest Chapter, 2006, 2010 and 2016
- Volunteer Lawyers Network, John D. Levine Award (at 50 year anniversary), 2016
- David Graven Public Service Award, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2009
- William Reece Smith Jr. Special Services to Pro Bono Award, American Bar Association, March 2006
- John Minor Wisdom Award for Professionalism and Public Service, American Bar Association Litigation Section, 1999
- Pro Bono Publico Award, Hennepin County Bar Association, 1992 (inaugural year)
- National Pro Bono Publico Award, American Bar Association, 1984 (one of four recipients the first year national awards were given by the ABA)
- Pro Bono Publico Attorney Award, Minnesota Legal Services Coalition, 1983