Attorneys Shantal Pai and Maliya Rattliffe Named 2025 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinders

Fredrikson attorneys Shantal M. Pai and Maliya G. Rattliffe have been named 2025 Pathfinders by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). The seven-month Pathfinder program provides high-potential, early-career attorneys from diverse backgrounds with the opportunity to learn from top leaders in the legal profession while gaining foundational leadership skills and relationship-building resources.

Pai is an associate in Fredrikson’s Environmental and Energy Practice Groups. She advises clients on matters involving state and federal agencies, including energy and environmental permitting, regulatory, and compliance matters, and toxic torts. Pai also assists in trial and appellate litigation before state and federal courts.

Rattliffe is a senior associate in Fredrikson’s Litigation Group. She represents clients in a variety of areas, including complex commercial disputes and employment discrimination matters. Rattliffe strives to provide the most efficient service and to deliver strategic solutions to her clients. She regularly participates in pro-bono matters and is very active in the Twin Cities legal community.

The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity is an organization of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners — the leadership of the profession — who have pledged themselves to creating a truly diverse U.S. legal profession. LCLD’s action programs are designed to attract, inspire, and nurture the talent in society and within LCLD’s organizations, thereby helping a new and more diverse generation of attorneys ascend to positions of leadership. By producing tangible results in LCLD’s institutions, LCLD works to promote inclusiveness in their organizations, circles of influence, and society, with the ultimate goal of building a more equitable and diverse legal profession.

Fredrikson & Byron is a leading Midwest law firm working collaboratively to help businesses achieve their goals regionally, nationally and globally. With a reputation as the firm “where law and business meet,” our attorneys bring business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to work with clients and operate as business advisors and strategic partners as well as legal counselors. The firm’s 400+ attorneys are based in Minneapolis, with offices in Ames, Bismarck, Des Moines, Fargo, Madison, Mankato, St. Paul, Saltillo, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. Learn more at fredlaw.com or LinkedIn.