Fredrikson Attorney Named 2024 Super Lawyers Wisconsin Rising Star

Fredrikson attorney Leakhena Au has been named a 2024 Rising Star by Super Lawyers for Madison, Wisconsin.

Au uses her wide range of experience in all aspects of state and federal civil law to assist clients with environmental and regulatory compliance. She has a background in civil litigation and government administration. She has regulatory and natural resource planning experience with the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and Clean Water Act analysis. Au also has experience with compliance counseling and due diligence reviews. She has assisted a variety of clients with environmental review, regulatory, and permitting matters in the Midwest, particularly in the transmission, utility and renewable energy sectors.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process, including nominations, independent research and peer evaluations. The Rising Stars designation honors leading attorneys who are either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. While up to five percent of the lawyers in a state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than two and a half percent are named to Rising Stars.

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.