Awards & Rankings

Fredrikson & Byron has been recognized by the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (LACDL) as a recipient of the 2018 Sam Dalton Capital Defense Advocacy Award for the firm’s pro bono work relating to four death penalty cases in Louisiana. Fredrikson & Byron is the first private law firm to receive this award.

Fredrikson & Byron has been named a Tier 1 Metropolitan “Best Law Firm” in 32 practice areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® in 2019.

70 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys were included in The Best Lawyers in America^© 2019.

Fredrikson & Byron was named one of the “Best Law Firms for Women” by Working Mother magazine for the eighth consecutive year.

Fredrikson & Byron’s Trusts & Estates Group ranked in Band 1 in Minnesota and North Dakota in the 2018 edition of the Chambers High Net Worth Guide.

Super Lawyers named nine attorneys to the list of 2018 Great Plains Super Lawyers and included seven attorneys on the list of 2018 Great Plains Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers recognized 31 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys as 2018 Minnesota Super Lawyers and 22 attorneys as Minnesota Rising Stars.

The Minnesota State Bar Association recognized 59 Fredrikson attorneys as 2017 North Star Lawyers.

Lora Friedemann, Thomas R. Hipkins, Ann M. Ladd, Kurt J. Niederluecke, Charles D. Segelbaum and David C. West were featured in the 2018 edition of the IAM Patent 1000.

The Metropolitan Economic Development Association (Meda) has named Fredrikson & Byron the 2017 Corporate Volunteer of the Year.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked nine Fredrikson & Byron practice areas and 24 individual attorneys in its 2018 edition.

Fredrikson attorney Christopher D. Pham has been chosen as a 2018 Fellow by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

Fredrikson & Byron won the 2017 Turnaround of the Year Award from the Turnaround Management Association.