Awards & Rankings

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

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 22nd annual Outstanding Directors event presented by Twin Cities Business Magazine.

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).

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.

Super Lawyers Magazine recognized 32 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys as 2017 Minnesota Super Lawyers and 21 attorneys as Minnesota Rising Stars.

Fredrikson & Byron was named one of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s Best Places to Work for 2017.

IAM’s market-leading guide identifies the top patent professionals and firms.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked nine Fredrikson & Byron practice areas and 24 individual attorneys in its 2017 edition.

The Minnesota State Bar Association recognized 45 Fredrikson attorneys as North Star Lawyers.

Fredrikson received the inaugural Partner Award from the Neighborhood Development Center.

Fredrikson & Byron shareholders Robert D. Aronson and Karen G. Schanfield will receive this year’s Sidney Barrows Lifetime Commitment Award.

Shareholder Edward Q. Cassidy was selected to receive the 2016 Attorney of the Year award from Minnesota Lawyer.

Fredrikson & Byron received a nearly perfect score of 95 percent on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI).