Awards & Rankings

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).

In the BTI Client Service A-Team 2017 report, the BTI Consulting Group included Fredrikson & Byron on its “Honor Roll of the Best” ranking for its client service excellence.

Fredrikson & Byron has been named a Tier 1 Metropolitan “Best Law Firm” in 28 practice areas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers^®in 2017.

Fredrikson & Byron shareholder Karen L. Grandstrand will receive the Outstanding Director award for her work on the TCF board of directors.

Sixty-six Fredrikson & Byron attorneys were included in The Best Lawyers in America 2017^© (Copyright 2016 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

For the sixth year in a row, Fredrikson & Byron was named one of the “50 Best Law Firms for Women” by Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers LLC.

Super Lawyers named eight Fredrikson & Byron attorneys to the list of 2016 Great Plains Super Lawyers and included three Fredrikson attorneys on the list of 2016 Great Plains Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers Magazine recognized 34 Fredrikson & Byron attorneys as 2016 Minnesota Super Lawyers and 17 attorneys as Minnesota Rising Stars.

Fredrikson & Byron shareholder James L. Baillie was selected to receive the Volunteer Lawyers Network's 2016 John D. Levine Distinguished Service Award.

The IAM Patent 1000 identifies the top patent professionals in key jurisdictions around the world.