MINNEAPOLIS, MN – August 15, 2016. Twenty-six attorneys from Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017.
Four of these attorneys were also recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for their practices in Minneapolis:
David Aafedt for Administrative/Regulatory Law;
Stephen Baird for Trademark Law;
Tammera Diehm for Municipal Law; and
Eric Swanson for Energy Law.
The following Winthrop & Weinstine attorneys were recognized in Best Lawyers in America:
Name | Area Recognized |
David M. Aafedt | Administrative/Regulatory Law* Insurance Law |
Jeffrey R. Ansel | Arbitration Commercial Litigation Litigation – Banking and Finance Litigation – Real Estate Mediation |
Jonathan W.J. Armour | Real Estate Law |
Stephen R. Baird | Copyright Law Litigation – Intellectual Property Trademark Law* |
Thomas H. Boyd | Appellate Practice Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Litigation – Trusts and Estates |
Philip T. Colton | Securities/Capital Markets Law |
David A. Davenport | Commercial Litigation |
Tammera R. Diehm | Land Use and Zoning Law Municipal Law* |
Edward J. Drenttel | Banking and Finance Law |
Thomas M. Hart | Commercial Litigation Construction Law Eminent Domain and Condemnatioin Real Estate Law |
Jon J. Hoganson | Banking and Finance Law Real Estate Law |
Mark T. Johnson | Corporate Law |
John A. Knapp | Administrative/Regulatory Law Government Relations Practice Insurance Law |
Craig S. Krummen | Commercial Litigation |
Hart Kuller | Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Recognition Law |
John D. Nolde | Real Estate Law |
Devan Padmanabhan | Litigation – Intellectual Property Litigation – Patent |
David P. Pearson | Commercial Litigation |
Jon L. Peterson | Real Estate Law Tax Law |
Brooks F. Poley | Commercial Litigation |
Sri K. Sankaran | Litigation – Intellectual Property Litigation – Patent |
Eric F. Swanson | Administrative/Regulatory Law Energy Law* |
Todd B. Urness | Tax Law |
Michele D. Vaillancourt | Corporate Law |
Thomas A. Walker | Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Robert R. Weinstine | Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation |
* denotes “Lawyer of the Year” recognition
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”