MINNEAPOLIS – August 24, 2017 – Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., is pleased to announce that Noreen Sedgeman has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Children’s Theatre Company. She will also serve on the New Business Initiatives Committee in connection with her position on the Board.

Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) is the nation’s largest and most acclaimed theatre for multigenerational audiences. It creates theatre experiences that educate, challenge, and inspire for more than 300,000 people annually. CTC is the only theatre focused on young audiences to win the coveted Tony Award® for Outstanding Regional Theatre and is the only theatre in Minnesota to receive three Tony® nominations (for its production of A Year with Frog and Toad). CTC is committed to producing world class productions at the highest level and to developing new works, more than 200 to date, dramatically changing the canon of work for young audiences.

Noreen J. Sedgeman is a corporate attorney with a broad base of experience in diverse business transactions.  She is experienced in handling matters related to mergers & acquisitions, contract negotiation, entity formation, securities, and banking.  She works with private and public companies in a wide variety of industries.  Noreen is skilled in drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, corporate governance documents, employment agreements, and purchase and sale agreements.  In addition, she regularly analyzes and advises clients on regulatory issues and a wide range of business matters (including corporate reorganizations, corporate finance, and employment law).  Noreen works closely with clients to understand their individual businesses and goals, which enables her to provide nuanced and strategic advice to assist clients in attaining their objectives.

MINNEAPOLIS – August 21, 2017 – Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., is pleased to announce that Aimée Dayhoff has been elected Vice Chair of the Minnesota Zoo Foundation Board of Directors. Aimée was a trustee on the Minnesota Zoo Board of Directors from 2013-2017, and since 2010, has been a Member of the Governance Committee. As a Trustee of the Minnesota Zoo Foundation Board, she has twice chaired the Zoo’s largest annual fundraiser, the Beastly Ball.

The Minnesota Zoo is a year-round destination located in Apple Valley, just minutes south of Mall of America. The Zoo’s mission is to connect people, animals and the natural world to save wildlife. The Minnesota Zoo is a leader in saving wildlife through engagement, inspiration and action.

Aimée Dayhoff is a shareholder in Winthrop & Weinstine’s commercial litigation department. Since joining the firm in 2002, Aimée’s practice has been built on the foundation of her deep understanding of her clients’ businesses, which run the gamut from large publicly held corporations, to thoroughbred horse trainers, to small family-owned businesses, to Minnesota wineries. With her straightforward communication style and desire to efficiently and effectively achieve her clients’ goals, Aimée excels at listening to her clients and advising them on their various options and the costs associated with the same. Her frank and direct approach to practice has earned her numerous accolades and recognition from both clients and practitioners alike.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 16, 2017. Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., is pleased to announce that three attorneys have been named to the “Under 40 Hot List 2017” by Benchmark Litigation, the only publication to focus exclusively on litigation in the United States. Gerald Fornwald, Bradley Walz, and Joseph Windler, all aged 40 or younger, have been deemed the most promising emerging talent in their respective litigation communities by peers and clients.

Benchmark Litigation identifies the leading U.S. trial attorneys and firms at the local and national levels. Focused exclusively on the U.S. litigation market, the publication’s rankings and editorials are the result of extensive interviews with private practice lawyers and in-house counsel. Supplementary firm information is also submitted in the form of a questionnaire.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – August 15, 2017.  Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., is pleased to announce that twenty-nine of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018. The recognized attorneys are:

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.”