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Todd Urness Honored As “Outstanding Director” by Twin Cities Business

MINNEAPOLIS – July 31, 2018 – Winthrop & Weinstine is pleased to congratulate shareholder Todd Urness on being honored as an “Outstanding Director” by Twin Cities Business for his dedication and exceptional work in the course of his board service at Bridgewater Bank. Todd joined the board when the bank was initially chartered in 2005, and has served in guiding the company through an evolving economic environment and strategic changes, including advising the bank as it went public in March 2018.

Todd Urness is a shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of Winthrop & Weinstine, where he focuses his practice on Real Estate Development and Tax Credit Financing & Syndication.  Todd advises owners, developers, investors, banks, syndicators, and other financial or lending institutions on complex real estate development and finance issues, including tax exempt bonds, tax increment financing, tax credits, joint venture and partnership matters, and governmental subsidies. He focuses on multifamily housing development and finance, including rental and for-sale housing, as well as commercial and mixed-use facilities.

Winthrop & Weinstine Named to Vault’s “Top 150 Under 150”

MINNEAPOLIS – July 23, 2018 – Winthrop & Weinstine is pleased to announce that the firm has been included among Vault’s “Top 150 Under 150” for 2019, recognizing leading law firms with fewer attorneys, but no less expertise, than the global megafirms that often dominate rankings and headlines.

To determine the Top 150 Under 150, Vault first developed a list of the best-known and most sought-after U.S. firms with fewer than 150 attorneys. Its editorial and research teams pored through Vault survey data, news stories, trade journals and other legal publications; spoke with lawyers in the field and reviewed other published rankings. Vault editors also assessed each firm for prestige, quality of life and professional growth opportunities, and then narrowed down the results to come up with a list of 150 law firms known for providing top-notch service and delivering big results.

Thirty-One Winthrop & Weinstine Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers List, Sixteen Attorneys Recognized as “Rising Stars”

MINNEAPOLIS – July 5, 2018 – Thirty-one attorneys from Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., have been named Super Lawyers® and will be included on the magazine’s annual list. The final published list represents no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state.

*Top 100
^Top 50 Women
†Women’s Edition

The magazine also publishes an annual “Top 100” list and a “Top 50 Women” list, which lists those who received the highest point totals in the Minnesota nomination, research and blue-ribbon review process. This year’s “Top 100” list included Winthrop & Weinstine attorneys Thomas Boyd, and Aimée Dayhoff, and the “Top 50 Women” list included Aimée Dayhoff and Tammera Diehm.

Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third-party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement and selections are then made on an annual, state-by-state basis. The objective is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for those searching for legal counsel.

In addition, sixteen attorneys from Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., have been named “Rising Stars” by Super Lawyers® and will be included in the magazine’s annual list. The list is made up of highly regarded attorneys who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to the list. The Winthrop & Weinstine attorneys recognized are:

The rigorous selection process is led by a research team of attorneys who review the credentials of potential candidates and assign points based on a set of defined evaluation criteria. The point totals from the general survey and research process are then added to arrive at a final tally and those with the highest point totals are named to the Rising Stars list. More information about the selection process can be found at http://www.superlawyers.com.

Super Lawyers also publishes a “Women’s Edition”, which includes Jessica Gutierrez Alm, Tiffany Blofield, Michelle Dawson, Aimée Dayhoff, Tammera Diehm, Christianna Finnern, Laura Pfeiffer, Noreen Sedgeman and Michele Vaillancourt.

Benchmark Litigation Names Three Winthrop & Weinstine Attorneys to “40 & Under Hot List 2018”

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — July 2, 2018. Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., is pleased to announce that three attorneys have been named to the “40 & Under Hot List 2018” by Benchmark Litigation, the only publication to focus exclusively on litigation in the United States. Gerald Fornwald, Brent Lorentz, 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.