MINNEAPOLIS, MN – August 19, 2021.  Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., is pleased to announce that 34 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022, with four attorneys recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in their practices: Thomas H. Boyd, Tammera R. Diehm, Elizabeth H. Schmiesing and Eric F. Swanson. In addition, 11 attorneys have been included in the list of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. The recognized attorneys are:

* denotes “Lawyer of the Year” in this practice area.

The following attorneys were listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. “Ones to Watch” recipients typically have been in practice for 5-9 years.

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. Almost 108,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received over 13 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 9.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 67,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – August 5, 2021. Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., is pleased to announce that Shareholder, Practice Group Leader and firm Board member David Aafedt has been re-elected to his eighth term as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Minnesota and North Dakota. David has served on the BBB Board since 2010.

As Chair, David manages meetings of the full Board as well as all meetings of the Executive Committee; including acting as an ex-officio member of all committees. David is actively involved in advancing the mission of the BBB and acts as an ambassador for the organization, promoting its values as well as the benefits of accreditation.

With more than 6,000 regionally Accredited Businesses, the BBB of Minnesota and North Dakota is a not-for-profit organization with a 26-member board of directors. Board members are business owners and executives representing a variety of industries, professions and company sizes, as well as organizational partners such as higher education. The BBB aims to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust by promoting ethical relationships between businesses and the public through voluntary self-regulation.

Prior to joining Winthrop & Weinstine in 2003, David served as an Assistant Attorney General with the Minnesota Attorney General’s office. His practice at the firm now mirrors his practice while at the Attorney General’s Office. He uses his extensive experience to advocate on behalf of his clients in a wide range of settings, including state and federal regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, consumer and charities litigation, as well as state and federal audits, investigations, and market conduct examinations.