MINNEAPOLIS — August 4, 2025. Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. is pleased to welcome two attorneys and one paralegal to our growing Corporate practice.

Maxwell J. Black joins the firm as an Associate in our Securities & Corporate Finance practice. Max represents clients on the formation and structuring of private funds (on both the buy and sell sides), fund mergers and reorganizations, and other fund considerations and compliance requirements, and counsels clients on revolving credit facilities and relating financing instruments, including mezzanine financing and bridge loans. He received his J.D. from Boston College Law School, and his A.B. from Harvard University.

Heather M. Ferch joins the firm as a Paralegal in our Trademark & Brand Protection practice. Drawing upon her 15+ years of experience, Heather assist clients and attorneys with domestic and foreign trademark registration, portfolio maintenance and management, responding to Office Actions and other filings, and DMCA copyright enforcement matters.

Danielle N. Suess joins the firm as a Senior Associate in our Trademark & Brand Protection practice. Danielle counsels clients on global trademark portfolio and brand strategies, trademark enforcement actions, domain name dispute proceedings, and trademark oppositions and cancellations with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and her B.A. from the University of Minnesota – Morris.