Experience
Christianna Finnern is a shareholder at Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., practicing in the areas of commercial, construction, bankruptcy and insurance litigation. Her practice encompasses products liability litigation, including food safety and medical device issues, as well as health care law, shareholder disputes, and real estate and banking litigation. Since joining the firm in 2004, Christianna’s practice has evolved to include representation of title insurance companies in such matters as agent fraud and defalcation, contract breaches, insurance coverage, quiet title and mechanic's lien actions.
Christianna is known as a collegial yet tenacious litigator, working tirelessly to achieve amazing results while balancing legal costs with business realities. Christianna’s clients include individuals, small and large businesses, insurance companies, employers and lenders in workout and foreclosure situations. She has counseled and advocated on behalf of clients in complex litigation matters in state and federal courts in Minnesota and other states around the country.
In addition to her role in the courtroom, Christianna is an active leader at the firm and in the community. She participates in the firm’s Recruiting and Marketing Committees, and is the chair of the firm's annual Women Client Event. Her passion for the law and promoting women professionals makes her a great mentor for young attorneys. Christianna currently mentors two women through the firm’s mentorship program, and also mentors a law student in partnership with the University of Minnesota’s Minority Mentorship Program. In the community, Christianna champions Dress for Success, organizing several clothing drives, and the American Heart Association.
Raised in Madelia, Minnesota, Christianna lives in Edina with her husband, also an attorney, and their two children.
Bar Admissions
Iowa (inactive), 2003
Minnesota, 2001
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota