MINNEAPOLIS—August 20, 2020. Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., is pleased to announce that thirty-three of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021, with two attorneys recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in their practices: John A. Knapp and Eric F. Swanson. In addition, five attorneys have been included in the inaugural edition of Ones to Watch. The recognized attorneys are:
Name | Area Recognized |
David M. Aafedt | Administrative/Regulatory Law Insurance Law |
Jeffrey R. Ansel | Arbitration Commercial Litigation Litigation – Banking and Finance Litigation – Real Estate Mediation |
Jonathan W.J. Armour | Real Estate Law |
Timothy M. Barnett | Corporate Law Franchise Law |
Daniel C. Beck | Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
Thomas H. Boyd | Appellate Practice Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Litigation – Trusts and Estates |
Philip T. Colton | Securities / Capital Markets Law |
David A. Davenport | Commercial Litigation |
Tammera R. Diehm | Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Land Use and Zoning Law Municipal Law Real Estate Law |
James W. Dierking | Real Estate Law |
Edward J. Drenttel | Banking and Finance Law |
Christianna Finnern | Health Care Law |
Jon J. Hoganson | Banking and Finance Law Real Estate Law |
Justin Jenkins | Litigation – Trusts & Estates |
Mark T. Johnson | Corporate Law Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
Norman L. Jones III | Real Estate Law |
Thomas J. Kettleson | Banking & Finance Law |
John A. Knapp | Administrative/Regulatory Law Government Relations Practice Insurance Law* |
Anton J Moch | Banking and Finance Law |
David E. Moran | Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
John D. Nolde | Real Estate Law |
David P. Pearson | Commercial Litigation Insurance Law |
Jon L. Peterson | Real Estate Law Tax Law |
Laura A. Pfeiffer | Employment Law – Individuals Employment Law – Management |
Mark A. Pihart | Employment Law – Management Litigation – Labor & Employment |
Brooks F. Poley | Commercial Litigation |
Michael A. Rosow | Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
Elizabeth Schmiesing | Energy Law Environmental Law |
Eric F. Swanson | Administrative/Regulatory Law Energy Law* Energy Regulatory Law |
Todd B. Urness | Real Estate Law Tax Law |
Michele D. Vaillancourt | Corporate Law Mergers & Acquisitions Law |
Thomas A. Walker | Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Douglas S. Wolgamot | Trusts & Estates |
* denotes “Lawyer of the Year” in this practice area.
The following attorneys were listed in the inaugural edition of 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.
Name | Area Recognized |
Catherine M. Cumming | Tax Law |
Christopher Hussey | Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
Katherine A. Johnson | Real Estate Law |
Jessica Timmington Lindstrom | Elder Law |
Matthew Robinson | Commercial Litigation |
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 94,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received over 11 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 8.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 62,000 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. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”