40 Gray Plant Mooty Lawyers Named 2014 Minnesota "Super Lawyers" and "Rising Stars"
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (July 7, 2014) — The law firm of Gray Plant Mooty is pleased to announce that 32 of its lawyers have been named 2014 “Minnesota Super Lawyers” and 8 have been named 2014 “Minnesota Rising Stars.” These attorneys will be recognized in the August issues of Minnesota Super Lawyers magazine, Twin Cities Business, and Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, as well as the November issue of Super Lawyers Business Edition.
The polling, researching, and selecting of “Super Lawyers” is designed to identify Minnesota lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5 percent of Minnesota lawyers receive this honor.
GPM’s 2014 “Minnesota Super Lawyers” include:
JC Anderson (Securities & Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business/Corporate)
David Bahls (Tax)
Kathryn Bergstrom (Business Litigation)
Jennifer Reedstrom Bishop (Health Care)
John Brower (Mergers & Acquisitions)
Ann Burns (Estate Planning & Probate)
Michael Cunningham (Business Litigation)
Dean Eyler (Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation, Appellate)
William Fisher (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights)
John Fitzgerald (Franchise/Dealership)
Susan Gaertner (Business Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar)
Michael Gray (Franchise/Dealership)
Richard Hackett (Employee Benefits/ERISA)
Gene Hennig (Business/Corporate)
William Klein (Business/Corporate)
Gaylen Knack (Franchise/Dealership)
John Krenn (Business Litigation)
Phil Kunkel (Banking)
James Lamm (Estate Planning & Probate)
Dean LeDoux (Litigation, Employment & Labor)
Carl Crosby Lehmann (Employment & Labor)
Charles Maier (Business Litigation)
Craig Miller (Franchise/Dealership)
Bruce Mooty (Mergers & Acquisitions)
John Nichols (Employee Benefits/ERISA)
Kirk Reilly (Franchise/Dealership)
Matt Shea (Estate Probate & Planning, Estate & Trust Litigation)
Daniel Shulman (Antitrust Litigation)
James Simonson (Business Litigation)
Michael Sullivan Jr. (Mergers & Acquisitions)
Mark Williamson (Mergers & Acquisitions)
Quentin Wittrock (Franchise/Dealership)
Rising Stars are chosen by their peers as being among the top up-and-coming lawyers and must be 40 years old or younger, or in practice 10 years or less. Only 2.5 percent of lawyers in Minnesota receive this honor.
The following GPM lawyers were named a 2014 “Minnesota Rising Star”:
Joy Reopelle Anderson (Business Litigation, Estate & Trust Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation)
Anne Bjerken (Estate Planning & Probate)
Elizabeth Dillon (Franchise/Dealership)
Loren Hansen (Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation)
Inchan Hwang (Securities & Corporate Finance)
Jeffrey Peterson (Creditor/Debtor Rights, Business Litigation)
Andrew Steil (Business Litigation)
Henry Wang (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor)
About Gray Plant Mooty:
Gray Plant Mooty is recognized as one of the leading corporate law firms in Minnesota and one of the top franchise firms in the world. Our roots go back to 1866. Today, we are a 170-attorney, full-service firm with offices in Minneapolis and St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Washington, DC. Our attorneys and staff provide exceptional client service and value to our clients, and directly or with our global affiliations, we provide comprehensive legal services on a regional, national, and global basis.