Sullivan, Rachna B.‚ Fredrikson & Byron‚
Minneapolis‚ 612-492-7000
Thomson, Richard T.‚ Lapp Libra Thomson
Stoebner & Pusch‚ Minneapolis‚ 612-343-4968
Tipping, William‚ Gaskins Bennett Birrell Schupp‚
Minneapolis‚ 612-333-9500
Wahl, Edward T. (Ned)‚ Faegre & Benson‚
Minneapolis‚ 612-766-8720
Wallen-Friedman, Leny K.‚ Wallen-Friedman &
Floyd‚ Minneapolis‚ 612-341-9893
Walser, Donald H.‚ Kraft Walser Hettig Honsey &
Kleiman‚ Hutchinson‚ 320-587-8150
Weinstine, Robert R.‚ Winthrop & Weinstine‚
Minneapolis‚ 612-604-6400 Pg. 28
Wildung, Wendy J.‚ Faegre & Benson‚ Minneapolis‚
612-766-7759
Williams, Stuart‚ Henson & Efron‚ Minneapolis‚
612-252-2814
Wilson, Richard G.‚ Maslon Edelman Borman &
Brand‚ Minneapolis‚ 612-672-8362
Wind, Todd‚ Fredrikson & Byron‚ Minneapolis‚
612-492-7046
Wolter, Leatha G.‚ Meagher & Geer‚ Minneapolis‚
612-337-9644 Pg. 52
Wolter, Steven‚ Kelley Wolter & Scott‚ Minneapolis‚
612-371-9090 Pg. 52
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Stageberg‚ Minneapolis‚ 612-339-8131 Pg. 35
Brinkman, J. Patrick‚ Felhaber Larson Fenlon & Vogt‚
Minneapolis‚ 612-373-8420
Brutlag, Michael L.‚ Brutlag Hartmann & Trucke‚
Minneapolis‚ 763-222-2503 Pg. 52
Dongoske, Scott J.‚ Winthrop & Weinstine‚
Minneapolis‚ 612-604-6400
Fafinski, Jr., Robert R.‚ Fafinski Mark & Johnson‚
Eden Prairie‚ 952-995-9500 Pg. 27
Hannaford, Jule M.‚ Kelly Hannaford & Battles‚
Minneapolis‚ 612-341-0881
Hennig, Gene H.‚ Gray Plant Mooty‚ Minneapolis‚
612-632-3202
Klein, William‚ Gray Plant Mooty‚ Minneapolis‚
612-632-3232
Melville, James‚ Kaplan Strangis & Kaplan‚
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Meyer, Neil M.‚ Meyer & Njus‚ Minneapolis‚
612-341-2181 Pg. 52
Nauman, Joseph C.‚ Ravich Meyer Kirkman McGrath
Nauman & Tansey‚ Minneapolis‚ 612-332-8511
O’Brien, Mary M.‚ Meagher & Geer‚ Minneapolis‚
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Opdahl, Clark D.‚ Henson & Efron‚ Minneapolis‚
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Barbara Berens boasts a 20-plus-year
career as an experienced, tough litigator
who pays attention to detail and gets results
in complex business litigation. Known as a
talented writer and speaker with impressive
people skills, Berens has successfully
handled significant cases in areas such
as antitrust, business torts, securities law,
employment disputes, computer and real
estate leasing, corporate governance,
various business insurance matters, the
purchase and sale of assets or companies
and other business entities, complex
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licensing, protection and sale of intellectual
property. Representative clients include,
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Life Insurance Company of North
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Peterson, Ronald B.‚ Halleland Habicht‚ Minneapolis‚
Shriver, Ernest (Pat)‚ Fafinski Mark & Johnson‚
Eden Prairie‚ 952-995-9500 Pg. 27
Strangis, Ralph L.‚ Kaplan Strangis & Kaplan‚
Minneapolis‚ 612-375-1138
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Griebel‚ Minneapolis‚ 612-573-3000
Eckland, Deborah C.‚ Goetz & Eckland‚ Minneapolis‚
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Gray, Kevin‚ Rajkowski Hansmeier‚ St. Cloud‚
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Gunderson, Jan M.‚ Bassford Remele‚ Minneapolis‚
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952-525-6943
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Johnson, David M.‚ Thibodeau Johnson & Feriancek‚
Duluth‚ 218-722-0073
Lind, Richard A.‚ Lind Jensen Sullivan & Peterson‚
Minneapolis‚ 612-333-3637 Pg. 28
Mahoney, Richard P.‚ Mahoney Dougherty and
Mahoney‚ Minneapolis‚ 612-339-5863
Miller, Lee A.‚ Arthur Chapman Kettering Smetak &
Pikala‚ Minneapolis‚ 612-375-5931
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America; The Fox Group, LLC; U.S. Bancorp
and Kardia Health Systems.
Berens is a 1990 magna cum laude
graduate of the University of Minnesota
Law School, and a member of Phi Beta
Kappa and The Order of Coif. She clerked
for U.S. District Judge David S. Doty and
was appointed as a special master in the
NFL/NFLPA antitrust litigation in 1993.
Before law school, she was a stockbroker
and a reinsurance broker.
Berens & Miller is a member of The National
Association of Minority & Women Owned Law
Firms. The firm is well-known for its careful,
skillful approach to the serious business
of advancing clients’ interests in litigation
and other matters. The firm’s lawyers pride
themselves on their ability and willingness to
do high-quality, big-firm work, and to do so
efficiently and without redundancy. Berens
& Miller is accustomed to developing case
budgets and working within them.
