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About Us

For one hundred years, Best & Flanagan attorneys have been building uniquely close relationships with our clients, including closely-held businesses, nonprofits, generations of family members seeking estate and wealth planning advice, individuals and businesses involved in legal disputes, and local and national Fortune 500 corporations involved in nationwide transactions and litigation.

Whether we are planning the incorporation of a new business, negotiating a transaction involving the acquisition or sale of a company or real estate, drafting an estate plan, providing day-to-day advice regarding tax, governance or employment law matters, or representing a client in court, we strive from the beginning of our engagement to get to know you, your needs and goals, and to partner with you and your other advisors to provide the most customized, individual attention in the business.

We invite you to explore all that we have to offer by connecting to our practice and individual attorney profiles. And if you have questions that aren’t answered on our website, please connect with us directly.

Together, we and our community partners support each other and advocate making a difference.

Our attorneys, paralegals, and staff all volunteer their time and abundant effort to organizations such as the Volunteer Lawyers Network, the Children’s Law Center, and Wills for Heroes. We are members of non-profit boards, and readily involved in bar associations across the United States.

Through passionate legal support, we are dedicated to serving disadvantaged individuals and others in need. We regularly take on cases and causes to further the administration of equal justice, especially in the areas of housing and real estate, family law, and juvenile law.

Community Engagement

Best & Flanagan has an enduring commitment to the communities in which we live and practice. From providing pro bono legal services to active involvement in politics, schools, and civic coalitions, we are proud to be a part of our communities.

Diversity & Culture

Best & Flanagan’s culture is rooted in our steadfast commitments to:

  • Practice with character and integrity
  • Build close, long-term relationships with our clients
  • Hire, retain and advance a diverse and highly talented, engaging group of attorneys
  • Encourage and reward self-determination and entrepreneurship
  • Work with a spirit of collaboration, providing an environment that encourages balance and congeniality and at least a little bit of fun
  • Encourage firm leadership and involvement by all attorneys
  • Maintain transparency as to firm matters with partners and associates alike

Our commitment to diversity is at the heart of our values, and we continue to build and advance a diverse team of attorneys and staff that reflects the communities in which we live and practice. We believe that diversity of experience and background makes us stronger, more nimble and more effective as attorneys, and that our diversity helps us create meaningful connections with our clients, our community, and the agencies and courts before whom we appear.

We recognize that we have to be purposeful to achieve real and lasting diversity. To that end, the firm’s Board of Directors and Diversity & Community Engagement Committee are engaged in regular efforts to advance women attorneys, attorneys of color and attorneys from other traditionally underrepresented groups into partnership and leadership positions in the firm. More information about our efforts to retain a pipeline of highly qualified and diverse attorneys is available on our Careers page.

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Art Collection & Artists

John Rood was a gifted sculptor of wood, marble, and with the torch. A client of Charlie Bellows, Rood’s death became the inspiration of the Best & Flanagan art collection. Bellows, partner from 1946-1993, worked with the Art Lending Gallery, now the Groveland Gallery, to build on the Rood cornerstone and acquire works from Minnesota and other Midwestern artists, in diverse media.

The genesis of the collection, in 1974, coincided with the firm’s move from the First National Bank Building to the brand new, landmark IDS Center. The move symbolized a new start in the modern era and matched the optimism of Best & Flanagan’s flourishing business.

Artists represented in the collection include Cameron Booth, Peter Busa, Eric Austen Erickson, Theresa Handy, Mike Lynch, and Carl Oltvedt. Collected media includes oil and acrylic paintings, ink and pastel drawings, lithographs and photographs, prints and watercolors.

We are excited to announce the addition of “Tomorrow: Twin Cities” by seangarrison to our collection as an expression of who we are as a firm and a reminder of our commitment to the community. Sean G. Phillips (seangarrison) is a writer and abstract painter whose paintings and prose reflect the various aspects of the African American existence and experience in America. “Tomorrow: Twin Cities” is one of eight panels from the Heaven or Hell  live painting experience on August 13, 2021, and captures the emotion of possibility for our tomorrows to be better than our yesterdays.

The collection continues to grow, and provides a personal touch to our high-quality law practice.

Visiting

Driving directions to the 60 South Sixth parking ramp, which is located on the left hand side of the street across from the Nicollet Mall Light Rail Station.

From the East

Take I-94 West towards Minneapolis. Exit on the 11th Street exit (233A). Go slightly left on the 11th street ramp. Gradually move to the right lane (you have about 6 blocks). Take a right on Marquette. Go six blocks and take a left onto 5th Street. The 60 South Sixth Ramp is located on the left hand side across from the Light Rail station.

From the West

Take I-94 East toward Minneapolis. Exit on 4th Street North. Turn right onto 1st Avenue North and then take a left onto 6th Street. Continue on 6th Street crossing Nicollet Mall and take a left on Marquette. Go one block to 5th Street and take a left. The 60 South Sixth Ramp is located on the left hand side across from the Light Rail Station.

From the North

Take Interstate 35W going South. Take the Washington Avenue exit and turn right. Continue on Washington Avenue until you reach 2nd Avenue South. Turn left onto 2nd Avenue South and then right onto 5th Street. The 60 South Sixth Ramp is located on the left hand side of the road across from the Light Rail Station.

From the South

Take Interstate 35W North. Interstate 35W will turn into MN-65 via Exit 16A; watch for the downtown exits on the left. Turn left onto 7th Street. Turn right onto Marquette Avenue. Turn left onto 5th Street. The 60 South Sixth Ramp is located on the left hand side of the road across from the Light Rail Station.

From I-394

Take Interstate 394 East toward Minneapolis. Take the 9-B exit onto 6th Street North. Continue on 6th Street crossing Nicollet Mall and take a left on Marquette. Go one block to 5th Street and take a left. The 60 South Sixth Ramp is located on the left hand side across from the Light Rail Station.

  • 60 South Sixth Street
    Suite 2700
    Minneapolis, MN 55402
  • T: 612.339.7121
    F: 612.339.5897

  • Best & Flanagan will validate parking at the 60 South Sixth, Gaviidae, and Northstar Ramps.

    • 60 South Sixth Ramp: Entrance on 5th Street South across from the Nicollet Mall Light Rail Station between Marquette and Nicollet Avenues.
    • Gaviidae Ramp: Entrance on 6th Street South between Nicollet and Marquette Avenues.
    • Northstar Ramp: Entrances on 6th Street South, 2nd Avenue South, and 7th Street South.

  • The Westin Minneapolis
    88 South Sixth Street
    Minneapolis, MN 55402
    Reservations: 888-707-7736

    The Marquette Hotel – Curio Collection by Hilton
    710 South Marquette Avenue
    Minneapolis, MN 55402
    Reservations: 612-333-4545