At Best & Flanagan, we focus daily on achieving dual goals of excellent, personalized client service and a positive and healthy firm culture. In that spirit, we want to update you, our clients and friends, about our contingency planning relating to the Coronavirus pandemic. As we know all of you are, we are taking active […]
Best & Flanagan is pleased to announce three partners and two associates as exciting additions to our expanding private wealth planning, intellectual property and business law practices. Private Wealth Planning Robert A. McLeod is listed as among the Top 100 Lawyer in Minnesota for his accomplished probate, trust, guardianship and fiduciary litigation practice. From simple […]
Last week, Best & Flanagan sponsored Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal’s seventh annual Bizwomen Mentoring Monday event. Nearly 250 professional women from diverse industries and sectors across the Twin Cities came to make connections and learn from one another during group and one-on-one sessions. Best & Flanagan’s Managing Partner, Sarah Crippen, participated as a mentor and shared her […]
On Monday, February 10, 2020, Best & Flanagan’s Tom Heffelfinger and seven other former United States attorneys submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the need for congressional action in addressing the jurisdictional division of authority among tribal and state law enforcement on the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s historical reservation. In December 2019, the Supreme […]
You are a shareholder, member, or partner in a closely-held business, but you and your fellow owners seem headed for a break-up. Here are nine things you should think about as you begin your dispute resolution. 1. What do your agreements say? Minnesota courts look to written agreements, such as operating agreements, member control agreements, […]
On December 20, 2019, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act) was signed into law as part of a larger government spending package. The SECURE Act includes several provisions intended to make it easier for people to save for retirement, and also to make it easier for employers to adopt and […]
Benchmark Litigation recently recognized Joel Schroeder as a Minnesota Labor and Employment Star, one of 32 lawyers in the state to receive the recognition. Best & Flanagan is also ranked as a recommended firm for labor and employment litigation. Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to America’s leading litigation law firms and lawyers. With research conducted through extensive interviews […]
Forbes published their 2019 list of America’s Top Corporate Law Firms, featuring Best & Flanagan as a recommended law firm for our Bankruptcy & Creditor Remedies practice. The first-ever list of top U.S. corporate law firms saw emerging trends such as strong growth, the expansion of new practice areas surrounding developing technology, and the rise of regional firms […]
On Wednesday, September 25, Best & Flanagan volunteered at the fourth annual Pack at the Park event hosted by Fox Sports North and the Minnesota Twins in support of Feed My Starving Children. In just two hours, we joined nearly 300 volunteers and packed over 400 boxes containing more than 89,000 meals. That’s enough to […]
Dan Grimsrud, a mergers and acquisitions specialist in our Business & Corporate Law practice group, was interviewed on the September 4, 2019 episode of Ryan Tansom’s Life After Business podcast titled, “The Role of an M&A Attorney, Due Diligence and How to Maximize Your Sale Price.” The episode focused on how sellers can improve their outcomes by […]