Rising Stars


Steven P. LaPierre

Steve LaPierre is a member of Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Energy, Environment and Transportation group, devoting substantial time to transportation, labor and employment, and business litigation matters.

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Lara O. Glaesman

Lara Glaesman represents clients in a multitude of bankruptcy and commercial litigation scenarios. She typically represents secured and unsecured creditors, equipment lessors, real property owners, financial institutions, special servicers, unsecured creditor committees, trustees and business owners.

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Sixteen Leonard, Street and Deinard attorneys named 2007 "Rising Stars" by Minnesota Law & Politics

Sixteen Leonard, Street and Deinard attorneys have been named 2007 “Rising Stars” by Minnesota Law & Politics. Congratulations to:

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Bryant D. Tchida

Bryant Tchida is a business litigator. Bryant has extensive experience in the areas of complex business and class action litigation. He has represented major financial institutions in dozens of litigated matters throughout the country, including class actions.

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Brian W. Thomson

Brian Thomson focuses his practice on employee benefits/health care, product liability, construction, and commercial and business litigation.

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Tom A. Jensen

Tom Jensen has substantial experience in a broad range of complex business law matters, with a special emphasis on providing ongoing strategic counsel to companies in the energy, consulting and financial services sectors.

Tom regularly represents buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions, issuers and investors in private securities offerings, and borrowers and lenders in

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Eric J. Skytte

Eric Skytte is a shareholder in the firm’s Corporate Securities practice group. He has more than 15 years of experience representing business organizations ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to large national and global companies.

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David S. Ezrilov

David Ezrilov practices corporate law, representing both privately and publicly held companies. David has had extensive experience with mergers, acquisitions and other transactional work, and also spends a significant portion of time providing general counsel services to family and privately held businesses.

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Shane Swanson

Shane Swanson focuses his practice on estate planning, tax planning, family business succession, wealth transfer, pre- and post-marital agreements, and charitable giving. He also counsels non-traditional families about co-habitation agreements and related tax issues. Shane has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers®-Rising Stars in 2000, 2002-2009, 2011 and 2012.

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