Each year, The Best Lawyers in America publishes lists that are compiled after an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2009 edition of Best Lawyers is based on 2.2 million evaluations by leading attorneys across the country.

In the 2009 edition of Best Lawyers, Leonard, Street and Deinard has more lawyers listed in the field of commercial litigation than any other firm in Minnesota.

In total, 37 of our colleagues – practicing in both litigation and business law – were selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Congratulations go to:

James J. Bertrand
Angela M. Bohmann
James G. Bullard
Jeffrey P. Cairns
Dominic J. Cecere
Kevin D. Conneely
Robert L. DeMay
Lawrence J. Field
Joseph M. Finley
William S. Forsberg
Eric H. Galatz
Jane F. Godfrey
William L. Greene
Robyn Hansen
David N. Haynes
David Kantor
David  W. Kelley
Steven R. Lindemann
Stephen R. Litman
Daniel J. McInerney, Jr.
Bruce J. McNeil
Frederick W. Morris
Thomas F. Nelson
Lowell J. Noteboom
Todd A. Noteboom
Richard G. Pepin, Jr.
Allen I. Saeks
Ellen G. Sampson
Thomas P. Sanders
John M. Sheran
Morris M. Sherman
Byron E. Starns
Lowell V. Stortz
Michael G. Taylor
Peter H. Thrane
Mark W. Weitz
Albert A. Woodward

These attorneys, along with a firm profile, will be listed on the Best Lawyers Web site (www.bestlawyers.com) and will be included in the 2009 print edition of the Best Lawyers publication, to be published later this fall. Our Web site, of course, will reflect this honor as well.

Again, congratulations to all those listed in the 2009 edition of

The Best Lawyers in America

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