Robins Kaplan Attorneys Named To 2023 Best Lawyers in America List

Robins Kaplan LLP is pleased to announce that 56 of the firm’s attorneys have been named to the 2023 Best Lawyers in America® list. In addition, several Robins Kaplan attorneys were named “Ones to Watch.”

Along with their Best Lawyers recognition, Jake Holdreith, Alan Miller, Tim Purdon, Tara Sutton, and K. Craig Wildfang were honored as “Lawyers of the Year.” The “Lawyer of the Year” award is presented to one attorney in a major practice area in each metropolitan area. Recipients are selected based on particularly impressive peer-review results gathered from other attorneys in the same communities and fields. The recognition reflects the recipient’s abilities, professionalism, and integrity. 

Robins Kaplan attorneys named to the "Lawyers of the Year," “Best Lawyers” and “Ones to Watch” lists include the following:

2023 Lawyers of the Year

• Jake Holdreith
  Litigation - Intellectual Property in Minneapolis 
• Alan Miller
  Insurance Law in Boston 
• Tim Purdon
  Native American Law in Minneapolis
• Tara Sutton
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs in Minneapolis
• K. Craig Wildfang
  Litigation - Antitrust in Minneapolis

2023 Best Lawyers in America

• Daniel Allender
  Commercial Litigation
• Richard Allyn
  Litigation – Insurance
• A. James Anderson
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Patrick M. Arenz
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Katie Bennett
  Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Robert Bennett
  Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Pamela E. Berman
  Appellate Practice
  Commercial Litigation
  Employment Law – Management
• Elizabeth Burnett
  Commercial Litigation
• Steven C. Carlson
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
• John C. Childs
  Commercial Litigation
• Amy Churan
  Litigation – Insurance
• William N. Erickson
  Insurance Law
• Aaron R. Fahrenkrog
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
• Leo F. Feeney
  Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Matthew Frerichs
  Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  Trusts and Estates
• Anthony A. Froio
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Marcia J. Harris
  Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
• Mark A. Hallberg
  Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
  Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Thomas L. Hamlin
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Jake M. Holdreith
  Advertising Law
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Trade Secrets Law
• Kate E. Jaycox
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Brendan Johnson
  Native American Law
• Elliot S. Kaplan
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Jamie R. Kurtz
  Litigation - Health Care
• Christopher K. Larus
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
• Anne M. Lockner
  Commercial Litigation
• John N. Love
  Insurance Law
• Eric J. Magnuson
  Appellate Practice
  Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
• David E. Marder
  Commercial Litigation
• David Martinez
  Commercial Litigation
• Teresa Fariss McClain
  Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
  Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Munir Meghjee
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
• James P. Menton, Jr.
  Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Alan R. Miller
  Insurance Law
• Cyrus A. Morton
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
• Jason W. Pfeiffer
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Christopher A. Pinahs
  Litigation – Patent
• Tim Purdon
  Native American Law
• Denise Rahne
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Michael Reif
  Commercial Litigation
• Stephen Safranski
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
• Peter A. Schmit
  Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
  Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Steven A. Schumeister
  Real Estate Law
• Ronald J. Schutz
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
• Philip Sieff
  Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
• Roman M. Silberfeld
  Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
• William H. Stanhope
  Insurance Law
• Christopher Sullivan
  Commercial Litigation
• Tara D. Sutton
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
• Lee Ann Thigpen
  Litigation – Insurance
• Randall Tietjen
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Thomas Undlin
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Brandon E. Vaughn
  Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
  Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Bryan J. Vogel
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
• K. Craig Wildfang
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
• Matthew L. Woods
  Litigation - Intellectual Property

2023 Ones to Watch

• Waleed T. Abbasi
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Matthew P. Cardosi
  Insurance Law
• Derrick J. Carman
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
• François O. Ecclesiaste
  Intellectual Property Law
• Kaitlin M. Ek
  Commercial Litigation
• Elizabeth M. Fors
  Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
  Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Peter N. Foundas
  Commercial Litigation
• Christina M. Lincoln
  Commercial Litigation
  Insurance Law
• Benjamen C. Linden
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
• Emily E. Niles
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
• Taylore Karpa Schollard
  Insurance Law
• Emily J. Tremblay
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
• Devon H.M. Villarreal
  Commercial Litigation

The Best Lawyers in America list is one of the most renowned attorney referral publications in the country. It recognizes top talent across 147 practice areas. The Ones to Watch list recognizes extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States.