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Only a small percentage of attorneys in each state are named each year to these annual lists—no more than 5 percent to the Super Lawyers list and no more than 2.5 percent to the Rising Stars list.

The committee is made up of six attorneys, including current and former judges and other leaders in the legal community.

The team includes Cargill attorneys Kate Hibbard, Brooke Tassoni, and Molly Thornton, as well as Greene Espel attorneys Holley Horrell, Mark Johnson, Aaron Knoll, Jeya Paul, Faris Rashid, Anna Tobin, Gina Tonn, and X. Kevin Zhao.

Greene Espel is pleased to announce that 16 of its attorneys have been recognized on the 2023 Minnesota Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

The Commission solicits, considers, and recommends candidates to the Governor for vacancies in the district courts and the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals.

Greene Espel is pleased to announce that 16 of its attorneys have been recognized on the 2022 Minnesota Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Additionally, John Baker, Jeanette Bazis, and Jenny Gassman-Pines have been recognized on the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Minnesota list.

Judge Michael J. Davis for the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota recently issued an order granting a complete dismissal with prejudice of all claims asserted against our client, Deloitte & Touche LLP, in a putative class action lawsuit, Kamal v. Baker Tilly US, LLP.

Since the beginning of the global Covid-19 pandemic, 3M has been working diligently to seize counterfeit N95 masks—both to protect its intellectual property and protect the public from sometimes dangerous and ill-fitting fake masks.

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement, as chosen through a multi-phased process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and evaluations on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.

At the forefront of the world's human rights movement, The Advocates for Human Rights works to change systems and conditions that cause human rights abuses.

The latest in a string of fake N95 confiscations, 3M has worked with law enforcement to seize over 41 million counterfeit N95 masks globally.

In partnership with The Advocates for Human Rights, X. Kevin Zhao began representing the client in 2015.

Greene Espel PLLP is pleased to announce that 20 of its attorneys have been named to the 2020 Minnesota Super Lawyers, including three attorneys—Jeanette Bazis, Matt Forsgren, and Mark Johnson—named to the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Minnesota.

Greene Espel PLLP is proud to announce that 13 of its lawyers have been recognized as North Star Lawyers by the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) for pro bono work done in 2019.

We write regarding a recent decision issued by the Minnesota Supreme Court on a topic that has generated significant motion practice and commentary over the past few years: specific personal jurisdiction.

Super Lawyers has released its 2019 list of Minnesota Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, and 18 of Greene Espel's 31 lawyers were selected, including three attorneys—Cliff Greene, Jeanette Bazis, and Matt Forsgren—named to the Top 100 Minnesota Super Lawyers List.

Greene Espel PLLP congratulates attorneys Caitlinrose Fisher, Matthew Forsgren, Jenny Gassman-Pines, Holley Horrell, Ginny McCalmont, Katherine Swenson, Anna Tobin, and Kevin Zhao on being named North Star Lawyers by the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) for pro bono work done in 2018.

Greene Espel PLLP is pleased to announce that attorneys Kate Swenson and Kevin Zhao were named to Minnesota Lawyer's 2018 “Up & Coming Lawyer” list. Each year, Minnesota Lawyer selects a small group of attorneys who are in their first ten years of practice to be named “Up and Coming.”

Greene Espel PLLP congratulates attorneys Matthew Forsgren, Jenny Gassman-Pines, Bob Gilbertson, Aaron Knoll, Karl Procaccini, Faris Rashid, Katherine Swenson, Anna Tobin, and Kevin Zhao on being named North Star Lawyers by the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA).

The 2018 Business Law Institute will include Greene Espel attorneys Jenny Gassman-Pines, Faris Rashid, and X. Kevin Zhao.

Greene Espel PLLP congratulates Kevin Zhao on his appointment to the Merit Selection Panel to advise the U.S. District Court of the District of Minnesota on the selection of a new U.S. Magistrate Judge. The panel will evaluate and recommend the best-qualified candidates to the District Judges for consideration.

On June 9, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a 2015 jury verdict, which found Toyota at fault for a 2006 fatal car crash and awarded client Koua Fong Lee and other victims $11.4 million