• The Best Lawyers in America 2021 Recognizes 17 Greene Espel Lawyers

    The Best Lawyers in America 2021 Recognizes 17 Greene Espel Lawyers

    The 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America recognizes 11 Greene Espel attorneys, including “Lawyer of Year” designation to Larry Shapiro. Best Lawyers compiles its annual widely regarded recognition by an exhaustive peer review survey in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their peers. Approximately 5% of practicing lawyers in the United States are recognized in the latest edition. Of those recognized, Best Lawyers selects only one attorney in each practice ca

  • Award: Greene Espel Receives Nods for Diversity and Inclusion

    Award: Greene Espel Receives Nods for Diversity and Inclusion

    Greene Espel is honored to celebrate dual recognitions for its contributions to diversity and inclusion in the legal industry. On September 2, 2020, Law360 recognized Greene Espel among 40 U.S. firms with the most diverse equity partnerships. Law360 emphasized that while “progress on diversity in the legal industry has been slow . . . the 40 firms on this list are showing that law firms can create opportunities, and work to build a partnership with more diverse talent and diverse perspectives.”

  • Greene Espel Named to BTI Client Service A-Team 2020

    Greene Espel Named to BTI Client Service A-Team 2020

    Greene Espel PLLP has again been named among top firms for client performance by BTI Client Service A-Team 2020. The report identifies law firms singled out by clients as best at client service.

  • Super Lawyers Recognizes 20 Greene Espel Attorneys

    Super Lawyers Recognizes 20 Greene Espel Attorneys

    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.

  • Three Greene Espel Attorneys Named Up & Coming Lawyers by Minnesota Lawyer

    Three Greene Espel Attorneys Named Up & Coming Lawyers by Minnesota Lawyer

    Greene Espel attorneys Amran Farah, Caitlinrose Fisher, and Aaron Knoll were selected by Minnesota Lawyer for its 2020 Up and Coming Lawyers recognition. 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.” The award celebrates attorneys who distinguish themselves through their professional accomplishments, leadership, and service to the community.

  • 13 Greene Espel Attorneys Named North Star Lawyers for Pro Bono Service

    13 Greene Espel Attorneys Named North Star Lawyers for Pro Bono Service

    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. The MSBA awards North Star Lawyer designations to members who have provided at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services in a given year.

  • Chambers USA 2020 Ranks Greene Espel and its Attorneys

    Chambers USA 2020 Ranks Greene Espel and its Attorneys

    Greene Espel PLLP is proud to announce that Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, has again ranked Greene Espel among the top law firms in the United States.

  • Greene Espel is Recognized Again Among Nation’s Top Law Firms

    Greene Espel is Recognized Again Among Nation’s Top Law Firms

    Greene Espel PLLP is pleased to announce that it has been recognized in the 2020 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in top national and regional practice area categories. The recognition includes seven metropolitan first-tier rankings – the highest ranking available in each city.

  • Eleven Greene Espel Lawyers Listed in

    Eleven Greene Espel Lawyers Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America 2020"

    The widely regarded Best Lawyers publication released its 26th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America 2020. The list includes 11 Greene Espel attorneys, with two Lawyer of the Year designations.

  • Three Greene Espel Attorneys Named 2019 Attorneys of the Year by Minnesota Lawyer

    Three Greene Espel Attorneys Named 2019 Attorneys of the Year by Minnesota Lawyer

    Minnesota Lawyer has recognized three Greene Espel lawyers—Caitlinrose Fisher, Virginia McCalmont, and David-Wallace-Jackson—as 2019 Attorneys of the Year for their pro bono representation of Aida Al-Kadi in a federal civil rights lawsuit.

  • Greene Espel Recognized Among Top Firms In 2019 Chambers USA

    Greene Espel Recognized Among Top Firms In 2019 Chambers USA

    The 2019 edition of Chambers USA recognized litigation and investigations boutique Greene Espel PLLP in the general commercial litigation practice category. Chambers also recognized Jeanette Bazis, Bob Gilbertson, and Cliff Greene individually.

  • Greene Espel Named to BTI Client Service A-Team 2019

    Greene Espel Named to BTI Client Service A-Team 2019

    The BTI Client Service A-Team are the law firms singled out by clients as best at client service. "BTI Client Service A-Team 2019 (is) the end result of 350 in-depth interviews with top legal decision makers at the world’s leading organizations. This year’s leaders in client service have proven their client service prowess to legal decision makers on an ongoing basis—fostering and maintaining strong client relationships." BTI Consulting

  • Greene Espel congratulates Larry Shapiro on his receipt of the Cardozo Society’s 2018 Sidney Barrows Lifetime Commitment Award

    Greene Espel congratulates Larry Shapiro on his receipt of the Cardozo Society’s 2018 Sidney Barrows Lifetime Commitment Award

    Greene Espel proudly applauds Larry Shapiro, who receives the 2018 Sidney Barrows Lifetime Commitment Award at the annual Cardozo Society Dinner.The Sidney Barrows Lifetime Commitment Award is given to individuals in recognition of their dedication to the Federation’s mission, their commitment to the well-being of the Jewish and general communities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, their professional accomplishments, and their devotion to lifelong learning.

  • Greene Espel Secures Top Rankings in

    Greene Espel Secures Top Rankings in

    Greene Espel received top national and regional recognition in the 2019 edition of Best Law Firms, an annual guide published by U.S. News – Best Lawyers. The rankings include seven metropolitan first-tier rankings – the highest ranking available in each city.

  • Greene Espel Ranked in BTI Brand Elite 2018

    Greene Espel Ranked in BTI Brand Elite 2018

    "BTI Brand Elite" ranks the law firms with the best brand standing among General Counsels and top legal decision makers. The report measures law-firm differentiation and brand nationally across nine key factors that clients use to distinguish one law firm from another. Based solely on client feedback, the report identifies the best branded law firms—the firms worthy of premiums and positioned for complex work.

  • Benchmark Litigation Recognizes Greene Espel and Five of its Lawyers

    Benchmark Litigation Recognizes Greene Espel and Five of its Lawyers

    Greene Espel and five of its attorneys were recognized by Benchmark Litigation 2019, The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys. Five attorneys were listed as “stars,” individuals who were recommended consistently as reputable and effective litigators by clients and peers.

  • Greene Espel Lawyers Receive Recognition in 2018 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

    Greene Espel Lawyers Receive Recognition in 2018 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

    Super Lawyers has released its 2018 list of Minnesota Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, and 15 of Greene Espel’s 27 lawyers were selected. Super Lawyers identifies the top five percent of attorneys in each state, as chosen through a multi-phased process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

  • Minnesota Business Selects Greene Espel PLLP as a 2018 Editors' Pick for an Inclusive Work Environment

    Minnesota Business Selects Greene Espel PLLP as a 2018 Editors' Pick for an Inclusive Work Environment

    Earlier this year, Minnesota Business magazine selected Greene Espel PLLP as one of the “2018 100 Best Companies to Work For.” During the award celebration on June 28, 2018, the firm was also presented with a 2018 Editors’ Pick award for our inclusive work environment. We are honored that Minnesota Business recognizes our dedicated legal professionals’ diligent efforts to maintain a culture that fosters trust, collaboration, integrity, and innovation—all to our clients’ benefit.

  • Nine Greene Espel Attorneys Named North Star Lawyers for Pro Bono Service

    Nine Greene Espel Attorneys Named North Star Lawyers for Pro Bono Service

    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). MSBA awards North Star Lawyer designations to members who have provided at least 50 hours of pro bono in a given year.

  • Greene Espel Recognized Among Top Firms In 2018 Chambers USA

    Greene Espel Recognized Among Top Firms In 2018 Chambers USA

    The 2018 edition of Chambers USA recognized litigation and investigations boutique Greene Espel in the general commercial litigation practice category. In addition, Chambers individually recognized Jeanette Bazis and Cliff Greene for their litigation work and Beth Krueger for her antitrust work.