Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP announced that it has opened an office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, continuing its expansion into the Midwest. The office, the firm’s 16th, will be staffed by eight partners from the Minneapolis office of Gray Plant Mooty. More >>

Leading global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomed 2019 by adding a 30th office in the United States — its 39th worldwide. Opening the firm’s office in Minneapolis, MN, is finance and restructuring attorney Michael B. Fisco, who will serve as the Managing Shareholder. Joining Fisco are shareholders Michael M. Krauss, a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Arleen A. Nand, who served as the U.S. Head of Agricultural Finance for DLA Piper, prior to joining Greenberg Traurig. All join from the local office of DLA Piper. More >>

National law firm Ballard Spahr has expanded its public finance capability into the Midwest with the arrival of Benjamin W. Johnson—an attorney known for his work with municipal bond financing—to its office in Minneapolis, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. He joins the firm from Barnes & Thornburg, where he was co-chair of the Charter School and School Innovation practice. More >>

First Amendment litigator Leita Walker has joined Ballard Spahr’s nationally recognized Media and Entertainment Law Group as a partner in Minneapolis, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day announces that Erin Sindberg Porter has joined the Firm’s Minneapolis Office as a partner in its Business & Tort Litigation Practice. She Arrives from Greene Espel, P.L.L.P. More >>

Cozen O’Connor today welcomed commercial litigator Miguel Alexander Pozo, who brings 20-plus years of experience litigating commercial and business disputes with an emphasis on matters involving brand protection, trademark enforcement, and employment law, to its Commercial Litigation Group. Pozo comes to the firm from Duane Morris LLP’s Atlanta office and joins Cozen O’Connor’s Minneapolis office as a member. More >>

Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today the launch of its Family Law practice with the addition of four partners from Lindquist & Vennum in Minneapolis. The group is comprised of partners Karen Schreiber, practice chair; Sonja Trom Eayrs; Brittany Stephens Pearson; and Gloria Myre. More >>

Ballard Spahr and Lindquist & Vennum announced today that they have agreed to merge effective January 1, 2018. The combined firm—which will retain the name Ballard Spahr—will have more than 650 lawyers in 15 offices nationwide. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Samuel Walling has joined the Firm’s Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation Practice as a partner in its Minneapolis Office. More >>

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to welcome Francis “Frank” Halm to the firm’s nationally recognized Real Estate Practice Group. Halm joins as a member and will be resident in the Minneapolis office. Halm brings nearly 30 years of experience in private practice and as in-house counsel, most recently serving as of counsel at Kutak Rock. More >>