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Happy New Year from LGN
Hats off to 2024!
Our team and colleagues donned new LGN beanies to commemorate the end of an exceptional year. As we usher in the new year, we extend our sincere wishes for continued prosperity and success to all.
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LGN Sponsors ERA MN Fundraiser for Equal Legal Rights
LGN proudly sponsored ERA MN’s “Ring in the New Year Early” fundraiser, supporting its dedication to realizing equal legal rights for all in Minnesota. ERA MN collaborates with other local organizations, including Gender Justice, which is committed to ensuring that people of all genders have a meaningful right to bodily autonomy, safety, health, and opportunity.
LGN is honored to have recently partnered with Gender Justice on important litigation involving access to emergency contraceptives, as well as ensuring that women who return to work after giving birth have access to appropriate facilities for expressing milk. Pictured are Megan Peterson, the Executive Director of Gender Justice, along with LGN Partners Rebecca Peterson and Karen Riebel.
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LGN Celebrates 45 Years
Today, Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP proudly commemorates 45 years of commitment to our clients and community.
At our recent anniversary party, we joined with colleagues and clients to celebrate our team’s history and recognize the dedication and hard work that has brought us to this milestone. Thank you to everyone who has helped make LGN a success.
As we look to the future, we renew our pledge to provide top-notch, effective representation to our clients and community. Here’s to many more years of making a positive impact together!
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LGN attorney Stephen M. Owen Presents Live Webcast CLE
LGN attorney Stephen M. Owen recently presented a live webcast CLE through Minnesota CLE titled Creating Job Descriptions, Postings, and Applications. The CLE was part of a series focused on hiring and firing.
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LGN Partner Kristen G. Marttila Named to Hennepin County Bench
Lockridge Grindal Nauen is pleased to announce that partner Kristen G. Marttila has been named by Governor Tim Walz to the Hennepin County Bench, and will serve as a judge in the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Minnesota.
Ms. Marttila currently practices primarily in the firm’s antitrust, environmental and land use, business law, and health care law practice areas, and serves as the firm’s pro bono committee chair. She formerly clerked for Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz and Judge Eric Tostrud in the District of Minnesota and is both a mentor to younger lawyers and also a spectacular practitioner. LGN is sorry to see Kristen leave our firm but is exceptionally proud that she will be serving the people of Minnesota on the bench.
Read more at the link to Governor Walz’s announcement here: https://mn.gov/governor/appointments/judicialappointments/judicialnews.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/601721
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LGN Welcomes Emma Ritter Gordon as Firm’s Newest Associate
Emma Ritter Gordon is an Associate at Lockridge Grindal Nauen practicing in the firm’s data breach group.
After graduating summa cum laude from Duke Law School, Emma clerked at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals for the Honorable Judge David R. Stras. At Duke, she served as the Senior Articles Editor for the Duke Law Journal and as Co-President of the Duke Law and Technology Society. She has interned at the Department of Justice in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section and at the North Carolina Solicitor General’s Office. Before going to law school, Emma worked for a major healthcare technology company.
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LGN Government Relations Team Attends Nexus Family Healing Ribbon Cutting
Last week the LGN Government Relations team was excited to join its client, Nexus Family Healing, at the ribbon cutting for their new Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility. Nexus-East Bethel will provide individualized, trauma-informed psychiatric residential treatment services for youth with a higher level of mental and behavioral health needs. The event was made particularly special by the presence of Lieutenant Governor Flanagan, DHS Commissioner Harpstead, Senate Human Services Chair Hoffman, and House Human Services Chair Fischer. LGN also recently sponsored Nexus Family Healing’s “Night for Nexus” event which supports efforts to expand services and ensure every child can access the care they need.
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LGN Joins Law Firms Nationwide to Stand Against Antisemitism, Bigotry and Hate Speech in Any Form
Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. is a proud signatory to the letter linked below. Directed to law school deans across the country from prominent US law firms, the letter condemns bigotry in any form, particularly hate speech. It was drafted in response to the alarming increase in anti-semitism on college and university campuses in the last several weeks.
The following excerpt from the letter reflects the core values of the Firm:
As educators at institutions of higher learning, it is imperative that you provide your students with the tools and guidance to engage in the free exchange of ideas, even on emotionally charged issues, in a manner that affirms the values we all hold dear and rejects unreservedly that which is antithetical to those values. There is no room for anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism or any other form of violence, hatred or bigotry on your campuses, in our workplaces or our communities.
Many thanks to Joseph C. Shenker, of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, for drafting and circulating this important message.
The letter is linked below:
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Heidi Silton Leads Panel Discussion at AAI’s 17th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference
Heidi Silton led a panel discussion at the American Antitrust Institute’s 17th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference on Thursday, November 2, 2023, at the National Press Club in Washington DC. Heidi and others discussed “Big Tech: Antitrust Lessons from the Battlefield,” and shared insights on the status and trajectories of multiple antitrust actions currently pending against tech giants Google, Apple, Facebook, and more.
Heidi also served as the Chair of AAI’s Antitrust Enforcement Awards Committee and presented awards to the 2023 Honorees. Congratulations to those honored as the leading legal antitrust practitioners and economists of 2023.
For more information, visit the AAI’s website.
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Heidi Silton Speaks at Lunch & Learn Series, Sponsored by the American Antitrust Institute
Heidi Silton spoke with Kellie Lerner, Liz Castillo and Dan Gustafson about how to move an antitrust case forward once it is filed. This is part of the Lunch and Learn Series sponsored by the American Antitrust Institute. The goal of the Lunch and Learn Series is to provide practical litigation strategies and best practices tailored for both new and experienced lawyers seeking to enhance their fundamental skills.
For more information, or to join future Lunch and Learn programs, visit: https://www.antitrustinstitute.org/event/virtual-cle-lunch-learn-now-i-filed-my-complaint-what-can-i-do-as-i-wait-for-the-inevitable-motion-to-dismiss/