LINDQUIST & VENNUM PLLP - Minnesota Lawyer

Posted: 11:52 am Thu, September 15, 2011
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4200 IDS Center
80 S. Eighth St.
Minneapolis, MN? 55402-2274
612-371-3211
www.lindquist.com
Founded 1968

MANAGING PARTNER
Dennis M. O?Malley

MISSION STATEMENT
Lindquist & Vennum is a business-oriented, general practice law firm with nearly 200 attorneys in Minnesota and Colorado. The firm is known for its extensive bankruptcy, corporate finance, M&A and commercial litigation practices, as well as for groups focused on renewable energy, life sciences, financial institutions and real estate.? Also of note are its practices in product liability, insurance recovery, and securities and financial litigation.

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Administrative, agricultural law, alternative dispute resolution, antitrust and trade regulation, appellate practice, banking and finance, bankruptcy and business restructuring, biotechnology, business/corporate, casinos and gambling, commercial law, commercial real estate, communications and media, construction, consumer law, contracts, criminal law, education, elder law, employment/employee benefits, energy/environmental/regulated industry, family law, financial services/institutions, franchises/franchising, general tort law, government regulation/government affairs, health care/life sciences, hotel and restaurant, immigration, insurance, intellectual property, international law/trade, labor and employment law, litigation, medical malpractice, mergers? and acquisitions, municipal/ local? government, natural resources, nonprofit/charitable organizations, patents/trademarks, premises liability, private equity, products liability, professional liability, public utilities law, railroad law, RICO, securities and finance, social security, tax law, transportation, trusts and estates, white collar crime, workers? compensation

IMPORTANT CONTACTS
Dennis O?Malley
Managing Partner
domalley@lindquist.com

Jill M. LaMere
Executive Director
jlamere@lindquist.com

Dawn Costa
Administration Director
dcosta@lindquist.com

Karen Reitmeier
Client Services & Reporting Director
kreitmeier@lindquist.com

Suzette Allaire
Chief Information Officer
sallaire@lindquist.com

Jill Caspers
Controller
jcaspers@lindquist.com

Peter Moyer
Director of Business Development
pmoyer@lindquist.com

Shelly Gertgen
Director of Communications
sgertgen@lindquist.com

MARKETING DIRECTOR
Dean Harakas
Chief Marketing Officer
dharakas@lindquist.com

MN lawyers: 160 (47 female; 113 male)
Equity partners: 87 (21 female; 66 male)
Total lawyers (worldwide): 181
New MN hires in 2011 (through 7/31): 4 female; 1 male
MN elevations in 2011 (through 7/31): 3 female; 1 male
Departures in 2011 (through 7/31): 5 female; 3 male
?Of counsel? lawyers (MN only): 14
Paralegals (MN only): 19
Non-paralegal support staff (MN only): 127
Minority lawyers (MN only): 2 partners; 7 non-partners
Hourly billing rates: Associate average $240; partner average $403
Annual billable hours expected of associates:? 1,750
Associates? starting salary as of Jan 1, 2011:? $110,000
Total hours devoted annually to pro bono representation: 9,022 (2010 total)
Dress code: Business casual
Length of paid family leave: 12 weeks (lawyers only)
Flextime for lawyers: Yes
Part-time lawyers: Yes
Telecommuting for lawyers: Yes
Flextime for staff: Yes
Part-time staff: Yes
Telecommuting for staff: No
Unique benefits:? 1. The firm offers a health savings account to every employee, with the exception of partners.? 2. The firm?s Employee Assistance Program offers face-to-face visits plus referrals for child and elder care, pet care, daily living and travel for all employees. 3.? Remarkable Journeys, a local travel agency, is on-site once a month to provide free travel arrangement services to all employees.

Source: http://minnlawyer.com/2011/09/15/lindquist-vennum-pllp/

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