David Boies is an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP. Boies rose to national prominence for three major cases:leading the U.S. federal government's successful prosecution of Microsoft in United States v. Microsoft Corp.,his unsuccessful representation of Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore in Bush v. Gore,and for successful representation of the plaintiff in Hollingsworth v. Perry,which invalidated California Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage. Boies has also represented various clients in US lawsuits,including Theranos,tobacco companies,Harvey Weinstein,and Jeffrey Epstein's victims including Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom LLP and Affiliates,typically shortened to Skadden,is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City. The company is known for its work on company mergers and takeovers.
Susan Beth Richard Nelson is a senior United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She was previously a United States magistrate judge with the same court.
Michael "Mike" V. Ciresi is a prominent trial attorney and was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for the United States Senate from Minnesota. He dropped out on March 10,2008. Ciresi gained his public reputation by litigating several high-profile mass tort cases. Ciresi is the former Chairman of the Executive Board of the Minneapolis firm Robins,Kaplan,Miller &Ciresi LLP,a 250-lawyer firm he joined in 1971. He left in 2015 to form his own firm.
Allen Ingvar Olson is an American Republican politician and attorney who served as the 28th governor of North Dakota from 1981 to 1985. He defeated incumbent Art Link in the 1980 election and served one term.
Adolph M. Christianson was an attorney and a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.
The Constitution Project is a non-profit think tank in the United States whose goal is to build bipartisan consensus on significant constitutional and legal questions. Its founder and president is Virginia Sloan. The Constitution Project’s work is divided between two programs:the Rule of Law Program and the Criminal Justice Program. Each program houses bipartisan committees focused on specific constitutional issues.
Robert L. Vogel was an American lawyer and judge from North Dakota. He served as U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota and an associate justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Robert was one of five sons of Frank A. Vogel and Louella Vogel. His father,who served as the North Dakota Tax Commissioner,Highway Commissioner and manager of the Bank of North Dakota,was also a leader of the Nonpartisan League and a close confidant of Gov. William Langer.
Sarah Vogel is a North Dakota farm advocate,author,former politician,and lawyer who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture from 1989 to 1997. As a lawyer,she specialized in agricultural law.
Alston &Bird LLP is an American multinational law firm with over 800 lawyers in 13 offices throughout the United States,Europe,the UK,and Asia. The firm provides legal services to both domestic and international clients who conduct business worldwide. Alston &Bird has advised companies including Amazon.com,The Coca-Cola Company,Microsoft,Bank of America,Starbucks,Toyota,Dell,UPS,and Nokia. Since 2000,Fortune has ranked the firm in the 100 Best Companies to Work For list. The firm's core practices include intellectual property,complex litigation,corporate and tax,with national industry focusing on energy and sustainability,health care,financial services,and public policy.
Patterson Belknap Webb &Tyler LLP,founded in 1919,is a law firm headquartered in New York City.
Eric Himpton Holder Jr. is an American lawyer who served as the 82nd United States attorney general from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,Holder was the first African American to hold the position.
Eric John Magnuson is an American lawyer in private practice. He was the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2008 to 2010.
Joseph W. Jacquot is the general counsel to the governor of the State of Florida. Previously Jacquot was the chief deputy attorney general of the State of Florida from 2007 to 2011. He successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court in the landmark Miranda warning case Florida v. Powell and initiated the constitutional lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare").
Hogan Lovells is an American-British law firm co-headquartered in London and Washington,DC. The firm was formed in 2010 by the merger of the American law firm Hogan &Hartson and the British law firm Lovells. As of 2022,the firm employed about 2,500 lawyers,making it the sixth largest law firm in the world.
Drew Howard Wrigley is an American attorney,lawyer,and politician from North Dakota. Wrigley currently serves as the attorney general of North Dakota. He declared his candidacy for the office in early January 2022. Weeks later,then-incumbent Wayne Stenehjem passed away unexpectedly,and Governor Doug Burgum appointed Wrigley to serve the final year of that term. Wrigley was elected to a four-year term in November 2022,garnering 71% of the vote. Wrigley previously served as the United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota from 2001 to 2009 and again from 2019 to 2021,appointed by President George W. Bush and Donald Trump,respectively. Between his terms as United States attorney,Wrigley served as the 37th lieutenant governor of North Dakota from 2010 to 2016.
Brendan Van Johnson is an American attorney who served as the 40th United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota. He is the son of former U.S. Senator Tim Johnson and currently is a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP,where he serves as the Chair of the Firm's National Business Litigation Group and Member of the Firm's Executive Board. In 2024,Johnson was recognized as one of America's Top 200 Lawyers for his litigation work and representation of Native American tribes.
Derek Anthony West is an American attorney and former government official,and the current Senior Vice President and chief legal officer of Uber. Before Uber,West was Associate Attorney General of the United States and general counsel of PepsiCo. West previously served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division,the largest litigating division in the Department of Justice.
Mitchell Hamline School of Law is a private law school in Saint Paul,Minnesota. It is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and offers full and part-time legal education for its Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.
Erica Hinkle MacDonald is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota from 2018 to 2021. She served as a judge of the District Court for the First Judicial District of the State of Minnesota from 2010 to 2018;as an Assistant United States Attorney from 2000 to 2009;a litigation associate in 2000;and a federal judicial law clerk from 1997 to 1999.
