Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom LLP and Affiliates is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1948,the firm consistently ranks among the top U.S. law firms by revenue. The company is known for its work on company mergers and takeovers.
The University of Minnesota Law School is the law school of the University of Minnesota,located in Minneapolis,Minnesota. The school confers four law degrees:a Juris Doctor (J.D.),a Master of Laws (LL.M.),a Master of Science in Patent Law (M.S.P.L.),and a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.). The J.D. program offers a number of concentration opportunities,as well as dual and joint degree options with other graduate and professional schools of the university.
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 Arthur A. Link in the 1980 election and served one term.
Adolph M. Christianson was an attorney and a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.
Timothy J. Heaphy is a white-collar criminal defense attorney,law professor and a former United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. He served as the lead investigator for the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.
Munger,Tolles,&Olson LLP (MTO) is a Californian law firm with offices in Los Angeles,San Francisco,and Washington,D.C. Charles Munger founded the firm in 1962 along with six other attorneys.
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.
Edward Timothy Burke was an American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1911 to 1916.
Arent Fox Schiff LLP is a national white shoe law firm and lobbying firm. It represents global corporations,local and national politicians,and large non-profit organizations. The firm is ranked 77th on the Vault Law 100 list of most prestigious law firms in the United States. The firm is based in Washington,D.C. with offices in New York City,Boston,San Francisco,Los Angeles,Ann Arbor,and Lake Forest. In 2022,Arent Fox merged with Schiff Hardin.
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 Joe Jacquot was the chief Deputy Attorney General of the State of Florida from 2007–11. 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").
Drew Howard Wrigley is an American attorney,lawyer,and politician from North Dakota. Wrigley currently serves as the attorney general of North Dakota after being appointed to the position by Governor Doug Burgum following the death of Wayne Stenehjem. 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,a business litigation group.
Wilhelmina Marie Wright is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She is the only jurist in Minnesota's history to be State District Court Judge,Appellate Court Judge and state Supreme Court justice. She was formerly an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court,a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals,and a Judge of the Minnesota District Court,Second Judicial District.
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.
Jeffrey Bryan is an American lawyer from Minnesota who is a Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Jerry Wayne Blackwell is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
