David R. Oberstar

J. Robert (Rob) Keena helped build Hellmuth & Johnson’s litigation practice to find solutions that others don’t think of. “I work closely with both litigators and transactional attorneys at Hellmuth & Johnson to make sure that any client I represent receives the benefit of experienced eyes on every matter we handle. I don’t know of any other law firm that embraces complexity with creative thinking the way we do. I love it when someone who has a tough problem, a...

Rebecca Bernhard empowers employers to overcome labor, employment, and business hurdles with precision and efficiency. Her practical, solutions-driven approach to providing legal counsel cuts through complexity, allowing clients to resolve issues swiftly while minimizing risks. Rebecca's incisive guidance spans traditional labor law, talent management, and immigration. Rebecca’s multifaceted experience means she seamlessly blends legal acumen with business savvy when ensuring that compa...

Roberta B. Walburn has focused her legal career on complex, high-stakes litigation. Most notably, she played a pivotal role in the Minnesota tobacco litigation, representing the State of Minnesota and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota in their groundbreaking lawsuit against the tobacco industry. After four years of litigation—including unearthing more than 30 million pages of internal documents, litigation of crime-fraud issues, more than a dozen unsuccessful interlocutory appeals...

Jessica is a partner with Meagher + Geer and practices in our Anti-Fraud and Extra Contractual Litigation practice group. Since 2010, she has provided litigation services in a variety of insurance coverage and regulatory issues, including property loss, liability, auto insurance defense, and life insurance. She has also assisted clients with the implementation of fraud detection and prevention strategies. Jessica has extensive experience in all aspects of litigation, including discovery, depo...

Phaedra brings her creative and strategic acumen to individuals and a broad range of entities, including condominium, townhouse, cooperative, and other community associations. She provides legal advice and representation on a wide variety of issues affecting associations. Phaedra also represents property owners and others in the real estate sector on issues. Whether working with individuals or commercial entities in real estate, community association law, or collections, creditor’s righ...

George R. Wood is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. George R., who practices law in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which George R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

J. Michael Dady is the Founding Member of Dady & Gardner. He and his partners have successfully represented franchisees and dealers in more than 400 different franchisee and dealer systems, and they serve as counsel to more than 20 different national franchisee and dealer associations. He has won multi-million dollar settlements and judgments, while obtaining precedent-setting ruling that are the foundation of this developing area of law.

Christopher Yetka is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Insurance and Litigation - Trusts and Estates. Christopher, who practices law in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been recognized since 2027. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Christopher is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mr. Yanowitz graduated from Bard College in 1970 and received his Juris Doctor degree from Suffolk University in 1974. He then completed the Boston University Law School Graduate Tax Program receiving a Master of Laws degree in taxation in 1977. He worked as a tax manager for a national accounting firm in Washington, D.C., until 1979 and operated his own tax practice in Washington before moving to Rochester in 1984. He has authored numerous articles on taxation which have appeared in regional...

For the past two decades, Debra has focused her practice in the area of employment litigation and counseling, where she regularly assists employers with all aspects of employment matters. She helps employers navigate through the complicated and often-technical myriad of state, federal and local statutes and laws impacting employment decisions from the hiring process to performance evaluations, discipline, and separations, as well as litigation arising from all of those stages. Debra also devo...