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In 1988 Thomas R. Wilhelmy founded the Property Tax Department at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was the Chair until recent years. Thomas then commenced a new role at Ryan Law Firm, PLLC, first as Partner and now as Of Counsel, and continues to serve as the Property Tax Leader, Minnesota. "My professional goals have always focused on being of the highest level of beneficial service to the client community and the professionals in the niche area in which my time an...

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...

Harry A. Sieben, Jr. has spent more than 50 years advocating for injured people and helping build SiebenCarey into one of Minnesota's largest and most established personal injury law firms. Over the course of his career, he has represented clients in complex personal injury litigation and conducted jury trials resulting in record-setting verdicts. Harry's accomplishments as a trial lawyer have earned longstanding recognition from his peers and leading legal organizations. He has been recogniz...

Maren M. Forde is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Insurance Law. Maren M. practices law in Minneapolis, Minnesota Best Lawyers has recognized Maren M. Forde since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Maren M. Forde is held by other lawyers.

Mark Radke is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Mark practices law in Minneapolis, Minnesota Best Lawyers has recognized Mark Radke since 2019. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Mark Radke is held by other lawyers.

Jan Conlin has a long record of leading high-stakes intellectual property and business-critical litigation. Known for her trial and examination skills, Jan uses her well-honed expertise in the areas of trial strategy and risk assessment to find unique business resolutions for litigation-based conflicts of all sizes. During the course of her career, Jan has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts, awards, and settlements on behalf of her clients. For the past six years, Jan was na...

Chad Stepan serves as Chair of the firm’s Catastrophic Loss Practice Group. He focuses his practice on complex civil litigation, including fires, explosions, structural failures, mechanical failures, product failures and other catastrophic losses and construction-related incidents across the United States. He has handled numerous multi-million dollar claims, including major industrial explosions and fires, and construction and design matters. Chad investigates these incidents and provid...

Hugh D. Brown is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Construction Law. Hugh D. practices law in Minneapolis, Minnesota Best Lawyers has recognized Hugh D. Brown since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Hugh D. Brown is held by other lawyers.

Ryan has dedicated his entire legal career to representing people injured by foodborne illness. His passion is holding food producers accountable when they poison their customers. His unending goal is to make the food we eat safer. Ryan has a decade’s worth of experience in foodborne illness litigation. He has represented people in every major foodborne illness outbreak during that time. Ryan gravitated to the science-driven foodborne illness practice in part because he comes from a med...

Peder A. Larson advises clients on environmental, regulatory, government relations, ‎energy and land use matters. He has completed environmental impact statements, environmental assessment worksheets and ‎state and local ‎permitting processes for companies in a wide range of industries, including metallic and nonmetallic mining, materials ‎processing, ethanol ‎production, residential and institutional land development and waste ‎management. Peder provides compliance &l...