Press/Media Coverage

Jesse Ventura was awarded $500,000 for defamation and more than $1.34 million for “unjust enrichment” by a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota Tuesday, having successfully established that Chris Kyle defamed him in his book American Sniper and in later promotional interviews. In order to succeed, Ventura had to…

Four Henson Efron attorneys were featured on the list of “Top Women Attorneys in Minnesota” in the April print edition of Mpls/St. Paul Magazine.  Attorneys were selected from the 2013 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists, which uses a patented multiphase selection process in which peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research….

Estate planning, trust and probate attorney Christopher J. Burns announced he will be running for re-election to the Woodbury City Council. He was first elected in 2010 and currently chairs the Woodbury Street Rehabilitation Task Force. If re-elected, it would be his second and final term. Read the full article from the Woodbury Bulletin here.

U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle denied a motion by Chris Kyle’s widow to dismiss former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura’s defamation lawsuit, allowing it to go to trial. Litigation attorney, David Bradley Olsen, said, “Obviously we’re pleased by the decision and we think the judge got it correct. We’ve been saying from the beginning that this…

Litigation attorneys Stuart T. Williams and Jillian Pearson were recently featured in the Verdicts and Settlements section of Minnesota Lawyer for their defense victory in October. The client was alleged to have misappropriated trade secrets, tortiously interfered with the competitor’s agreements and unfairly competed with the competitor.  The case revolved around the accusations that a former…

Indian law attorney David Bradley Olsen is optimistic after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Portland, Oregon, dismissed the Native voting rights lawsuit, Wandering Medicine v. McCulloch, on October 30, 2013.  The Montana tribal members’ appeal was dismissed as moot because it applied to reservation polling places that had been denied for the 2012 election,…

Business law attorney and managing partner Clark D. Opdahl was recently interviewed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune to discuss the benefits of being part of Legal Netlink Alliance, an international consortium of law firms sharing legal knowledge and providing legal services to clients around the world. “[W]e can identify firms in other jurisdictions that will take…

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is poised to decide whether Montana state and local officials violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act when they refused to establish satellite registration and absentee voting offices on the Northern Cheyenne, Crow and Ft. Belknap Indian Reservations.  In person absentee and late voter registration offices are available…

Business law attorney and President of the Minnesota Food Truck Association (MFTA), John C. Levy, met with Mike Mulligan and Doug Sams of the Downtown Food Committee to discuss possible solutions to the conflict between downtown restaurants and food trucks.  At the meeting, the possibility of designated parking zones, which would clear the congestion of…

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal featured Stanley Efron, William Forsyth, Alan Eidsness, and Joseph Dixon, Jr. in the “People on the Move” section for being selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2014. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers…

Corporate and business law attorney John C. Levy was recently interviewed by WCCO’s Reg Chapman for his story, “Skyway Businesses Shuttering, Point Blame Toward Food Trucks.”  As an attorney with a focus on the area of Food Truck law and President of the Minnesota Food Truck Association (MFTA), Levy advocates that food trucks have “enhanced…

Minneapolis law firm Henson Efron has been named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For by Minnesota Business. Henson Efron is one of only five law firms to make the 2013 Best Companies to Work For list. From data gathered in an anonymous employee satisfaction survey, Minnesota Business ranks the top Minnesota companies…

Attorney John C. Levy was recently interviewed for a story in Minnesota Lawyer on the growing legal industry for food trucks. Levy, president of MFTA and co-owner of AZ Canteen, said that he wants to help develop the best practices for food trucks, be an advocate and a source for information when trucks deal with licensing,…

At the end of 2012, fearing the federal gift exemption was about to shrink from $5.12 million to $1 million, many affluent individuals made gifts to family members. To almost everyone’s surprise, however, not only did Congress renew the $5.12 million federal gift tax exemption, they increased it to $5.25 million. Estate planning, trust and…

Corporate and business law attorney John C. Levy was recently featured in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal on his presidency and efforts behind the founding of the Minnesota Food Truck Association. Levy, chief manager and co-owner of celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern’s AZ Canteen food truck, shared his thoughts on his new Food Truck law focus, “Through…

Henson Efron Litigation attorney, David Bradley Olsen was quoted in a February 26 Star Tribune article regarding the Minnesota Court of Appeals decision that people who care for sick or elderly family members in their home are entitled to unemployment benefits. Olsen notes that this case is similar to a recent case he litigated on…

Business law attorney John C. Levy recently founded the Minnesota Food Truck Association (MFTA), an industry organization that will advocate for the unique issues facing the fast-growing food truck industry while supporting the vitality, diversity and quality of food trucks as they serve the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota food community. As part of his…

In a Star Tribune article titled “Relative Caregivers Catch a Break,” Henson Efron attorney David Bradley Olsen is acknowledged for his work representing eight home-care agencies and nine relative caregivers in Healthstar Home Health Inc. vs. Jesson, successfully challenging the legislature’s effort to cut a caregiver’s personal care assistant wages if the caregiver is related…