Hanft Fride Newsroom

8/26/10

Hanft Fride Attorneys Listed Among Best Lawyers in America

Duluth, MN – Richard Burns, William Burns and John Kelly were once again selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011* in the fields of trusts/estates, real estate law and legal malpractice law, respectively.

This is Richard Burns’ 23rd consecutive year to be included in Best Lawyers. Now Of Counsel, he is available to Hanft Fride attorneys to consult on business and estate planning issues. Additionally Burns continues to function as general counsel for media companies, primarily in the areas of contract, employment and benefit issues, and libel and privacy matters.

This year also marks William Burns’ 23rd consecutive year of inclusion in Best Lawyers. He handles private and public financing of business enterprises, multi-family and commercial real estate development, health care business issues, commercial real estate development, and mergers and acquisitions. He also provides general business advice, management of litigation and other dispute resolution services.

John Kelly has been included in Best Lawyers each year since 1995. He has more than 30 years of experience as a trial lawyer representing insurers, individuals and corporate clients in tort actions and commercial disputes, including antitrust, professional liability, contract, employment and personal injury matters.

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Established in 1899, Hanft Fride offers legal representation through specialized expertise. The professional association is located in U.S. Bank Place in downtown Duluth.

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