If you want a legal atmosphere characterized by challenging work, superior clients, and a spirit of community, we invite you to contact us. At Faegre & Benson, you'll learn from and share ideas with some of the finest legal minds in the country. You'll be encouraged to contribute both as a lawyer and as a leader in the communities where we live and the national and international markets where our clients operate their businesses. You'll find a firm that works with you to build your skills and grow your legal practice.
We Are A Global Firm. We offer among the largest and most sophisticated legal practices in the United States. With more than 525 lawyers worldwide, and international offices in Europe and Asia, we are a truly global firm offering national and international practices. In the last decade, Faegre & Benson has more than doubled its number of lawyers and its annual revenue, making us among the 100 largest law firms in both the AmLaw 100 and the NLJ 250. We offer more lawyers in Minnesota than any other firm, and we are among the largest firms in Colorado. Approximately ten percent of our lawyers are located outside the U.S., in offices in London, Frankfurt, and Shanghai. Click here for a summary of other firm recognition.
We Work With Superior Clients. Our largest clients include Fortune 500 companies such as Target, Wells Fargo, General Mills, DuPont, UPS, and Capital One. We are a preferred legal partner for Cargill, one of the world's largest privately-held companies. We also represent many of the most significant businesses in our home regions of Minnesota, Colorado, and Iowa.
We Offer Challenging Legal Work. We have done deals and handled litigation in nearly every U.S. state and in 60 countries worldwide. We handle the global trademark portfolios for companies like Target and Wells Fargo. We served as national counsel for Novartis in defeating class action litigation against the drug Ritalin. We were among the top 10 law firms for M&A deals in 2004 and led the sale of Retek in 2005 that was profiled on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. Fortune 500 general counsel surveyed by Corporate Counsel magazine in 2007 recognized us as a “Go-To Law Firm” for corporate transactions, labor and employment, intellectual property and litigation.
We Focus On Teamwork. We believe that our success derives from a culture that emphasizes teamwork. One of our clients told us that he likes to work with Faegre & Benson because lawyers from different offices and practice areas work as if they were down the hall from one another. At other firms, he said, they merely share a nameplate.
We Emphasize Professional Development. We help our lawyers develop the skills they need to build a successful practice. We offer formal and informal mentoring and training on basic skills (such as research, drafting, negotiating and taking depositions) and we help each associate develop an effective lawyering style. Our associates prepare personalized professional development plans, with the assistance of their partner mentors, to identify desired areas of expertise, map out a process for obtaining the necessary skills and experience, and monitor progress toward professional goals.
We Are Engaged In Our Communities. Our firm is rooted in each of our local communities, and we encourage our lawyers to participate in our award-winning pro bono programs and to seek out firm, community, and nonprofit leadership roles. To help lawyers balance the many demands on their time, we offer family friendly benefits, including generous family leave programs and reduced-time practice options for child care. We believe that we offer our lawyers the best of both worlds — sophisticated legal work for preeminent, international companies, while balancing commitments to family life and community involvement.
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