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Faegre & Benson LLP

published August 18, 2011

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The firm, which was founded in Minneapolis in 1886, now boasts 450 lawyers throughout its offices in Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado, London, and Shaghai. With practice areas in corporate, employment and benefits, finance and restructuring, healthcare, intellectual property, litigation and advocacy, and real estate and environment, the firm has served clients in almost every industry. A small sampling of industries served include education, agriculture and biofuels, healthcare, Indian tribes, manufacturing and industrial, natural resources, construction, food, media, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, and software and information technology.

Faegre & Benson aims to understand each client's business culture and combines this knowledge with cutting-edge legal technology to provide exemplary legal services. The firm uses a comprehensive intranet, client extranets, and web/video conferencing tools in its work with clients.

As a founding member of the Law Firm Pro Bono Project and a signatory to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge, Faegre & Benson is committed to serving children and families as well as low-income and underprivileged clients. The firm also provides pro bono legal representation in areas such as environmental public interest, civil and human rights, nonprofits, and community economic advancement. In providing these services, the firm has met or surpassed the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge consistently since 1994.

The Faegre & Benson Community Service Award is presented to an attorney who has gone above and beyond in serving the community each year. Lawyers and staff are encouraged to become involved in the communities they serve through volunteer work and charitable donations. In fact, Faegre & Benson has formed a foundation that supports nonprofit organizations, with a focus on organizations that support social and cultural programs.

This year, the firm was ranked as a ''Top 10'' law firm by Multicultural Law magazine and also had 98 of its attorneys listed on The Best Lawyers in America. Additionally, the firm was honored by Corporate Counsel magazine as a Go-To-Law Firm® for corporate transactions, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, and securities.

Within the last ten years, Faegre & Benson has increased its number of lawyers and annual revenue twofold. Attorneys with the firm enjoy formal and informal training opportunities in a variety of areas including, research, drafting, negotiating, and depositions. A mentoring program is also available to encourage a smooth transition into life within the firm. The firm is known for drawing lateral hires and offers these attorneys ample growth opportunities through its existing base of domestic and international clients.

Faegre & Benson also recruits heavily through its summer associate programs, which are available in Minneapolis, Des Moines, Denver, and Boulder. In fact, about ninety-percent of the firm's summer associates are asked to join the firm as an associate.

Additionally, the firm seeks paralegals to fill positions in a number of practice areas. Accounting, marketing, information technology, human resources, and legal administrative assistant professional positions are also available with the firm.

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published August 18, 2011

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