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title: 18 FMJ Attorneys Selected for the 2026 Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch Lists
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date: '2025-08-21T18:37:39+00:00'
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# 18 FMJ Attorneys Selected for the 2026 Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch Lists

Best Lawyers has released the newest edition of its U.S. rankings, and FMJ is excited to announce that nine of our attorneys have been selected for *The Best Lawyers in America®* list, and nine of our attorneys have been selected for the *Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America* list!

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as one of the major guides to legal excellence. Inclusion in *The Best Lawyers in America®* and *Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America* is determined solely through a comprehensive peer-review survey. This year, more than 31 million evaluations were analyzed, including a record-breaking 4.8 million new responses. Best Lawyers is committed to a purely peer-based process and a belief that the top lawyers are best positioned to recognize excellence among their peers. FMJ is proud to have so many of our attorneys included on these lists for Minnesota.

Here is a complete breakdown of our rankings and practice areas:

*The 2026 Best Lawyers in America®* *List*

- Heidi Carpenter

Corporate Law

- Mergers and Acquisitions Law

- John Ella

Employment Law – Management

- Litigation – Labor and Employment

- Bob Fafinski

Corporate Law

- Aviation Law

- Shannon McDonough

Commercial Litigation

- Employment Law – Management

- Litigation – Labor and Employment

- David Ness

Trusts and Estates

- Litigation – Trusts and Estates

- Pat Rooney

Commercial Litigation

- Litigation – Trusts and Estates

- David Runck

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

- Commercial Litigation

- Litigation – Bankruptcy

- Karen Schlotthauer

Litigation – Trusts and Estates

- Trusts and Estates

- Jim Seifert

Corporate Law

*The 2026 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America List*

- Jamie Briones

Commercial Litigation

- Litigation – Labor and Employment

- Josh Damberg

Trusts and Estates

- Rob Fafinski

Corporate Law

- Mergers and Acquisitions Law

- Brad Hutter

Commercial Litigation

- Litigation – Trusts and Estates

- Paul Shneider

Corporate Law

- Mergers and Acquisitions Law

- Real Estate Law

- Nate Snyder

Corporate Law

- Real Estate Law

- Anna Swiecichowski

Commercial Litigation

- Labor and Employment Law – Management

- Litigation – Labor and Employment

- Rob Tunheim

Corporate Law

- Mergers and Acquisitions Law

- Alex Christians

Business Organizations

- Mergers and Acquisitions Law

- Real Estate Law

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