Chambers & Partners Publishing produces widely recognized guides to the legal profession. Its researchers spent over a year canvassing clients and lawyers across the U.S. to obtain a consistent market view of which firms and attorneys are considered to be leaders in their field. This year, over 7000 interviews were conducted from Maine to Hawaii. The 2004 client’s guide recognized the firm’s Labor & Employment and Real Estate practice teams and these individuals: Jim Dawson, David Eide, Jan Halverson, Dennis Merley, and Paul Zech. Click on an attorney's name below to review their biography:

Jim Dawson	David Eide
Jan Halverson	Dennis Merley
Paul Zech

Here are some of the highlights from this publication. FELHABER made the list of Minnesota leading firms for labor & employment. Some sources interviewed felt the labor & employment team stood “head and shoulders above the rest in the field.”  Firm attorneys that made the leading L&E individuals list were Paul Zech, “careful, thorough and aggressive,” Jan Halverson, “a great breadth of experience,” Jim Dawson, “a skilled negotiator,” and Dennis Merley, “professional and well-respected.”  FELHABER also made the list for leading firms for real estate. The firm was noted for its volume of property acquisitions, planning and real estate financing in addition to residential development and construction work. David Eide made the leading real estate individuals list, noted as “an expert on condominium work.”

Congratulations to the labor & employment and real estate sections and the individuals noted.

Founded in Saint Paul in 1943, Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt, P.A. has offices in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. With over 55 attorneys, the firm serves clients in the areas of corporate and commercial law, employee benefits, employment law, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor law representing management, litigation, real estate, transportation law, and workers' compensation.