NEWS / FIRM NEWS & EVENTS - August 2021

Mary Hager Named "Lawyer of the Year" and Eleven Attorneys Recognized as 2022 Best Lawyers in America©

The firm is proud to announce that attorney Mary Hager has been named Best Lawyers® 2022 Workers' Compensation Law for Employers "Lawyer of the Year" in Minneapolis. Mary has over 35 years of experience in workers’ compensation litigation, handling a wide variety of complex workers’ compensation claims. Currently, she devotes her practice to mediating claims for workers’ compensation benefits. She understands the intricacies and dynamics of every case and works diligently to achieve positive results for all parties. Mediator Hager is known for her level of preparation, attention to detail, and her ability to establish rapport with all parties.

Best Lawyers® selects a single lawyer per practice area in each metropolitan area with extremely high overall feedback from their peers as "Lawyer of the Year." Those honored have received exceptionally high marks - for talent, accomplishments and integrity. The recognition is the product of a rigorous peer-review evaluation process conducted by Best Lawyers®.


Eleven Aafedt Forde attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022, with two newly recognized attorneys this year(*). The attorneys selected highlight the firm’s well known workers' compensation and insurance defense practices. Since its inception in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America® has become widely regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence.

Brad Delger - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Kathy Endres* - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Michael Forde - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Mary Hager - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
David Klaiman* - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Kelly Lambert - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Janet Monson - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Kristen Ohlsen - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
D. Jeffrey Pricco - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Jason Schmickle - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Robin Simpson - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Best Lawyers lists are based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation, with almost 108,000 industry-leading attorneys around the world eligible to vote. For the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, 10.8 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 66,000 leading lawyers honored in the new edition, or approximately 5% of practicing lawyers in the United States.