Full-service law firm blending legal counsel with business strategy
Fredrikson & Byron is a 75-year-old Minneapolis-based law firm with over 400 attorneys across 50+ practice areas, operating a traditional tech stack centered on Word, Office 365, iManage, and DocuSign. The hiring profile—overwhelmingly legal roles (41 of 50 open positions) with sparse engineering and ops headcount—reflects a law-firm-first operating model, not a tech-first one. Current project work spans renewable energy development, M&A tax structuring, and HR transformation, with a parallel focus on compliance infrastructure (ISO 27001, third-party risk, data loss prevention).
Fredrikson & Byron serves mid-market and enterprise clients across litigation, real estate, intellectual property, government relations, and renewable energy. The firm positions itself as a business advisor rather than pure legal vendor, emphasizing proactive problem-solving and industry-specific expertise. With roots in Minneapolis since 1948 and an international footprint, the firm operates through traditional legal service lines while simultaneously running internal transformation initiatives around HR systems, benefits programs, and information security. Current pain points center on regulatory complexity (particularly environmental matters tied to renewable energy projects), operational modernization, and compliance maturity.
The firm operates on Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint), Azure Entra ID, iManage for document management, DocuSign for e-signature, Relativity for litigation, Nuix for data discovery, and Citrix ShareFile for secure file sharing.
Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded there in 1948 and maintains an international presence with over 400 attorneys across multiple offices.
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