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Six Gislason & Hunter Attorneys Named 2007 Super Lawyers®  

MINNEAPOLIS (August 1, 2007) — Regional litigation firm Gislason & Hunter announced today six of its attorneys were recognized as 2007 Super Lawyers® by Law & Politics magazine. David D. Alsop, Daniel Gislason (New Ulm), Roger H. Gross, Stephen R. Tillitt, Timothy P. Tobin, and Barry G. Vermeer were selected as top attorneys in their areas of practice. In addition, Daniel A. Gislason was once again recognized in the “Top 100” Super Lawyers®. The lawyers in this category received the highest point totals in the balloting, research, and blue ribbon review process.

Practice areas and expertise for Gislason & Hunter Super Lawyers® are:

  • David D. Alsop – Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Automobile Liability, and Employment Litigation
  • Daniel A. Gislason – Alternative Dispute Resolution and Family Law
  • Roger H. Gross – Personal Injury Defense, Insurance Defense, Products Liability, and Construction Litigation
  • Stephen R. Tillitt – Civil Litigation Defense, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Commercial and Business Disputes, Construction, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Timothy P. Tobin – Insurance Law, Litigation, Employment Litigation, Insurance, Construction, Environmental, Premises Liability, and Contractual Disputes
  • Barry G. Vermeer – Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Defense, and Employment Litigation

Law & Politics published its first issue of Minnesota Super Lawyers in 1991. The hugely popular annual publication has grown to include issues for several states. The Super Lawyers list represents the top 5 percent of attorneys in the state practicing in more than 60 practice areas.

Super Lawyers is a consumer’s guide to the best attorneys in the state. It is compiled by surveying attorneys throughout a state asking for nominations of the best lawyers seen in action. The lawyers selected have a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Founded in 1937, Gislason & Hunter is one of the Midwest’s leading full-service litigation and corporate transaction law firms. Its more than 40 attorneys serve clients ranging in size from multi-million dollar corporations to small businesses and their owners to disputes among neighbors. The firm offers a wide range of practice areas, including Commercial and Civil Litigation, Agricultural, Banking and Business Law, Construction, Environmental, Family, Insurance, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, Succession and Estate Planning, Malpractice, Real Estate, White Collar Criminal Defense, Workers’ Compensation, as well as Alternative Dispute Resolution. Gislason & Hunter has offices in New Ulm, Minneapolis, Mankato, and Des Moines, Iowa. For more information, visit www.gislason.com.

Dan Gislason receives Pro Bono Award

NEW ULM, Minn. (June 29, 2007) - Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS), a local legal aid program that provides legal assistance to the poor with civil legal problems, selected attorney Dan Gislason as the 2007 recipient o the Fifth Judicial District Pro Bono Award. SMRLS honored him at a reception on June 29 at the Brown County Courthouse. The award is sponsored by the Minnesota State Bar Association.

Gislason has been instrumental in the success of SMRLS' "Do it Yourself" divorce clinics in south central Minnesota. In addition to volunteering his time at the clinics, Gislason has been an active mentor to law students assisting at the clinics.

Gislason is also a volunteer who handles contested family law cases. He has been spearheading SMRLS efforts to make Mediation and Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) available to SMRLS' low-income clients through additional funding and the use of volunteers. He also serves as a volunteer mediator.

For years, he has helped raise money to fund SMRLS services. Most recently he took on the responsibility for SMRLS' Campaign for Legal Aid solicitations in Brown County.

Gislason has practiced in New Ulm for more than 35 years. He is a senior attorney at Gislason & Hunter, LLP. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 1969. He is admitted to the Minnesota State Courts, the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

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