Gray Plant Mooty
Gray Plant Mooty (Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.) was the oldest continuing law practice in Minneapolis with offices in Minneapolis, MN, St. Cloud, MN, Fargo, ND and Washington, D.C.
History
[edit]Gray Plant Mooty was founded in Minneapolis in 1866 by Charles Woods.[1] The firm became Woods & Hahn in 1881 with the addition of Minnesota Attorney General William J. Hahn and Joseph R. Kingman to the firm.[2] In 1977 the firm adopted the name, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, named for the attorneys Franklin Gray, Frank Plant, John Mooty, Melvin Mooty, and Russell Bennett.
Gray Plant Mooty combined with Harstad and Rainbow in 1990, and the firm opened a second office in St. Cloud, Minnesota following a combination with Hall & Byers in 2002. Gray Plant Mooty opened a third office in Washington, D.C. in 2005 and a fourth office in Fargo, North Dakota in 2014.[3] In June 2015, the firm announced a merger with Fargo firm Sandin Law.[4]
In January 2020, the firm combined with Lathrop & Gage to form a new firm, Lathrop GPM LLP.[5]
Former practice areas
[edit]Source:[6]
- Banking & Financial Services
- Corporate & Business
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Family Law
- Franchise & Distribution
- Gaming Law
- Government Relations
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property, Technology & Privacy
- International Law
- Labor, Employment & Higher Education
- Litigation
- Nonprofit & Tax Exempt Organizations
- Real Estate, Environmental Law & Land Use
- Trust, Estate & Charitable Planning
Notable attorneys
[edit]Notable attorneys who worked at Gray Plant Mooty include:
- William J. Hahn – Former Minnesota Attorney General
- Myron Frans[7] – Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner and former Minnesota Revenue Commissioner
- Amy Klobuchar[8] - United States Senator from Minnesota and former County Attorney for Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Robert Stein – Former executive director of the American Bar Association
- Michael P. Sullivan[9] – Former President and CEO of Dairy Queen
- Susan Gaertner[10] – Former County Attorney for Ramsey County, Minnesota
Notable rankings and awards
[edit]Notable recognition for the Gray Plant Mooty firm and its attorneys included:
- Ranked among the top law firms globally for franchise law by Chambers and Partners. The firm is also ranked among the top Minnesota firms in Corporate/M&A, Labor & Employment, and Litigation.[11]
- Recognized by Franchise Times with the largest number of franchise attorney "Legal Eagles" from a single firm.[12]
- Ranked by World Trademark Review 1000 as among the world's leading trademark professionals.[13]
- Recognized by Who’s Who Legal with the most franchise attorney honorees from a single firm.[14]
- Recognized by The National Law Journal's "Top 100 Verdicts of 2013" for the firm's $23.78 million verdict for Relco in an intellectual property dispute.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "In With the Old". Minnesota Law and Politics.
- ^ "History". Gray Plant Mooty.
- ^ "Gray Plant Mooty Opens Fargo Office". North Dakota Trade Office. January 15, 2015.
- ^ "Gray Plant Mooty Expands Fargo Presence Through Merger with Sandin Law". Franchising.com. June 2, 2015.
- ^ "Gray Plant Mooty to merge with Kansas City law firm". bizjournals.com. October 31, 2019.
- ^ "Practices". Gray Plant Mooty.
- ^ "Minnesota Senate Confirms Myron Frans as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Revenue" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Revenue. February 7, 2013.
- ^ "Amy Klobuchar". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "Former Dairy Queen CEO to head College of Business' Center for Family Enterprise". University of St. Thomas. October 3, 2005.
- ^ "Ex-Ramsey County Attorney Gaertner joins Gray Plant Mooty law firm". Pioneer Press. February 14, 2011.
- ^ "Gray Plant Mooty – Law Firm Profile - Chambers USA". Chambers and Partners.
- ^ "Franchise Times - Legal Eagles". Franchise Times.
- ^ "United States - Minnesota - Rankings - WTR 1000". World Trademark Review.
- ^ "Who's Who Legal". Law Business Research Ltd.
- ^ "Top 100 Verdicts of 2013". National Law Journal. March 24, 2014.
