Janel Dressen serves as CEO and is a shareholder at the Minneapolis litigation boutique Anthony Ostlund Louwagie Dressen & Boylan P.A. With twenty-five years of business litigation and trial experience, Janel represents business owners and companies in all types of complex business disputes and bet-the-company cases, including disputes involving fiduciary duty claims both on the plaintiff and defense side of matters. She is most often called-upon to resolve shareholder, ownership, and business valuation disputes among business owners and/or family members. She serves on the American Bar Association Business Divorce, ADR and Business Committees (2019–present) and has been a member of the executive team on the Minnesota State Bar Association Civil Litigation Council including serving as Chair. Janel is a highly regarded speaker and routinely called upon by numerous organizations to present and share her knowledge on various topics impacting her practice areas. She is a co–author of chapters in the Ongoing Businesses and Minnesota LLCs Deskbooks published by Minnesota CLE, and a co–contributor to the American Bar Association’s Business Divorce Litigation chapter. In 2021, Janel was chosen by the firm’s leaders as only the second Chief Executive Officer of Anthony Ostlund, making her the first woman to lead the firm. Janel has been named a Minnesota Attorney of the Year, has repeatedly been named to the Top 100 Lawyers and Top 50 Women lawyers by Minnesota Super Lawyer, The Power 30 in Business Litigation by Minnesota Lawyer, a Notable Woman in Law by Twin Cities Business Magazine and recognized as a Best Lawyer in America since 2018. In 2024, Janel was named as Top Woman in Law, and her law firm, Anthony Ostlund, was identified by as one of the Best Women-Led Law Firms by Minnesota Lawyer.
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