With over 20 years of experience, Flaherty & Hood provides comprehensive legal support to coalitions, individual cities, businesses and associations throughout Minnesota. Our unique approach to fulfilling our clients’ needs incorporates not only the fields of law, government relations and fiscal and policy analysis, but also high-quality and effective communications and media support.
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Flaherty & Hood, P.A. is pleased to announce that Brandon M. Fitzsimmons has been named as a shareholder attorney and elected to the Board of Directors. Brandon concentrates his law practice ...Read More
Flaherty & Hood, P.A. Senior Attorney/Lobbyist J.D. Burton and Senior Policy Analyst Steve Peterson have led a multi-tiered effort this fall to help boost economic development and job growth in ...Read More
Ordinary citizens and city officials have the opportunity to provide input on one of the most important decisions this decade – the drawing of legislative and congressional districts. ...Read More
Elizabeth Wefel and Nancy Larson recently gave a presentation to the Minnesota Association of Rehabilitation Providers (MARP). ...Read More
Flaherty & Hood's Winona office is staffed full-time by attorney Michael Flaherty and paralegal Roseann Shaw, and part-time by City Attorney Chris Hood. ...Read More
Flaherty & Hood has secured bonding for many clients and is available to help advance your project next session. ...Read More
Flaherty & Hood is proud to announce that Principal Attorney Chris Hood now serves as the City of St. Charles’ City Attorney. ...Read More
Over the last year, Attorneys Joe Sullivan and Steve Nyhus represented the City of Albert Lea in its challenge to Alliant Energy’s massive electric rate increase. ...Read More
Senior attorney/lobbyist Joe Sullivan, working closely with freshman Sen. John Howe (R-Red Wing), secured an amendment to S.F. 4 (Koch) that ensures the costs for long-term nuclear waste storage will ...Read More
Unions frequently submit grievances against employers claiming the employer violated a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) by changing and failing to follow a "past practice" without getting agreement from the union ...Read More
On behalf of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC), staff at Flaherty & Hood launched the Greater Minnesota Advocate, a weekly informational resource for legislators covering important developments on ...Read More
In late January, shareholder/attorney Tim Flaherty and senior media advisor Glen Fladeboe embarked on a media tour through the cities of Alexandria, Moorhead, East Grand Forks, Thief River Falls and ...Read More
Paralegal Roseann Shaw joined Flaherty & Hood in January and will serve clients out of the firm’s Winona office. ...Read More
On January 11, 2011, senior attorney/lobbyist Elizabeth Wefel spoke at a CLE seminar for the Ramsey County Bar Association and provided a preview of the 2011 legislative ...Read More
Shareholder/attorney Chris Hood attended the Minnesota City Attorneys Educational Conference February ...Read More
In January, Flaherty & Hood sponsored a table at the Rochester Community & Technical College’s Beat the Odds scholarship awards dinner. ...Read More
On behalf of the City of Albert Lea, Flaherty & Hood recently reached out to area residents and businesses to ensure high attendance and vocal opposition to Alliant Energy's proposed ...Read More
For decades, the MPCA has had a water quality standard of less than 10 parts per million for sulfate released into waters where wild rice grows. The standard has rarely ...Read More
On November 15, the Winona City Council appointed attorney/shareholder Chris Hood to serve as its new city attorney following the retirement of current city attorney Richard Blahnik. Flaherty & Hood ...Read More
To cut personnel costs and avoid layoffs, many employers are considering or have implemented "furloughs" (i.e., reducing normal hours worked without paying employees for such reduction). ...Read More
