H. Theodore Grindal
Partner

Experience

Mr. Grindal is the partner in charge of the firm’s Government Relations Department and also practices in the areas of health care law and Indian law. After law school, he served in the Minnesota Attorney General’s office as a Special Assistant Attorney General.

Mr. Grindal has been recognized as one of the top eight lobbyists in Minnesota by the Star Tribune newspaper and more recently, an article in City Pages named him "One of the 10 Most Influential Lobbyists in Minnesota." In addition, he has been honored by inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America publication for health care law and has been named a Super Lawyer by the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics for government relations every year since its inception.

Representative Cases

Principal lobbyist with passing of Freedom to Breathe Act (prohibiting smoking in public places, especially businesses and restaurants).
Passage of a bill authorizing a new hospital in Maple Grove, Minnesota, resulting in a joint venture between Fairview and North Memorial hospitals.
Lobbyist for tribal governments, including Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, on natural resources, health care and gaming issues.

Presentations

Minnesota State Bar Association, Health Law Section. Co-presenter with Dannette Coleman on 2010 Minnesota Legislative Wrap-up.

Publications

More Deficit, Further Challenges: 2010 Legislative Preview, Metro Doctors, March/April 2010, at 6 (with Nathaniel Mussell).
Feeling the pain. A face-off on the health and human services budget, Minnesota Physician, Volume XXIII, No. 4, July 2009, at 1 (with Matt Schafer).
In the red. All bets are off as the Minnesota Legislature faces a hulking deficit, Minnesota Physician, Volume XXII, No. 10, January 2009, at 1 (with Matt Schafer and Cristina Diaz).

Professional Associations

American Health Lawyers Association, MSBA (Health Law Section); American Society of Medical Association Counsel and Minnesota Government Relations Council.

Professional Recognition

Named a Minnesota Super Lawyer for 2011 and 2012 by Super Lawyers^®, a Thomson Reuters business.
Named a Super Lawyer by the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics for government relations every year since its inception.
Named one of Minnesota's 100 Most Influential Health Care Leaders, according to Minnesota Physician, 1993 and 2004, 2006, 2008.
Named one of The Best Lawyers in America according to The Best Lawyers in America 1993 - 1994 and 1995 - 1996. Only 221 lawyers from Minnesota were included in this publication.
Named one of The Best Lawyers in America according to The Best Lawyers in America 1993 - 1994 and 1995 - 1996. Only 221 lawyers from Minnesota were included in this publication.