Local attorney receives state award

Published 9:15 am Monday, July 8, 2013

Stephanie A. Haedt of Peterson, Savelkoul, Kolker, Haedt & Benda, Ltd. in Albert Lea has been named a 2013 Minnesota Rising Star by SuperLawyers.

Haedt practices in the areas of employment and family law. She was also named an Up & Coming Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer in 2011 and received the 2011 Minnesota Third Judicial District Pro Bono Award.

Haedt is a volunteer attorney for Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, a past president of the Freeborn County Bar Association, member of the Board of the Albert Lea Freeborn County Chamber of Commerce, Executive Committee and Worksite Wellness Committee, State High School League Mock Trial judge, former commissioner of the Austin Human Rights Commission, and assistant Girl Scout troop leader.

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