Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

Practice/Organization Description

Nilan Johnson Lewis is an innovative, independent, women-owned law firm that is a first choice for organizations across the country seeking deep expertise to solve their complex business challenges and disputes. Diversity is a core founding value of NJL. In 2022, the firm became certified as a women-owned business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), a significant milestone in NJL’s ongoing commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace and being a law firm that delivers exceptional results by celebrating and advancing the diversity of members and clients. The firm has deep expertise in five areas of law: corporate and transactional services, labor and employment, health care, business litigation and product liability/complex tort litigation.

Professional Associations & Memberships

WBENC

NAMWOLF

MANSFIELD RULE

TWIN CITIES DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEAGAL DIVERSITY

Honors and Awards

• NJL earned recognition in a 2020 report by the Minnesota Coalition of Bar Associations of Color, which compared DEI data for 18 large Minnesota law firms, ranking NJL number one in overall diversity.

• We are the only firm to win three Hennepin County diversity awards since 2004.

• We are the only firm to win the Minnesota Women Lawyers Leadership Award three times.

• NJL has ranked among the top 10 law firms – 5 times in the past seven years – on Law360’s list for female attorneys (most recently in 2022) among firms that have 100 or fewer attorneys (Glass Ceiling Report, Best Law Firms for Female Attorneys).