Anna Barton
Associate
Overview
Anna Barton advises clients on general commercial litigation matters, concentrating her practice on a wide variety of business disputes involving employment, construction, and insurance coverage cases for individual and business policyholders. In her general business litigation work, Anna focuses on serving corporate clients with a variety of needs, including representing both plaintiffs and defendants on various statutory, contract, and tort claims. In her insurance work, she has advocated for businesses facing a broad range of liabilities and losses, helping them safeguard the benefits to which they are entitled through their policies. Additionally, Anna assists corporations with internal investigations and provides advice related to state and federal compliance issues.
Anna graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she served as a staff member and lead student articles editor of Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice. Anna was active in student activities and held leadership roles, including co-president of the Student Employment and Labor Law Association. During her last semester of law school, Anna served as judicial extern to the Honorable John R. Tunheim of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Anna received her bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Honors
North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2019-2020 (North Star Lawyer is a designation that recognizes members who provide 50 hours or more of pro bono legal services in a calendar year.)