Research
Studies from public information
Each study states its sample, the date the information was collected, how items were counted and what could not be collected. Figures come from scripts run on the raw files. There are no rankings.
Draft for human review. These studies are AI-assisted drafts. No person has reviewed them and no Minnesota lawyer has reviewed them. Numbers are counts of what was found on the dates shown.
website audit. Collected
What Minnesota estate-planning firms publish about price and processWe read the public websites of 20 Minnesota law firms that offer estate planning and recorded, against a fixed checklist, whether each one says what it charges, how the work goes, and how clients can meet. Results are counts of what was found on the pages read. They are not ratings.
public-record analysis. Collected
Law offices per older resident, by Minnesota countyUsing Census Bureau counts of law-office establishments and of residents 65 and older, we compare how many law offices each Minnesota county has per 10,000 older residents. It describes where offices are located. It does not say whether anyone can or cannot get a lawyer.
public-record analysis. Collected
Where older homeowners live and where Minnesota law offices areJoining five Census Bureau files, we count households headed by someone 65 or older who own their home, and set them against the law-office establishments in each county. About 12% of these households are in counties with four or fewer reported law offices. This is a description of office locations, not a finding about who can get help.
Public records study. Collected
Minnesota DWI by county: incidents, residents and law offices123,479 impaired-driving incidents from 2018 to 2022, joined to residents and law offices in all 87 counties, with arrests, convictions, statute levels and ignition interlock figures.
Public records study. Collected
Divorce and law offices across Minnesota's 87 counties471,744 Minnesotans are currently divorced, 10.2% of those 15 and older. This study sets that share against law offices and incomes in every county.
Public records study. Collected
Crash injuries and law offices across Minnesota's 87 counties119,348 people injured and 2,092 killed in 336,524 crashes from 2019 to 2023, by county, against residents and law offices.
Public records study. Collected
When lawyers take client money: what Minnesota's records show741 claims and $8.97 million repaid since 1987 by the Client Security Board, by practice area, with 2025 discipline figures and arrests by judicial district.
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