Dorsey and Whitney LLP | 50 S. 6th
Street, Suite 1500, Minneapolis, MN 55402 | Phone:
612-340-2600
Marianne Short, the managing partner of the Dorsey & Whitney law
firm—Minnesota’s second-largest—since
January 2007, has 30 years of courtroom experience as a trial lawyer and
appellate judge. As a specialist in antitrust, securities, healthcare,
product-liability law, she has represented clients that include Medica
HealthPlans, Ceridian Corporation, Qwest, 3M, and—in case to determine
Minnesota’s Congressional and legislative boundaries—Governor Jesse Ventura.
Within the past year, she has served as President of the Minneapolis Club and a
trustee of St. Thomas
Academy, associate trustee of
Boston
College, and a member of the boards
of Children’s HeartLink, the Minnesota Business Partnership, and the Fund for
Legal Aid Society.
Born: March 12, 1951 in Minneapolis
Spouse: Raymond L. Skowyra, Jr., married November 1, 1980
Children: R. Louis Skowyra III and Nicholas J. Skowyra
Education: BA, Newton College of the Sacred Heart, 1973 and JD, Boston College Law School, 1976
Career History: Managing Partner, Dorsey and Whitney LLP, January 2007-present; Minnesota state appellate judge, 1988-2000; special assistant attorney general for the state of minnesota
Activities: Has served on the Board of Directors of numerous community organizations, including Ordway Center for Performing Arts, Schubert Club, CommonBond Communities, and Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. She is president and member of the Board of Governors of the Minneapolis Club and serves on the Membership Committee of the Council for Women of Boston College, the Board of Trustees of Saint Thomas Academy, and the Board of Directors of Children's HeartLink, The Fund for Legal Aid Society, and Minnesota Business Partnership.
Awards: American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; named Person to Watch in 2008 by TCB; Class of 2008, ABA DirectWomen Board Institute; Minnesota Lawyer's 15 Attorneys of the Year for 2005 Award; Women to Watch award in 2005 from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal; Corporate Woman of Achievement Award 2004, National Association of Women Business Owners; named on of America's Leading Business Lawyers by Chambers USA; listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2008; named one of Top 40 Business Litigation SuperLawyers in 2003-present, Minnesota Law and Politics; named a SuperLawyer in 2001-present by Minnesota Law and Politics; Distinguished Alumna Award 2006, Visitation Convent; and Founders Award, Boston College Law School, 2007.
