Our Management and Administrative Team

Board of Directors & Officers

Richard C. Salmen, Chairman
Christopher S. Hayhoe, President
Stephen J. Burton, Treasurer
Paul J. Zech, Vice President
Sara Gullickson McGrane, Secretary
Thomas J. Doyle
Timothy J. Hassett
Daniel R. Kelly
Lee A. Lastovich
Mark S. Radke
Thomas R. Trachsel
Stephen E. Yoch


Administrators

Nancy VanderVort
Executive Director

Theresa G. Stewart, PHR
Human Resources Manager

Karen L. Dyck
Marketing Director

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Our Mission | Our Clients | Our History | Our Management and Administrative Team

Our Mission

The mission of Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt is to zealously advocate for our clients by providing creative, progressive solutions to their legal and business needs. These services are delivered by a team of experienced attorneys and staff who work in an environment that rewards teamwork, creativity, integrity, professionalism and mutual respect. Our success as a law firm is judged solely and exclusively by our clients' satisfaction with our ability to help them achieve their personal and business goals.

Teamwork

Teamwork is the way Felhaber does business. The Felhaber attorney of your choice heads up your team. This attorney is available to answer questions, respond to last-minute needs and provide status reports. But you can always contact another knowledgeable member of your team when practical or necessary.

Our goal is to create continuity of services and creativity in problem-solving.

Our Clients

The clients of Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt come in all sizes, from large Fortune 500 corporations to small businesses, start-up entrepreneurial operations, and individuals.

Felhaber also represents clients in a wide-variety of industries, including but not limited to:

  • Health care—hospitals, clinics, insurers
  • Banks and financial institutions
  • Multi-employer associations
  • Professional services firms
  • Consumer services companies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Hotels
  • Trade associations
  • Real estate management companies
  • Internet and web-based companies
  • Construction industry
  • Real estate builders and developers
  • Homeowners' associations
  • High-tech companies
  • Utility cooperatives
  • Public and private schools and universities
  • Manufacturing and distribution companies
  • Advertising firms
  • Restaurants

Our History

A Tradition of Exceptional Legal Counsel

In 1928, one year before the stock market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression, Richard Felhaber began practicing law in St. Paul, Minnesota. Throughout the 1930s, unemployment reached new highs, and the seeds of a labor revolution were sown. It was an interesting time for Dick Felhaber to practice and develop his special interest in labor and employment law - an area of the law perceived as not entirely reputable by corporate law firms.

His dream of establishing a law firm became a reality when he was joined by Gustav Larson in 1943 and in the 1950s by Robert Fenlon and Thomas Vogt to found Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt.

Dick Felhaber brought to the partnership his 15 years of experience in the emerging field of labor and employment law. Gus Larson, with his concentration on commercial business law, taxes, estates and probate, helped create an organization with a broader scope than labor and employment.

Robert Fenlon and Thomas Vogt brought to the firm their experience in labor and employment law in the 1950s. As Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt, the firm continued to build its reputation as a full-service law firm with special expertise in labor and employment.

Over the course of more than sixty years, we have seen many changes in the law and in the relationships between employers and employees. The Felhaber law firm has continued to develop its unique strength in labor and employment law, filling a niche while building a practice in serving business clients of all sizes.

The most recent evolution of the Felhaber law firm has been to truly round out the services and resources of our organization. We now serve clients throughout the Midwest from our offices in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Our attorneys practice in all areas of commercial law, providing exceptional service to our clients across all areas of the law. We are proud that our peers continue to rely on us for our expertise in labor and employment law; we are equally proud that our clients recognize the scope of our abilities to serve them.

Felhaber law firm has dozens of talented attorneys who provide a wide range of legal services.  Meet our attorneys and see our practice areas.