Attorneys / Holly N. Lechner
Holly N. Lechner
Attorney
Practice Groups
Business & Commercial, Intellectual Property, Medical & Healthcare Providers, Nonprofits, Professional Liability
Biography
Holly Lechner is a litigator, focusing in health care and intellectual property law. Before pursuing her legal career, she worked in the law department of a Minnesota nonprofit health care provider and insurance company, where she gained valuable experience proofreading contracts and drafting legal responses.
Holly has experience in many aspects of litigation including drafting pleadings, discovery, trial preparations, taking depositions, and researching and drafting motions. Holly is passionate about providing high-quality service for her clients and works diligently to achieve a favorable result.
Holly earned her J.D. summa cum laude from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. During law school, she honed her leadership skills as President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society and excelled academically, earning the prestigious Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Writing and multiple CALI Awards, including those for Trademark Law and Intellectual Property Litigation.
Education
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2023
- Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
- CALI Excellence Awards: Trademark Law and Intellectual Property Litigation
- University of Northwestern-St. Paul, B.S.
Bar Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
- Minnesota
Publications
- Mickey Mouse – Finally Whistling His Way into the Public Domain, author, Mitchell Hamline School of Law Cybaris, Vol. 14, Issue 1, Article 3, 2023
Seminars
- Issues Faced by Medical Liability Cases in Federal Court, co-presenter, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, November 13, 2025
Bar Associations
- Federal Bar Association
- Minnesota Chapter
- Intellectual Property Law Section
- Younger Lawyer Division
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- New Lawyers Section
- Health Law Section
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- New Lawyers Section
Professional Associations
- Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
- Minnesota Women Lawyers
Civic Involvement
- Tubman, 2023-present
Honors & Awards
- North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2023 and 2024

