Attorneys / Holly N. Lechner
Holly N. Lechner
Attorney
Practice Groups
Business & Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Lawyers Professional Responsibility, Medical & Healthcare Providers, Nonprofits, Professional Liability
Biography
Holly Lechner is a litigator whose practice focuses on lawyers’ professional responsibility, 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.
Before joining Bassford Remele, Holly supported clients in the intellectual property litigation practice group of an Am Law 200 firm. She has experience investigating infringing websites and domains and collaborating with partners and clients to develop enforcement strategies, including sending demand correspondence to website owners, domain registrars, and web hosts. Holly has participated in Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) proceedings by conducting research and drafting pleadings. She has also drafted discovery requests and responses, as well as client alerts related to intellectual property. Holly’s broader litigation experience includes drafting pleadings, managing discovery, preparing for trial, taking depositions, and researching and drafting motions. She is passionate about providing high-quality service to her clients and works diligently to achieve favorable results.
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 Business of IP, 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: Business of IP, 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 Chapter
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Health Law Section
- New Lawyers Section
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- New Lawyers Section
Professional Associations
- Professional Liability Defense Federation
- DRI
- Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
- Minnesota Women Lawyers
Civic Involvement
- Tubman, 2023-present
Honors & Awards
- North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2023 and 2024

