Thomas Pryor and Anthony Finnell Join Faegre Baker Daniels in Minneapolis

Tom Pryor and Anthony Finnell have joined Faegre Baker Daniels in the firm’s Minneapolis office.

Pryor helps clients resolve complex commercial disputes. Committed to crafting creative litigation strategies, he uses a background studying the psychology of judges and legal actors to help businesses of all sizes.

Finnell will be practicing with FaegreBD’s product liability team, helping clients prevent and manage product liability issues and litigation.

Prior to joining FaegreBD, Pryor was an extern for Judge Diana Murphy in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Minnesota, where he taught courses on constitutional law and the Supreme Court, and he graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2013. Pryor’s B.A., from Carleton College, is in political science.

Finnell’s experience includes working as a judicial law clerk in the Illinois Appellate Court and the Circuit Court of Cook County. His litigation focus is complemented by transactional and governance experience obtained during a clerkship with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and an internship with Cummins, Inc., where he drafted memoranda on products liability and other legal issues. Finnell earned his J.D. at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2015, and he graduated with a B.A. in African American and African Diaspora Studies from Indiana University.