Rider Bennett

{{Short description|American law firm}}

Rider Bennett, LLP was a 47-year-old law firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that closed in May 2007.{{cite news|last1=Black|first1=Sam|last2=Switzky|first2=Bryant Ruiz|title=Rider Bennett to dissolve|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/04/09/daily16.html|accessdate=11 November 2017|work=Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|date=10 April 2007}} It was founded in 1960 by Stu Rider, Gene Bennett and Bill Egan, who had attended the University of Minnesota Law School together. They were later joined by Chet Johnson and Ed Arundel. The firm was known as Rider Bennett Egan Johnson and Arundel for a short time, but for most of its history was known as Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2003-04-07 |title=Firm News |url=https://minnlawyer.com/2003/04/07/firm-news/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Minnesota Lawyer |language=en-US}}

It had 190 employees at the time of its closure, 90 of whom were attorneys.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Barbara L. |date=July 19, 2007 |title=Rider Bennett law firm closing its doors |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2007/04/10/riderbennett |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=MPR News |language=en}} Former managing partner Gregory Weyandt attributed the firm's demise to the growth of national law firms in the legal market.{{Cite web |last=Garrison-Sprenger |first=Nicole |date=April 10, 2007 |title=Premier law firm Rider Bennett to close |url=https://www.twincities.com/2007/04/10/premier-law-firm-rider-bennett-to-close/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Twin Cities Pioneer Press |language=en-US}} Unable to reach an accommodation with its former landlord, the Rider Bennett law firm, which closed its doors at the end of May of 2007, sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Barbara |date=2007-07-19 |title=Rider Bennett Goes Bust |url=https://minnlawyer.com/2007/07/19/rider-bennett-goes-bust/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Minnesota Lawyer |language=en-US}}

Rider Bennett had been a tenant at the office building 33 South Sixth since 2004.{{Cite web |last=Switzky |first=Bryant Ruiz |last2=Black |first2=Sam |date=April 15, 2007 |title=End of Rider Bennett has multiple implications |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/04/16/story2.html |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}