Fish & Richardson CEO and Leadership

John C Adkisson is a President/CEO/Principal at Fish & Richardson and is based in Minnesota. He has worked as Associate at Robins Kaplan LLP. John works or has worked as MEMBER at American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Trial Counsel at Mayo Clinic, and MEMBER at AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. He studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin Law School between 1993 and 1996, and UNL between 1989 and 1993.

Rick Anderson is a Chief Operating Officer at Fish & Richardson and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Chief Financial Officer for privately held and closely held companies. Worked with entrepreneurs whose business required refinancing and or restructuring.

worked for 10 years in the UK for Chase Manhattan Bank and then for one of my clients as his group finance director

Specialties: accounting, corporate finance especially structured and secured bank financing, M+A, restructuring, extensive international experience

John Hinrichs is a CIO at Fish & Richardson and is based in Twin Cities, California. He has worked as VP, IS Infrastructure at Allina Health.

Kristine McKinney is an expert in leading cultural change in organizations to align and drive talent strategy. With experience leading cross-functional teams through ambiguity and complexity, Kristine achieves results in a way that develops individuals and teams for the benefit of the organization. She is passionate about the need for talent to reflect the diversity of the community and for individuals at every level of the organization to be thriving and fully engaged. Kristine has spent the past fifteen years utilizing formal and informal influence to drive talent strategies in professional services organizations. In her current role as Chief Legal Talent & Inclusion Officer, Kristine leads the Legal Recruiting, Professional Development, Diversity & Inclusion and Pro Bono teams at the global law firm of Fish & Richardson. Under Kristine's leadership, her employers have received awards such as "Best Law Firm for Women"​ by Working Mother, "Gold Standard Certification"​ by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum, and 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index. She has developed professional development models and programs, designed retention and engagement initiatives, led compensation and evaluation projects, and utilized metrics to measure success. Kristine is a sought-after leader on topics including learning and development, change management, adaptive leadership and diversity. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and talents through serving on professional boards and committees, writing articles, and speaking at conferences and community events.

Jane Smith is a Chief Human Resources Officer at Fish & Richardson. She works or has worked at Wells Fargo, XCEL ENERGY INC, and RSM McGladrey Inc and works or has worked as MEMBER at Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), MEMBER at Twin Cities Compensation Association, and MEMBER at Twin Cities Human Resources Professionals. Jane attended Concordia and St Thomas University.

Kelly Largey is a Chief Marketing Officer at Fish & Richardson. She works or has worked as Law Clerk at United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Kelly studied at Wellesley College and Notre Dame Law School.

Loretta Auer is a Chief Information Officer at Fish & Richardson. She works or has worked as Team Leader at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Dir:Information Systems at Leboeuf Lamb Greene & Macrae, and Dir:Information Systems at Webster & Sheffield. Loretta attended Immaculata University.

Experienced Principal Owner with a demonstrated history of working in the public relations and communications industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Advertising Sales, Historical Renovations, Copywriting, Event Planning, and Customer Service.