Jeanette M. Bazis is a partner at Greene Espel PLLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a highly regarded litigator whose practice focuses largely on complex business, intellectual property, and employment litigation. Jeanette’s litigation matters often arise at the intersection of intellectual property and employment law in trade secret litigation and cases involving the enforcement of noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements.
Jeanette has been consistently recognized by her peers as a Minnesota Super Lawyer since 2008—including as among the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers since 2013 and as a Business Litigation Super Lawyer. She has repeatedly been named as one of Minnesota Lawyer’s POWER 30 for Business Litigation and Employment Litigation. She’s also been named a “Best Lawyer” by U.S. News—Best Law Firms since in 2014 and has also earned repeated national recognition from Chambers USA.
Jeanette has been an active and dedicated member of the FBA for more than 25 years. She served on the FBA Board of Directors and then as General Counsel. Before that, she served on the Foundation of the FBA Board of Directors for 12 years, including as President in 2017–2018. Her foray into the national FBA came when she was elected as Eighth Circuit Vice President in 2006. She served on the Minnesota Chapter’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee from 2004 to 2016 and chaired a number of the chapter’s committees, including its Diversity Committee. In recent years, she returned to the Minnesota Chapter Board and serves as co-Chair of the 2025 National Meeting and Convention planning committee.
In addition to FBA leadership, she served on the Federal Practice Committee for the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, and was appointed by its chief judge to chair the U.S. Magistrate Selection Committee.
The promotion and mentoring of women in the legal profession also has been a major focus of Jeanette’s career. Jeanette served as President of the Infinity Project, whose mission is to increase the gender diversity of the state and federal bench in the Eighth Circuit and has been on its board since its 2009 inception. Her work with the Infinity Project earned her Attorney of the Year recognition in 2013.
Jeanette received her law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School and her B.B.A. in economics, summa cum laude, from Temple University. Jeanette served as Chair of the University of Minnesota Law School Board of Advisors.