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Areas of Focus
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Securities Law
- Business Formation and Shareholder/Owner Agreements
- Commercial Transactions
- Corporate Finance
- Tax Law
- Estate Planning, Probate, and Trust Administration
- Condominium Formation and Operation
- Employee Benefits
Representative Experience
- General counsel to privately-held and publicly-held entities up to $3 billion in annual revenues
- Representation of investment bankers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements
- Representation of issuers in public offerings and private placements
- Representation of independent litigation committees of public companies
- Personal counsel to individuals regarding tax and estate planning
- Counsel regarding formation of condominiums and operation
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
- United States Court of Military Appeals
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits
- United States Supreme Court
Professional Memberships
- Minnesota State Bar Association (Chair, Judicial Compensation Committee 1972-76)
- Hennepin County Bar Association (Chair, Tax Section 1965-66)
Professional / Academic Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for more than twenty years
- Selected as a Super Lawyer® by peers for several years
- Order of the Coif, University of Minnesota Law School; Note Editor; Minnesota Law Review
- Selected as one of America's Leading Business Lawyers in Corporate/M&A by Chambers USA 2005
Publications / Speaking Engagements
- Continuing Legal Education lecturer, Tax and Corporate areas, University of Minnesota (1961-1966)
Community Activities
- Founding Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mounds Park Academy (St. Paul)
- Former Trustee, Minnesota Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Former Director, Hennepin-Overland Railway Historical Society; currently Secretary
Education
- Juris Doctor, University of Minnesota Law School
- Bachelor of Science, Law, University of Minnesota
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