Private Clients: All aspects of personal estate planning, wills and
trusts, transfer-on-death and life estate deeds, probate, guardianships, conservatorships, family law, custody
and support, real estate matters, purchase agreement contracts and closings.
Practice: •
Prosecute and defend civil real property actions: trespass; nuisance;
boundary disputes; easements; purchase contracts; options; other
interests in real estate. • Enforce real estate contracts; cancel contracts for deed. • Guide clients through real estate purchase process, draw up conveyancing papers, representation at closings. • Prosecute and defend landlord-tenant disputes. • Design estate planning recommendations, options for clients, draft will(s), trusts, powers. • Transfer and re-title testator’s assets as per estate plan. • Litigate will contests. • Marital Dissolutions, custody, support.
Commercial Clients: Organize corporations, LLCs, Partnerships. Draft, review and negotiate contracts. Collections, Real estate conveyances and leases, Civil litigation.
Practice: • Defend business before administrative agency and municipal boards in enforcement actions. • Prosecute and enforce financial obligations, notes, contracts. •
Prosecute and defend civil real property actions: trespass; nuisance;
boundary disputes; zoning; easements; purchase contracts; options; other
interests in real estate. • Represent property owners in eminent domain proceedings, before regulatory boards and agencies.
Environmental Law: Administrative agencies and appeals, environmental reviews, enforcement actions, past disposal sites. In the past, this field has been dominated by large law firms. A small practice can better meet the client’s demands for both service and economy.
Practice: • Prosecute and defend civil actions, brought under CERCLA or Superfund, RCRA, Clean Air and Water Acts, permit violations, and related citizen suits.
• Representation before regulatory boards and agencies.
• Review of past, present and future operations for compliance with environmental requirements, transfers of title. • Challenge and oppose governmental actions at the federal, state and local levels. • Identification and procurement of necessary permits and regulatory documents. • Oversight of audit procedures to protect confidentiality of findings. • Conduct and oversee Phase I and Phase II property assessments for evidence of past disposal or releases, present contamination.
Real Estate Matters: • Represent Common Interest Community, Condominium
Board, enforce payment of Association dues, perfect liens, provide
Re-Sale Certificates to buyers. • Prosecute and defend disputes arising in construction projects. • Enforce real estate contracts; cancel contracts for deed. • Prosecute and defend landlord-tenant disputes. • Negotiate settlements of home repair defects. • Cancellation of contracts for deed; representation at TRO motions seeking to enjoin cancellation. • Foreclosures.
Civil Litigation: Bring claims in District Court, Pre-trial activitites, discovery, depositions, motions. Conduct jury and bench trials. Post-trial motions. • Trial work: Litigate plaintiff’s claims; defend against claims. • Conduct post-judgment discovery and proceedings supplemental to find and levy on obligor’s assets. • Prepare, argue or defend against Appeals at Court of Appeals or Minnesota Supreme Court.
Public Presentations • “The ABCs of
Obtaining an Air Permit,” Workshop sponsored by the Minnesota
Environmental Initiative (MEI), Air and Waste Management Association
(AWMA), and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). •
“Legal Perspective on Environmental Auditing,” Joint Meeting of the
Industrial Counsel on Environmental Management (ICEM) and the Air and
Waste Management Association (AWMA) Upper Midwest Section. •
“CERCLA,” “Superfund Settlements,” and “Liability & Compliance,”
Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers—North Star Chapter
Review Course • Introduction to Environmental Regulation,” and “Introduction to the Clean Air Act,” Visiting lecturer, Hazardous Materials Management Course offered by University of Minnesota School of Public Health
