Admitted:
1984, North Dakota and Minnesota; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1989, Wisconsin; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
Law School:
University of North Dakota, J.D.
Member:
Hennepin County, Minnesota State, North Dakota State, Wisconsin State and American Bar Associations.
Biography:
Real Property Law Specialist certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association. Licensed to practice in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota in state and federal courts. Ad hoc member of the Real Property Council of the Minnesota State Bar Association. Co-chair of the Legislative Committee of the Real Property Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. Chair of the Hennepin County Bar Association's Real Property Section, 2004-2005. Former Technology-Property Editor, American Bar Association's Probate & Property Magazine. Member of the Title Insurance and the Foreclosure and Related Remedies Committees of the ABA's Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law. Former chair of the Title Insurance Litigation Committee of the ABA's Torts and Insurance Practice Section. Former Editor of Title Insurance Litigation Committee Newsletter. Former Co-chair of the Legal Issues Committee, Minnesota Mortgage Bankers Association. Designated one of Minnesota's top 100 real estate "Super Lawyers" by Super Lawyers Magazine. Presenter of legal education seminars for attorneys, title companies and lenders. Published articles in bar association, trade association, professional and popular periodicals. Former advisory editor of the Minnesota Real Estate Law Journal. Received the Minnesota State Bar Association President's Award for Pro Bono lobbying at the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Minnesota Legislature in response to the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Civil Air Patrol Wing Legal Officer, Licensed Private Pilot, Search and Rescue Pilot.
Born:
Grand Forks, North Dakota, May 10, 1955
Cases:
In re Option One Mortgage Corp., 2008 WL 4006797 (Minn. App. 2008); In re Option One Mortgage Corp., 2007 WL 823872 (Minn. App. 2007); Wara Real Estate Co., K.S.C.C. v. Wara Real Estate Inc., 2006 WL 1461028 (Minn. App. 2006); Timeline, LLC v. Williams Holdings # 3, LLC, 698 N.W.2d 181 (Minn. App. 2005); Petition of Alchemedes/Brookwood, Ltd. Partnership, 546 N.W.2d 41 (Minn. App. 1996); Petition of First Bank Nat. Ass'n., 1992 WL 145404 (Minn. App. 1992); City of Saint Paul v. Northern States Power Co., 462 N.W.2d 379 (Minn. 1990).