Practice Areas ■ Real Estate ■ Finance, Lending and Banking ■ Workout, Loan Restructuring and Bankruptcy ■ Joint Venture Formation, Mergers and Acquisitions ■ Property Tax appeals ■ Condemnations Representative Transactions Representing lenders, developers and investors in all aspects of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, financings, development, joint venture formation, leasing and sales Representing institutional owners of income producing real estate in the management, leasing and re-financing of their properties Representing lenders and borrowers in the enforcement and restructuring of problem real estate loans Representing owners and investors in closely held businesses with a wide variety of corporate matters and business deals Publications Comment, “The Derivative Use of Attorney’s Opinion Work Product in IRS Summons Enforcement Proceedings,” 65 Minnesota Law Review 488 (1981) Frequent lecturer on real estate subjects for Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Professional Organizations and Achievements Selected for “Best Lawyers in America” Minnesota “Super Lawyer” Certified Real Property Law Specialist, Real Property Section of Minnesota State Bar Association Qualified Neutral under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice Member, Real Property Section of Minnesota and Hennepin County Bar Associations Judicial Clerkship Law Clerk, Chief Justice Douglas K. Amdahl, Supreme Court of Minnesota, 1982-83 Education ■ J.D., University of Minnesota, cum laude, 1982 (Note and Comment Editor, Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 66) ■ B.A., Macalester College, magna cum laude, 1979 (Honors Program, Wall Street Journal Award) Admissions ■ State of Minnesota ■ United States District Court, Minnesota ■ United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit