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Over the past 18 years I have had the pleasure to serve hundreds of clients, helping them solve their debt problems and representing them in bankruptcy cases. I have been a licensed attorney since 1990 and I am a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. In my spare time I enjoy travel, cooking, and playing and watching hockey.. Dan Cooke has degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota Law School. In recognition of his dedication to community, Dan has been honored with both the WCCO-radio "Good Neighbor Award" and the Greater Twin Cities United Way's "Unsung Hero" award.

Jeremy practices debtor-creditor law, commercial lending, commercial banking and finance (including workouts and banking regulation), tax law, commercial litigation (including insurance disputes), employment law, corporate law, lemon law, landlord-tenant law, and FDCPA defense and prosecution. (Disclosure (11 U.S.C. 528(a)(4)):  "We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code."). Jeremy also has experience advising medical device manufacturers on compliance with Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulations (for example, document management, change control for spreadsheets, and validation of custom legacy software).  This practice area draws on Jeremy's technical expertise as a chemical engineer with a health focus.. Jeremy is a patent attorney registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and has patent prosecution and portfolio management experience.. Jeremy has experience representing clients under ethical or criminal investigation through his white-collar defense practice, which draws on his expertise in finance, securities, tax & accounting, and debtor-creditor law.. Finally, Jeremy acted as U.S. patent counsel for more than a year in Taipei, where he learned Mandarin and developed expertise in Taiwanese business and law.. Representative Corporate Clients. - General counsel, TCFEF (TCF Equipment Finance).. - General counsel to a collection agency (2007 until its sale in 2012).. Misc. Experience. - Purdue Pharma, OxyContin litigation (2003) (discovery review for law firm defending Purdue Pharma).. - G.E. Water & Process Technologies, Minnetonka, Minn. (2003). Audited IP portfolio (both U.S. and foreign patents and trademarks) for G.E., including patents and trademarks acquired pursuant to G.E.’s purchase of, inter alia, a New Jersey filtration firm and Osmonics in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Oversaw patent and trademark maintenance fees. Communicated with outside counsel, including Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee and Bryan Cave in New York. Drafted, negotiated, and reviewed nondisclosure agreements, joint development agreements, and asset purchase agreements.. - Minnesota Law & Politics, Minneapolis, Minn. (2003). Evaluated lawyers and issued recommendations for forthcoming issue of the magazine's Super Lawyer edition.. - Thomson Reuters, Eagan, Minn. (2004). Research associate at FindLaw (researching lawyers) and legal editor at Thomson West in Eagan (proofreading forthcoming mass torts multidistrict litigation (MDL) online bulletin).. - UnitedHealthcare, Edina, Minn. (2004). Reviewed health insurance contracts for a project comparing different plans.. - Collection Agency I (redacted), Eagan, Minn. (2005). Managed a $10 million portfolio of automobile deficiencies (both leases and loans) on behalf of GMAC, Inc. (General Motors Acceptance Corp., now Ally Financial, Inc.). Later, managed a larger portfolio of second placement Honda deficiencies. Specialized in skip tracing. Learned about the collections industry and observed numerous violations.. - UBS Financial Services, Minneapolis, Minn. (2007). Estimated a taxpayer’s avg. basis of Life Time Fitness equity acquired in connection with various private placements prior to Life Time’s IPO (it has since undergone an LBO and is once again private). Programmed a customized spreadsheet calculating real-time portfolio valuations using dynamic data. Managed client contacts for a senior vice president and his team. Had access to sensitive client data, including names, SSNs, addresses, places of employment, accounts, balances, and positions.. - RBC Wealth Mgmt., Minneapolis, Minn. (2007). Securities data conversion project incidental to RBC’s acquisition of Dain Rauscher Wessels, a Minneapolis brokerage. Programmed in Word and Excel using Visual Basic to draw from a database, synthesize the data, and email various managers with relevant summaries. Cumulatively, these tasks formerly took four hours each morning, but afterward, took about fifteen minutes. Consequently, managers received the data earlier, and a position was eliminated.. - Collection Agency II (redacted), Eden Prairie, Minn. (2008). Gained more experience in collections. Observed numerous FDCPA violations.. - Medical College Admission Test (2010). Sat for the MCAT and scored in approx. the 88th percentile, but did not ultimately pursue medical studies.. - CPA Global (2010). Oversaw preparation of a database summarizing the foreign and domestic patent holdings of a large client, including priority, countries where applied, related applications (i.e., parent-child relationship, such as divisional, continuation, and continuation-in-part (CIP) applications), and dates of issue, maintenance fees, and expiration. Worked extensively with foreign patent websites and CPA Global’s proprietary software.. - Medtronic Neuromodulation, Fridley, Minn., Rice Creek Facility (2010). Assisted Medtronic in connection with an internal audit and other measures undertaken after it was sanctioned by the FDA for noncompliance in handling adverse event reporting incidental to products sold through its Neuromodulation division.. - Boston Scientific (then American Medical Systems (AMS)), Minnetonka, Minn. (2011). Compliance and validation of legacy software systems at med. device manufacturer.. - Dodge Ram SCR (selective catalytic reduction) litigation (2017) (discovery review for law firm representing Cummins).. - "Rent-a-tribe" litigation (2017) (discovery review for law firm representing private equity (PE) firm and affiliated entities).

I'm an attorney who represents lenders in documenting and closing commercial loans, loan workouts, collections, and foreclosures. I approach workout and collection files with a combination of legal and business advice and common sense that has been a proven solution for minimizing any losses and maximizing return. I have also successfully represented debtors negotiating loan workouts with lenders. This experience has given me unique insight into the thought processes on both sides of the equation, which in turn has bolstered my ability to achieve the best result possible. In addition to representing lenders and the occasional borrower, I have significant experience representing real estate investors, businesses, developers, landlords, and tenants in the acquisition, development, leasing, and financing of commercial real estate. In these matters, my philosophy doesn't change: minimize the client's risk and exposure, and put the client in a position to maximize the return on investment.

I am a retired United States bannkruptcy judge, having served on the bench in the Minnesota Bankruptcy Court for nearly 30 years, from February 1984 to July 2013.  I served as Chief Judge from 1993 to 2000, and represented the Eighth Circuit bankruptcy judges as a board member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges from 1993 to 1996.  I presently practice law as Of Counsel to Manty & Associates in the area of bankruptcy, specializing in counselling attorneys and their clients, mediation, and general debtor/creditor matters.

Every day I see good people who are struggling financially. So many clients come to me after struggling, physically and emotionally, to control their debt for several months or even for several years. During the past eight years, I have made it my mission to help consumers and businesses that are facing a debt crisis to gain control of their finances and to start on a path to a financially secure future. Whether a client comes to me for help resolving overwhelming debt, getting relief from a bank levy or wage garnishment, or is looking for a financial fresh start, I promise to advise the client of his or her best options to resolve the issue and to achieve the client’s goal in a manner that is professional, compassionate and cost-efficient. I understand that bankruptcy and debt negotiation can be scary, but I can help improve your financial situation, guide you throughout the entire process, and help you achieve a financial fresh start.

David Tanabe is an attorney in the business litigation group with Messerli Kramer, where he focuses on all aspects of bankruptcy law, business restructuring, and insolvency. His clients include financial institutions, lenders, receivers, asset purchasers, trade creditors, and businesses. He also works closely with transactional attorneys on an array of matters, including sales of assets, financing, real-estate purchases and sales, commercial leasing, and workouts.. As a ten-year veteran of the NHL, David understands the importance of teamwork and the power of operating efficiently and cohesively. Whether learning the game from Hall-of-Famers as a 19-year-old first-round draft pick or learning the law from stalwart judges as a post-hockey law clerk, David has been raised to value the tremendous success that arises from collaboration and communication. He strives to bring this same spirit to the representation of his clients, and he works to understand both their goals and their concerns, using that information to navigate the best possible route ahead.

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Alex is currently an associate attorney at the Law Office of Iris Ramos, LLC, in Minneapolis. He practices in the areas of bankruptcy, family law, and criminal defense. Alex is a graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Law and has been practicing law in the state of Minnesota since 2008.