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I received my law degree from Gonzaga University in 1978.  I was hired to teach at the law school for two years before joining Rider Bennett in 1980.  After practicing at Rider Bennett and Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, Tewksbury & Kerfeld was formed in 1994. Our  firm’s goal is to provide individual service for our clients in an aggressive, efficient, and fair manner.  Our firm has adopted practices and procedures that are beneficial to our clients while focusing on individual attention for each client.. In addition to representing injured people, I am often hired to be an arbitrator or mediator to help resolve other lawyers’ cases.  In that capacity, I was appointed as Special Master by the Supreme Court to distribute the settlement proceeds from the I-35W bridge collapse case, and also served as Special Master for the Cottonwood bus crash and the YAZ/Yasmin birth control cases.. I have repeatedly been named a Super Laywer, has been named a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the American Trial Lawyers Association, has been named a Best Lawyer by the Best Lawyers in America, was a Minnesota Lawyer of the Year for ADR in 2014 and Tewksbury & Kerfeld has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a top tier law firm.

I practice in the areas of personal injury, consumer protection, and general litigation. After law school, I clerked for the Honorable David L. Piper in the Civil Division of Hennepin County District Court. As a law clerk, I handled hundreds of civil cases from inception to resolution. I have a strong understanding of Minnesota courts and procedure.. I grew up in Michigan and earned my B.A. from the University of Michigan with a double major in Philosophy and Classics. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2020. There, he fought for clients as part of the Consumer Protection Clinic and represented clients in Fair Credit Reporting Act cases.. I live in St. Paul with my partner Julie and our rescue dog BeeBee. I enjoy camping, trail running, cycling, and exploring the outdoors.. I am licensed to practice in Minnesota and is a member of the Hennepin County Bar Association and the Minnesota State Bar Association. I am also admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

I grew up in a family where my father came from a very poor family of 9 children and my mother grew up in a family of 5 children.  Both of them grew up in Crosby Ironton, Minnesota.  Dad was so poor that the brothers had to loan their shoes and clothes to the other siblings in order to go to school.  Dad saw many of the fathers of his school friends lose their lives when the mines they were working in collapsed.  From that point on, he became an active advocate for the underdog and never stopped.  He taught us kids to be compassionate and advocate for the families that had bad luck or less opportunities because they were poor.  I had no choice but be inspired to advocate for others.. When I graduated from the U of M, women were encouraged to choose teaching, nursing and or secretarial work.  I graduated from the College of Education, but longed to be a lawyer that at that time was not an acceptable choice for a woman.  After the birth of my third child, women were enrolling in law school in waves.  I was thrilled to join the wave and started my first year at Hamline Law School when my youngest, was 6 months old.. I graduated from law school in 1980 and after clerking in Bankruptcy Court and working in Real Estate, I started my own law firm in 1993 practicing in the area of personal injury.  I have loved my life as a lawyer. I have enjoyed working with a group of terrific co-workers who have become wonderful friends.  My clients will testify, that I fight very hard for them and always try to obtain the best result possible. I am most fortunate to have these opportunities.