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I provide services in estate planning and probate. I take the time to ensure my clients know what their legal options are and that they understand how these options will affect not only their future but the future of their families. I consistently strive to find the best possible solution for each individual client’s unique legal situations all while providing a sensitive and easy to understand approach.

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Practice is focused on estate planning, sports law and business.  Estate planning practice is centered on providing complex estate planning services to individuals and families. This includes revocable trusts, wills, marital and support trusts, powers of attorney and health care directives.  Has represented thousands of estate planning clients in the areas of general estate planning and estate tax planning.. Over twenty-five years experience representing professional athletes, coaches and team executives in contract negotiations.  Sports practice is concentrated on professional football and baseball players, sportscasters, coaches and team executives. Has also represented Olympic athletes, NASCAR drivers, MMA fighters and professional wrestlers.. Negotiated the largest NASCAR contract for a NASCAR driver in Minnesota history on behalf of Christian Elder and the Great Clips Race Team.  Spearheaded a national NFL marketing campaign on behalf of collegiate wrestling and WWE champion Brock Lesnar, resulting in an NFL contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Represented hundreds of professional athletes regarding their careers.. Extensive experience representing small and medium size businesses.  Corporate counsel for several small and medium size businesses.  Provides contract negotiations for complex business transactions.  Completed negotiations in 2010 of the purchase of an ownership interest of an NHL franchise.. Member of the Minnesota Bar Association, the NFL Player's Association as a Contract Advisor, as well as the Canadian Football League Player's Association.  Admitted to practice in Minnesota State Courts and the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota.

Attorney and Mediator. Representing clients in all areas of family law including collaborative family law, providing mediation and conflict resolution for all family matters and other disputes, and creating estate plans from simple to complex.

I assist clients with comprehensive estate planning and business planning in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, which includes sophisticated wealth preservation, transfer, and asset protection techniques. I work with many business owners and highly compensated executives, as well as many farm families. As a trust, estate, and business lawyer, a primary focus is tax minimization and the transition of family wealth to the next generation. I also regularly advise clients on making gifts to charitable organizations, and also count non-profit corporations among my clients.I regularly advise and assist clients with business transactions, including business entity formation, business succession planning and sales of businesses. Whether representing the buyer of a business or the seller, I am keenly aware of the pros and cons of both stock sales and asset sales, and have worked on a variety of SBA financed deals.