Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2013
  • Dean’s Distinguished Scholarship
  • Dean’s List, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Practice and Professionalism, honors
  • Minnesota Journal of International Law, staff member
• Concordia College, B.A., 2000

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
• U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota
• Minnesota
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Wisconsin

Bar Associations

• Minnesota State Bar Association
  • Trust and Probate Section
    • Conference Planning Committee
    • Litigation Committee
    • Probate Forms Committee
  • Business Law Section
    • Membership Committee
• State Bar of North Dakota
• State Bar of Wisconsin
• Hennepin County Bar Association

Professional Associations

• Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
• Twin Cities Estate Planning Council, Board of Directors
• Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council
• Twin Cities Exit Planning Institute

Civic Involvement

• Volunteer Lawyers Network, 2013-2018

Honors & Awards

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, Trusts and Estates Litigation, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, 2022-present
  
• Top Lawyers list, Commercial Law, Minnesota Monthly, 2023
  
• Minnesota Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers, 2016-present

• Notes & Trends - Probate and Trust Law, monthly column author, Bench & Bar of Minnesota, 2017-2023
• Four Things Closely Held Shareholders Should Know, author, Upsize, September 2022
  
• 50-State Damages Fiduciary Remedy and Damages Survey, contributing author, ACTEC Fiduciary Litigation Committee, March 2018
  
• The Close Corporation Privilege Trap: The Troubled Legacy of Evans v. Blesi and the Minnesota Courts, co-author with A.V. Desteian, Bench & Bar of Minnesota, November 2015
• A Threat From Within: Defending Closely-Held Corporations Against Their Own Shareholders, author, Minnesota Defense, Winter 2015

• Helping Clients Manage Trust and Estate Disputes, presenter, Twin Cities Estate Planning Council, September 25, 2023
  
• Disclaimers and Privilege, presenter, The Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law 50, September 21, 2023
• Considerations in Responding to a Subpoena, presenter, Minnesota Conference of Association of Corporate Counsel, June 15, 2023
  
• Damages, Damages, Damages: Understanding the Possible Outcomes in Probate Litigation, presenter, Probate and Trust Law Section Conference, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, June 12, 2023
  
• Ethics: Who Do I Represent? The Close Corporation Attorney-Client Privilege Trap, presenter, Ownership Disputes in Closely-Held Businesses: Preventing, Managing, and Resolving Seminar, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, March 6, 2023
  
• Special Considerations When Preparing for an Online Trial – Perfecting the Art of Zoom Litigation, presenter, Trial Preparation: A Strategic Approach, February 23, 2023
• Trustee Removals and Trust Modifications, co-presenter with Amy Morris Hess, A Loss of Trust: What Trust and Estate Litigators Think Estate Planners Need to Know, Bassford Remele, January 24, 2023
  
• Mom Always Liked You Best – Trust and Estate Litigation and the New Minnesota UTC, co-presenter, private bank, October 6, 2022
  
• Evidentiary Issues Unique to Trusts and Estates Litigation, presenter, Probate and Trust Law Section Conference, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, June 13, 2022
  
• The Legal and Ethical Implications of the Close Corporation Attorney-Client Privilege Trap, presenter, Business Law Institute, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, May 9, 2022
• Defending Trustees and Personal Representatives in Trust and Estates Disputes, presenter, Professional Liability Defense Federation, Nashville, Tenn., October 7, 2021
  
• Roundtable Discussion – Applying Remedy and Damage Analysis to 4 Different Types of Disputes (Shareholder Disputes), presenter, Remedies and Damages in Commercial Litigation, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, July 30, 2021
  
• Current Trends in How to Approach Discovery and Motions, presenter, Litigating Probate and Trust Disputes in 2021 – A Brave New World, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, March 18, 2021
  
• Trust and Estate Risks and Pitfalls for Attorneys, co-presenter with S.M. Sitek, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual, July 2019
• Mom Always Liked You Best - Trust and Estate Litigation and the New Minnesota UTC, co-presenter with A.I. Silver and N.M. Abramson, Trust Point, July 2018
• Legal Update: Payment of Fiduciary Attorneys’ Fees, co-presenter with N.M. Abramson and S.M. Sitek, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual, May 2018
  
• Trust and Estate Litigation, co-presenter with S.M. Sitek, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual, July 2017
• Deciphering, Determining and Decanting: Sputtering Our Way Into The Year of the New Minnesota UTC, co-presenter, Dakota County Law Library, April 2016
• Trust and Estate Litigation: What Trust and Estate Litigators Think Non-Litigators Need to Know, co-presenter with A.I. Silver, Twin Cities Financial and Estate Planning Councils, March 2016
• Litigating Under Minnesota’s Uniform Trust Code, co-presenter with A.I. Silver and R.A. Williams, U.S. Bank, January 2016
• Settling Trust and Estate Disputes Without Litigation, co-presenter with S.M. Sitek, National Business Institute, January 2016
• Minnesota’s New Uniform Trust Code, faculty, Minnesota CLE, November 2015
• Mom Always Liked You Best – Trust and Estate Litigation and the New Minnesota UTC, co-presenter with A.I. Silver and S.M. Sitek, Bremer Wealth Management, November 2015
• Litigating Under Minnesota’s Uniform Trust Code, faculty, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, October 2015