Disclaimer

Please be advised that contacting Bassford Remele, P.A. by email does not establish a lawyer-client relationship. Instead, a written engagement agreement is required. By sending us an email, you agree that Bassford Remele, P.A. will have no duty to keep confidential the information you provide to it unless and until there is an engagement agreement.

If you agree, please click on the "Submit" button below to continue processing your email message.

SUBMIT
Back to People

Casey D. Marshall

Shareholder

headshot

Casey D. Marshall

Shareholder

Practice Groups

Class Action/Multidistrict Litigation, Business and Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Trust and Estate Litigation

Industry Groups

Financial Services Industry, Technology Industry

Overview

Casey Marshall is a litigator who represents corporations and individuals in commercial disputes, and navigates families, businesses, and individuals through trust and estate conflicts.

Experienced in the litigation process, Casey regularly represents clients in shareholder and securities disputes, as well as other business-related claims, in multiple jurisdictions. He represents clients in probate, state, federal, and appellate courts, recently helping resolve multiple proceedings initiated by beneficiaries of trusts and disputes between shareholders in closely-held corporations.

Casey is active in the trust and probate section and the business law section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. He is on the Board of Directors of the Twin Cities Estate Planning Council. Casey is chair of the Bassford Remele Business and Commercial Litigation Practice Group, co-chair of the Trust and Estate Litigation Practice Group, and serves on its Board of Directors. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School.

EDUCATION & ADMISSIONS

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

EXPERIENCE

Representative Cases

Part of team who successfully defended against fraud in the inducement claims in connection with a commercial real estate transaction.

Part of trial and appellate team who successfully defended against minority shareholder claims.

Additional Representative Cases
Successfully defended majority shareholders of a closely-held, family-owned corporation, in a shareholder suit brought by a minority shareholder.

Successfully represented trust beneficiary in a suit to remove existing trustee and appoint a new corporate trustee.

Successfully defended corporate trustee in suit by beneficiaries to remove the trustee and seeking monetary damages.

NEWS & EVENTS

26 Attorneys Selected to Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch

Bassford Remele is proud to announce that 26 of our attorneys have been recognized in the 2025...

Twenty-Nine Attorneys Selected to Super Lawyers Lists; Lew Remele is Top Vote-Getter

Bassford Remele is pleased to announce that Lewis Remele is the top vote-getter in the 2024...

10 Attorneys Named to the 2024 Minnesota Monthly Top Lawyers List

Congratulations to our attorneys on the 2024 Minnesota Monthly Top Lawyers List: Aram V. Desteian,...

Wynne Reece, Casey Marshall and Aram Desteian Present at Business Law Institute

Bassford Remele Shareholders Wynne Reece, Casey Marshall, and Aram Desteian will present at the...

Jessica Klander Elected COO; Casey Marshall and Kyle Willems Elected to Board

Bassford Remele is proud to announce that Jessica Klander has been elected Chief Operating Officer...

Bassford Brief: Your Client's Trustee

The Bassford Brief: Legal Issues for Lawyers | Attorney at Law Magazine | Vol. 13, No. 3 | March...

Casey Marshall and Jessica Kometz to Present at Probate & Trust Law Conference

Bassford Remele Shareholder Casey Marshall and Attorney Jessica Kometz will present “Damages,...

Lewis Remele Receives Service to the Profession Award

Lewis Remele received Minnesota Lawyers' Outstanding Service to the Profession Award. He is the...

Trust and Litigation Seminar featuring Amy Morris Hess on January 24, 2023

The Bassford Remele Trust and Estates Litigation Practice Group will host a lunch, seminar, and...

Casey Marshall and Aram Desteian Author "Four Things Closely Held Shareholders Should Know"

Bassford Remele Shareholders Casey Marshall and Aram Desteian published "Four Things Closely Held...

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC

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 South Dakota
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Hennepin County Bar Association

Professional Associations

  • Twin Cities Estate Planning Council, Board of Directors
  • Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council

Civic Involvement

  • Volunteer Lawyers Network, 2013-2018

ACCOLADES

Honors & Awards

  • The Best Lawyers in America©Trusts and Estates Litigation, 2025 ed.
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, Trusts and Estates Litigation, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, 2022-2024
  • Top Lawyers list, Commercial Law, 2022-2023; Trust and Estates Litigation, 2024, Minnesota Monthly
  • Attorney of the Year, as part of the Syngenta Legal Team, Minnesota Lawyer, 2017
  • Minnesota Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers, 2024
  • Minnesota Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers, 2016-2023
CDM Best Lawyer Med 2025
2024-Ones-To-Watch-Firm-Web.png#asset:64824
Casey D. Marshall
Rated by Super Lawyers


loading ...
Casey D. Marshall
Rated by Super Lawyers


loading ...

Publications

Seminars

  • Ethics: Conflicts of Interest in Representing Closely-Held Businesses, co-present with A. Desteian, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education 2024 Business Law Institute, May 6, 2024
  • 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, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education 2023 Probate and Trust Law Section Conference, June 12, 2023
  • Ethics: Who Do I Represent? The Close Corporation Attorney-Client Privilege Trap, presenter, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Ownership Disputes in Closely-Held Businesses: Preventing, Managing, and Resolving Seminar, 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, Bassford Remele A Loss of Trust: What Trust and Estate Litigators Think Estate Planners Need to Know, 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, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education 2022 Probate and Trust Law Section Conference, June 13, 2022
  • The Legal and Ethical Implications of the Close Corporation Attorney-Client Privilege Trap, presenter, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education 2022 Business Law Institute, May 9, 2022
  • Defending Trustees and Personal Representatives in Trust and Estates Disputes, presenter, Professional Liability Defense Federation, Nashville, TN, October 7, 2021
  • Roundtable Discussion – Applying Remedy and Damage Analysis to 4 Different Types of Disputes (Shareholder Disputes), presenter, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Remedies and Damages in Commercial Litigation, July 30, 2021
  • Current Trends in How to Approach Discovery and Motions, presenter, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Litigating Probate and Trust Disputes in 2021 – A Brave New World, March 18, 2021
  • Ethics: Who Do I Represent? The Close Corporation Attorney-Client Privilege Trap, Shareholder Disputes in Closely-Held Businesses, presenter, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, January 25, 2021
  • The Estate Planner’s Guide to Responding to a Subpoena for a Client File and Deposition, presenter, Minnesota State Bar Association, March 5, 2020
  • Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law 50, presenter, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, February 21, 2020
  • Trust and Estate Litigation: What Trust and Estate Litigators Think Non-Litigators Need to Know, presenter, Bassford Remele Trust and Estates Litigation Seminar, February 11, 2020
  • Trust & 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, 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 Continuing Legal Education, 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