Minnesota Lawyer articles from January 2009

Minnesota Lawyer archives from January 2009

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Krueger v. Zeman Construction Co.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Sexual Harassment; Standing A person who is not a party to a contract may not sue for discrimination in the performance of that contract under Minn. Stat. sec. 363A.17(3) (2006). Thus, where...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: In the Matter of the Petition of: K.L.B. and J.A.B. to adopt L.J.D.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Adoption; Timeliness of Petition The District Court did not err in applying the Minnesota Rules of Adoption to hold that an adoption petition was untimely when three other adoption petitions had been...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Risk & Associates, Inc. v. Larson.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Commercial Listing Agreement Even though an agent found a prospective buyer for the property, we conclude that the District Court erred in granting summary judgment for the agent on his claim for a...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Augustine v. Arizant, Inc.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Attorney Fee Award Where a corporation's failure to indemnify plaintiff under Minn. Stat. sec. 302A.521 violated his right to indemnification; and plaintiff was a shareholder; we conclude that the...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Hahn v. Meier.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Slander of Title Where the District Court found that son knowingly recorded meritless mechanics' liens against his mother's property, obtained default judgments against his mother by submitting fraudulent...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Sailors v. Sailors.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Maintenance Modification Where comparison of the District Court's initial order and its order on remand makes it clear that the District Court excluded the amount of monthly maintenance from both the...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: In the Matter of the Claim for Benefits by Minnie.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Officer's Health-Care Benefits Even though a peace officer sustained a back injury in 2003 while weightlifting, we conclude that the panel's decision to deny continuing health-care benefits was...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Smith v. Princeton.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Veterans Preference; Res Judicata Even though the city employee, who is a veteran, was convicted of misdemeanor theft for stealing fuel from the city, we conclude that res judicata bars the city's second...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Brown-Wilbert, Inc. v. Copeland Buhl & Co.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Expert Testimony Where the former client alleges that an accounting firm breached its contract with the client but the client does not allege the breach of any specific contractual promise, we conclude...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: City of Bloomington v. Orest Associates.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Condemnation; Gas Station Franchise Where the city condemned a parcel that was owned by a franchisor and used as a gas station; and the contract between the franchisor and franchisee stated that the...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: A.W.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Where the social service agency did not seek long-term foster care for the two children, ages 14 and 12; the children are thriving in foster care with M.L., the godfather of one of the children; and the...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Jeche v. Knutson.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Unauthorized Driver Where defendant, while driving his girlfriend's vehicle, struck plaintiff's vehicle; at the time of the accident, defendant lived with his girlfriend, who had never permitted him to...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Tuff v. Winona County.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Ordinance Conclusively Valid Where the county enacted a new comprehensive zoning ordinance in 1988; and in 2007, a property owner brought this action challenging the county's adherence to statutory notice...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Miller.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Sufficient Evidence Where the victim called 911 and reported a domestic assault; the victim told the responding officer that defendant had hit her in the face and pushed her down; photographs showed...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Carufel.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Park Zone Even though two officers testified that three controlled buys took place at defendant's residence, which was within a block of a public park, we conclude that defendant could not be convicted of...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Sayers.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Testimony Illuminating Relationship Where, during his trial testimony, the victim referred to defendant as a prostitute, made a reference to her behaviors, and stated that whenever she drinks, she [gets]...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Juvenile SuspectIn the Matter of the Welfare of: E.T., Jr.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Juvenile Suspect Where the 13-year-old juvenile was brought to the police station by his foster mother without being told why and escorted to a room separate from his foster mother; the juvenile had never...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Patterson.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Intent Where defendant was served with an order for protection (OFP) preventing him from entering the trailer home he shared with his ex-fiancee for 10 days so that his ex-fiancee could move her things...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Renard.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Voluntary and Intelligent Where defendant reviewed a proposed plea agreement with counsel but declined the proposed agreement; defendant appeared pro se at a subsequent plea hearing; defendant...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Oates v. Minnesota.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Sentencing Claims Where petitioner was sentenced in 1999 for assault under Minn. Stat. sec. 609.11 (1998), which provided a mandatory minimum sentence for each conviction of second-degree assault with a...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Mattmiller v. Minnesota.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Where petitioner claims that the Hennepin County assistant attorneys, who prosecuted his case under a power-sharing agreement between Washington and Hennepin Counties, lacked authority to do so, and that this...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Masood v. Minnesota.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Timeliness Where petitioner's conviction became final prior to August 1, 2005, when a time limit was added to the postconviction statute allowing two years after Aug. 1, 2005 to filed a postconviction...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Larson.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Ten-Year Registration Period Where defendant pleaded guilty in 1992 to second-degree criminal sexual conduct; and a 1994 predatory registration form was completed by defendant's corrections agent but it...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Sybrandt.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Initial Illegality Purged Regardless of whether defendant was legally seized by an officer, we conclude that when defendant resisted arrest and fled from the officer, any taint from the alleged illegality...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Kenerson.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Suspected Drug Transaction Where an officer testified that while on patrol around midnight, he observed a hand-to-hand transaction occur between defendant, who was standing outside a vehicle, and the...

2008: The year in practice management, marketing.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Dolan Media Newswire Like the rest of the nation, lawyers from coast to coast felt the crunch of a devastating recession in 2008. As the economy worsened, firms looked for answers to weather the financial storm. For many...

Dismissal of untimely adoption petition affirmed by Minnesota Court of Appeals.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff The Minnesota Court of Appeals has determined that an adoption petition was untimely where three other adoption petitions had been filed 10 months earlier, the county and the court had proceeded on those...

State court administrator of Minnesota Judicial Branch receives 2008 Warren E. Burger award.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Sue K. Dosal, state court administrator of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, has been named the recipient of the 2008 Warren E. Burger Award by the National Center for State Courts. One of the highest awards...

New federal rating system for nursing homes released.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff A new federal rating system has concluded that for-profit nursing homes are more likely to provide a lower standard of care than nonprofit homes. The rating system, released by the Centers for Medicare &...

Collection lawyers in Minnesota working harder in down economy.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Dan Heilman Not quite a year ago, as winter turned into spring and the economic news turned from bad to worse, Minneapolis debt collection attorney John Halpern knew what was coming next. Collection lawyers read the business...

Minn. Court of Appeals rules business owner can't sue for discrimination in performance of contract.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Barbara L. Jones A woman who was the sole owner of a limited liability company that entered into a standard subcontractor agreement on a construction project lacked standing under the Minnesota Human Rights Act to sue as an...

Money-saver for attorneys: Inside 'office presence' arrangements.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Dan Heilman When you call Edina family lawyer Bill Casey, a friendly woman answers the phone by saying, William Casey Law Offices, how can I direct your call? If you ask to be put through to Casey, you'd never guess that she isn't...

Federal health care changes may mean headaches for providers in Minnesota.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Dan Emerson With a new administration in Washington, a growing push for universal health-coverage, provider cost-cutting and increasing regulatory scrutiny, health care providers and insurers -- and their attorneys -- will face...

Behind the scenes with OutFront Minnesota's new executive director.(Amy Johnson)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Michelle Lore Minneapolis attorney Amy Johnson says everything she's done in her professional life has led her to the job she starts today as executive director of OutFront Minnesota, the state's leading gay, lesbian, bisexual,...

Dylan's tune still rings true today.(Bob Dylan)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Craig Napier Come gather ‘round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is...

Seven things every lawyer needs to know about backing up.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Jane Pribek No. 1: Forward-thinking lawyers back up.  OK, the pun is weak — but the idea is indispensable. “So much of your important information is now on your computer,” says attorney Jeff Krause, of...

U.S. Tax Court rules personal injury settlement is taxable.
January 5, 2009... Byline: Dolan Media Newswire A taxpayer must include in her gross income a personal injury settlement that she obtained from her bank, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled in upholding a $13,000 deficiency assessment. The taxpayer received a...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Tscheu.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Circumstantial Evidence 1. The District Court did not err in denying defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal because the evidence, when construed in the light most favorable to the verdict, was...

Minn. Supreme Court: Promulgation of Amendments to Minn. Gen. Rules of Practice for District Courts.(Brief article)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff General Rules of Practice for District Courts Amendments to the General Rules of Practice for the District Courts and the Special Rules of Procedure Governing Proceedings under the Minnesota Commitment...

Minn. Court of Appeals: A&L Potato Co. v. Aggregate Industries.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Offer of Settlement; Prejudgment Interest An offer of settlement made solely under Minn. R. Civ. P. 68 is deemed withdrawn if not accepted within ten days, and cannot, therefore, constitute a valid...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Jones v. Borchardt.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Pre-Conviction Cost of Confinement Under Minn. Stat. sec. 641.12, subd. 3(a) (2008), a county may require a convicted offender to pay costs of confinement in a county jail that accrued before the offender...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Monson v. Rochester Athletic Club.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Discrimination; Sexual Orientation A claim for public-accommodations discrimination under Minn. Stat. sec. 363A.11 (2008) cannot be brought under a disparate-impact theory of proof. The text of...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Risdall v. Brown-Wilbert, Inc.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Exemption from Registration Two or more offers or sales of securities will be integrated for purposes of exemption from registration if the offers and sales meet the five-factor test set out in the Note...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Paul v. Brown.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Representation by Two Firms Where an attorney was retained under contingent-fee agreements to pursue claims on behalf of a woman who was severely injured in a multi-vehicle collision and the woman's...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Peterson v. Harward.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Personal Jurisdiction Where Harward, who was in Oregon, telephoned and sent an e-mail to Peterson, a Minnesota resident, seeking a personal loan of $50,000; Harward prepared a promissory note and sent a...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Cottage Industries, LLC v. Yetter.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Res Judicata Even though the employer previously obtained a judgment against a prior employee for vandalism and conversion, we conclude that the District Court erred in applying the doctrine of res...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Welsand v. Welsand.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Domestic-Abuse OPF Where mother petitioned for an order for protection against father; both the child's account and father's account of the underlying incident were fairly consistent; the evidence showed...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Delaney v. Delaney.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Maintenance Modification Where the record reflects that the District Court considered the value of the obligor's corporate benefits in determining his income; the District Court found that the obligee had...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Westerham v. Commissioner of Public Safety.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Seizure Where an officer responded to a tip that a possibly intoxicated person was seated in her car in a bar parking lot; the officer pulled his marked squad car up behind the person's car at an angle...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Goetz v. Independent School District No. 625.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Recreational Use Even though a youth was injured while using a vaulting horse in a community-education gymnastics program , we conclude that the program is entitled to recreational-use immunity and that...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Closner v. Illinois Farmers Insurance Co.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Auto; Exclusions Ambiguous Even though the insured's auto policy contains exclusions related to use of a vehicle to carry property for a charge and while used in employment by any person whose primary...

Minn. Court of Appeals: In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: M.L.P.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Adoption of Proposed Findings Where the District Court adopted the county's proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law verbatim; two findings of fact are contrary to the caseworker's testimony at...

Minn. Court of Appeals: In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: A.L.W. and J.C., Jr.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Neglect of Parental Duties Where the child was removed from the home after both parents were arrested for a domestic dispute; father made no effort to comply with four of the six components of his case...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Mitzuk v. Davlyn Inc.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Misconduct Where the ULJ found that claimant asked to borrow money from his supervisor, claimant became enraged when his supervisor refused, and claimant yelled, swore, and smashed and kicked a company...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Cammisuli v. Professional Garage Inc.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Misconduct Where the ULJ found that (1) claimant spent a substantial amount of time at work on his cell phone after being warned that his use was excessive, and (2) claimant failed to complete two...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. McKenzie.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Reasonable Belief of Injury Where defendant was charged with fourth-degree assault against a corrections officer arising from an incident in which defendant declined to comply with a body search and...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Matuzak.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Right to Second Test Where a driver whose preliminary breath test (PBT) showed an alcohol concentration of .174 asked the arresting officer if she could take a blood test; the officer did not respond; the...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Phillips.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Disclosure by Prosecutor Where defendant pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct in the first degree based on the victim's mental impairment and received the presumptive sentence; before the...

Minnesota Supreme Court: In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Kopeska.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Suspension Where the attorney failed to successfully complete the professional responsibility portion of the state bar examination within one year after the date of his suspension, the attorney is...

Minn. Supreme Court: Order Promulgating Amendment to the Rules of the Lawyer Trust Account Board.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff In order to improve administration of the Lawyer Trust Account Board, the Supreme Court amends the membership terms on the Lawyer Trust Account Board to correspond with the terms of the statutorily created...

Minn. Supreme Court: Order Promulgating Amendment to Legal Services Advisory Comm. Membership Rules.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff In order to improve administration of the Legal Services Advisory Committee, the Legal Services Advisory Committee Membership Rules are amended, effective Jan. 1, 2009. Case Number: C4-84-2164 Case...

Tenth Judicial District chambers of the Honorable Ellen L. Maas to Stillwater.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff The chambers of the Honorable Ellen L. Maas of the Tenth Judicial District are moved from Anoka in Anoka County to Stillwater in Washington County. Case Number: C9-83-1498 Court: Supreme Court ...

8th Circuit: U.S. v. Creative Compounds, LLC.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Illegal Imports; Condemnation and Destruction; Egg Product Where the defendant could not obtain a certificate from Peru to allow illegally imported powdered egg whites from that country to be used in the...

U.S. Circuit: Abbotts, et al. v. Campbell, et al.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Investment Losses; Undisclosed Waiver; Equitable Tolling Where investors failed to present sufficient evidence that an undisclosed waiver in a Common Stock Purchase Agreement was the proximate cause of...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Dukuly v. Mukasey.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Adjustment of Status; Judicial Review; Jurisdiction Where an immigration judge denied an immigrant's request for adjustment of status, adjustment is a discretionary decision of the Attorney General and...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Khrystotodorov v. Mukasey.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Asylum; Credibility; Motion to Reopen (1)Where an immigrant from the Ukraine claimed he was persecuted because of his religious beliefs and the immigration judge found significant variance between his...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Skurtu v. Mukasey.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Petition For Review; Timeliness; Jurisdiction Where an immigrant brought a complaint in federal District Court claiming errors by the immigration judge and due process violations in the removal...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Al Milaji v. Mukasey.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Voluntary Departure; Reinstatement; Credibility (1)Where an immigrant requested reinstatement of his period of voluntary departure, the Eighth Circuit finds that it lacks authority under the Illegal...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Owen v. Astrue.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Denial Of Benefits; Medical Evidence; Balancing Where a claimant of Social Security disability benefits and supplemental security income appealed the denial of benefits, the administrative law judge's...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Bauer.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Intent; Evidence Where statements from a bankruptcy court were admitted in defendants' trial on bankruptcy fraud and money laundering charges, the statements were warnings to avoid concealing estate...

Minnesota Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Moten.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Use of Compelled Statements; Sentencing Where the manager of a grant program who was convicted of aiding and abetting the theft of public funds claimed her constitutional privilege against self...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Fischer.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Methamphetamine; Acceptance of Responsibility Where a defendant charged in a methamphetamine conspiracy tried to downplay his role and the quantity of drugs attributed to him, pleaded guilty at the last...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Davidson.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Violent Felony; Auto Tampering Where an intervening decision to defendant's case held that auto tampering is not a crime of violence for sentencing under USSG Section 4B1.2(a), defendant's conviction is...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Rush.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Violent Felony; Larceny Where a defendant's prior conviction was for taking and driving a vehicle without consent did not constitute a violent felony qualifying him as an armed career criminal and the...

U.S. District Court: In Re: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Shareholder Derivative Litigation.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Special Litigation Committee; Settlement Where a special litigation committee (SLC), established by a corporation's board of directors in response to shareholder derivative actions, has recommended a...

Minnesota Court of Appeals rules lesbian couple not entitled to club's family rate.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Michelle Lore A same-sex couple who sought but was denied the opportunity to join the Rochester Athletic Club at the club's family rate could not sue for sexual orientation discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the...

Rice County in showdown with courts, defenders over legal fees.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Barbara L. Jones A 19-year old mother's battle against a termination of parental rights has become emblematic of the justice system's funding crisis, and has touched off a showdown between Rice County officials, the Board of Public...

Minnesota smokers' lawyers fired up for 'light' cigarette fraud claims.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Michelle Lore Michael Dahl has smoked two packs of Camel Lights every day for more than 20 years. David Scott Huber has smoked nearly a pack of Camel Lights, Winston Select or Winston Lights every day for the past 10 years. The two...

Minnesota Court of Appeals rules inmate must pay for jail confinement.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff The Minnesota Court of Appeals has determined that Olmsted County may require a convicted offender to pay the costs of confinement that accrued before the offender was convicted. The defendant spent eight...

Minnesota Court of Appeals rules discharged attorney can't collect from injury case.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff An attorney who was discharged from a personal injury and wrongful death case could not establish or enforce an attorney's lien on settlement proceeds received by former clients, the Court of Appeals ruled...

U.S. Chief Justice Roberts urges lawmakers to boost judges pay.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff The nation's chief justice has urged Congress to give federal judges the same cost-of-living salary boost that lawmakers themselves will receive in 2009. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., in his annual...

Hennepin County Drug Court honors graduates.(Brief article)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Hennepin County District Court honored 23 graduates from Drug Court last week. The objective of Hennepin County Drug Court is to reduce criminal recidivism among chemically dependent participants who are...

Judicial vacancy announced in Hennepin County.(Public notice)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Applications are now being accepted for a trial court bench vacancy in the 4th Judicial District in Hennepin County. The vacancy occurred with the death of the Honorable Steven A. Pihlaja on Sept. 17, 2008....

Minnesota Lawyer names its 2008 'Attorneys of the Year'.
January 12, 2009... Byline: Dan Heilman It was a big year for big cases in Minnesota, and some of the attorneys behind those big cases are among those being honored by Minnesota Lawyer with its 10th annual Attorneys of the Year award. The award is...