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Hanft Fride, A Professional Association provides litigation, business related and estate planning and administration legal services throughout northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Statement of Practice

General Practice. Corporate Law, Environmental Law, Mining Law, Insurance Law, Probate, Trusts and Estates, Wills, Taxation, Commercial Law, Trial Practice, Appellate Practice, Labor and Employment, Transportation, Public Utility Law, Real Estate, Real Estate Development, Estate Planning, Media Law, Health Care, Municipal Law, Zoning Law, Family Law, Workers' Compensation Defense, Intellectual Property, Immigration Law.

Representative Clients:

A & L Partnership
American International Group
American Hardware Insurance Co.
American States Insurance Co.
Aspen Aerials, Inc.
Austin Mutual Insurance Cos.
Auto-Owners Insurance Co.
BendTec, Inc.
Canadian National Railways
Cirrus Design Corp.
College of St. Scholastica
Continental Loss Adjusting Services, Inc.
Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation
Duluth Transit Authority
Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway Co.
EMC Insurance Cos.
Evening Telegram Co.
Federated Insurance Co.
GEICO
General Accident Insurance Co.
General Casualty Cos.
GRE
Generations Helthcare Initiatives, Inc.
Great American Insurance Co.
Great Central Insurance Co.
Inter-City Oil Company, Inc.
Max Gray Construction, Inc.
M.A. Hanna Co.
The Jamar Co.
Johnson-Wilson Constructors, Inc.
The LTV Corp.
Lutsen Resort Co.
Murphy, McGinnis Media, Inc.
Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Co.
Minnesota Power
Morgan Murphy Stations
National Union Fire Insurance Co.
North Shore Mining Co.
North Shore Bank of Commerce
North Star Aerospace
North Star Mutual Insurance Co.
NOVA Corporation of Alberta
The Ohio Casualty Group
Ray Risberg, Inc.
Safeco American States Insurance Co.
Scan Health, Inc.
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
Tri-State Insurance Company of Minnesota
U.S. Bank
U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co.
Utica Mutual Insurance Co.
Wausau Insurance Cos.
Well Fargo Bank
Western Bank
Western National Mutual Insurance Co.
Zurich U.S. Ins. Co.

Address

1000 U.S. Bank Place
130 West Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802-2094, (St. Louis Co.)

Phone

Phone: 218-722-4766
Fax: 218-529-2401

Website

http://www.hanftlaw.com

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Kenneth A. Kimber (Associate) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 22, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Minnesota, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1998); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Former Associate, Rider Bennett. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Defense Practice; Labor and Employment; Litigation.Email: Kenneth A. Kimber

Catherine E. Baker (Associate) born Duluth, Minnesota, June 5, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota Duluth (B.A., 2002); Hamline University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Duluth and Minnesota State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Probate; Business Law; Estate Planning.Email: Catherine E. Baker

Scott A. Witty (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Minnesota. Education: Gustavus Adolphus College (B.A., Political Science/Criminal Justice, 2003); Hamline University (J.D., 2006). Member: Minnesota State Bar Association.

David Tilden (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, North Dakota and Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota, Duluth (Classical History and Political Science, cum laude); University of Miami (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Articles and Comments Editor, University of Miami Law Review. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.

Nathan LaCoursiere (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (English and Political Science, with distinction and honors, 2002); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Clerked for, The Minnesota Attorney General's Office. Conducted Research for, Professor Fred L. Morrison and Associate Clinical Professor of Law Prentiss Cox. Managing Director, Maynard Pirsig Moot Court Program. Member: Minnesota Bar Association.