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Kaplan, Strangis and Kaplan, P.A.

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Law Firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Contact Information
Phone: 612-904-5600  
Fax: 612-375-1143

Location: 5500 Wells Fargo Center, 90 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, (Hennepin Co.)

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Kaplan, Strangis and Kaplan, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities, Real Estate, Taxation, Financial Services and General Business Law, Business Planning.
Year Established: 1978
Firm Size: 14
Representative Clients:
Adams Outdoor Advertising; Affinity Group, Inc.; Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Asbestos Personal Injury Trust; Cambria Enterprises; Camping World, Inc.; Castle Creek Capital; Davisco Foods International, Inc.; Ehlert Publishing Group; FreedomRoads RV Centers; Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison; Hajoca Corporation; Liberty Diversified Industries, Inc.; Lupient Automotive Group; Miller Waste Mills, Inc.; Minnesota Twins; Minnesota Wine & Spirits Wholesalers; Owens Corning/Fibreboard Asbestos Personal Injury Trust; Polaris Industries Inc.; TCF Financial Corporation; The Good Sam Club; UnitedHealth Group.
Sheldon Kaplan (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 16, 1915; admitted to bar, 1940, New York; 1946, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., summa cum laude, 1935); Columbia Law School (LL.B., 1939). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1937-1938. Decisions Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1938-1939. Chief of Legal Division, Cleveland Ordinance District, 1946. Member: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations. [Captain, Ordinance, U.S. Army, active duty, 1942-1946]. Email: Sheldon Kaplan
Samuel L. Kaplan (Member) born St. Paul, Minnesota, June 3, 1936; admitted to bar, 1960, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.B.A., with distinction, 1957; J.D., magna cum laude, 1960). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, Editorial Board, Minnesota Law Review, 1958-1959. President, Minnesota Law Review, 1959-1960. Instructor, 1960-1963 and Adjunct Professor, 1974, University of Minnesota Law School. Member: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations. Email: Samuel L. Kaplan
Ralph Strangis (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 22, 1936; admitted to bar, 1960, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.S.L., 1958; J.D., magna cum laude, 1960). Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Minnesota Law Review, 1957-1958. Research Editor, Minnesota Law Review, 1958-1959. Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota Law School, 1974. Member: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations. Email: Ralph Strangis
Harvey F. Kaplan (Member) born St. Paul, Minnesota, December 2, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.B.A., 1961; LL.B., cum laude, 1964). Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi; Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, 1962-1963 and Note Editor, 1963-1964, Minnesota Law Review. Member: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations. [Capt., Artillery, U.S.A.R., active duty, 1965-1967]. Email: Harvey F. Kaplan
Andris A. Baltins (Member) born Seeboden, Austria, June 2, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Minnesota. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1967); University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1970). Order of the Coif. Member, University of Minnesota Law Review, 1968-1970. Instructor and Fellow, International Legal Center, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 1970-1972. Member: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations. Email: Andris A. Baltins
David Karan (Member) born New Kensington, Pennsylvania, March 2, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Minnesota. Education: Washington & Jefferson College and Pennsylvania State University (B.A., cum laude, 1970); University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1973). Order of the Coif. Member, Minnesota Law Review, 1971-1973. Director, University of Minnesota Legal Aid Clinic, 1972-1973. Member, University of Minnesota Law Council, 1972-1973. Assistant Professor, Ohio State University College of Law, 1975-1978. Recipient, Professor of the Year Award, Ohio State University College of Law, 1978. Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Email: David Karan
Bruce J. Parker (Member) born New York, N.Y., May 23, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Minnesota. Education: Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1973); New York University (M.B.A., with distinction, 1977; J.D., 1977). Member, New York University Law Review, 1974-1976. Member: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations. Email: Bruce J. Parker
Catherine A. Bartlett (Member) born La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, Minnesota. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., with distinction, 1974; J.D., cum laude, 1977). Order of the Coif. Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations.
Robert T. York (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, September 9, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1974); University of Wisconsin (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1974; Wisconsin, 1978. Member: Hennepin County, Illinois State, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Email: Robert T. York
James C. Melville (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 6, 1952; admitted to bar, 1990, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.S.B., 1982; M.B.A., 1985); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1990). Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities. Email: James C. Melville
Mary S. Giesler (Member) born Aitkin, Minnesota, January 26, 1956; admitted to bar, 1995, Minnesota. Education: Gustavus Adolphus College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); William Mitchell College of law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Member: Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Mary S. Giesler
OF COUNSEL
John H. Matheson (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, March 9, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois; 1987, Minnesota. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., 1974); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Editor-in-Chief, Northwestern University Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: "Minnesota Corporation Law and Practice," West, 2004; "Publicly Traded Corporations, Clark Boardman," 1993. Law Clerk to Judge Robert A. Sprecher, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1977-1978. Law Alumni Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School. Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Email: John H. Matheson
Phillips & Potach P.A. (Of Counsel) Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Kate Sherburne (Associate) born St. Louis Park, Minnesota, 1979; admitted to bar, 2003, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1999; J.D., magna cum laude, 2003) Order of the Coif. Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Email: Kate Sherburne
Dean T. Matheson (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2009, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 2003; J.D., 2008). Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Email: Dean T. Matheson


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