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Address
5500 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 (Hennepin Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
5.0
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeCorporate, 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.
Address5500 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street Minneapolis, MN 55402, (Hennepin Co.)
PhonePhone: 612-904-5600 Fax: 612-375-1143
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
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 COUNSELJohn 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.
——————————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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