Kelly & Berens, P.A.

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Law Firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
Address
Suite 3720 IDS Center, 80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(Hennepin Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 612-349-6171  
Telecopier: 612-349-6416
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http://www.kellyandberens.com
(Main Office)
Kelly & Berens, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Trials and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts.
Firm Profile:
Kelly & Berens, P.A. is a twelve-lawyer firm located in downtown Minneapolis that restricts its practice to civil litigation and white collar criminal matters. The work of the firm is exclusively pretrial preparation, trials and appeals. The firm also represents parties in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, e.g., arbitration or mediation, that involve the adversary process.

Our Practice:

The firm's practice is not limited to any substantive area of the law. Most of our work consists of business disputes, often involving financing and real estate and, recently, substantial employment litigation. We have significant experience in securities and antitrust litigation.

The senior members of the firm have an aggregate of well over 100 years of litigation experience.

Firm Size: 12
Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Saturday: 08:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Timothy D. Kelly (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Minnesota; 2002, Florida. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., summa cum laude, 1968; J.D., magna cum laude, 1973). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Research Editor, Minnesota Law Review, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Honorable Philip Neville, Judge, U.S. District Court, Minnesota, 1973-1974; Honorable Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1974-1975. Member: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. [Lt. U.S. Army, Inf., 1968-1970]. Email: Timothy D. Kelly
Paul R. Hannah (Member) born Grand Forks, North Dakota, February 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, North Dakota and U.S. Federal Court; 1973, Minnesota; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1969); Harvard University Law School (J.D., 1972). Law Clerk, Senior Judge Charles J. Vogel, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1972-1973. Member: Ramsey County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Media/Entertainment Law; Insurance Law; General Practice. Email: Paul R. Hannah
Barbara Podlucky Berens (Member) born Buffalo, New York, April 21, 1953; admitted to bar, 1990, Minnesota. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Uppsala, Sweden; University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Minnesota Law Review, 1989-1990. Series VII Securities License, New York, 1976. Author: "Defendant's Rights to Conduct Ex Parte Interviews with Treating Physicians in Drug or Medical Device Cases," 73 Minn. L. Rev. 1451, 1989. Special Master in NFL Antitrust Litigation, 1993. Law Clerk to Hon. David S. Doty, U.S. District Judge, 1990-1992. Assistant Reporter to the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota Advisory Committee on Local Rules, 1989-1990. Consultant to the U.S. District Court for the Minnesota Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, 1993. Member, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Advisory Committee on Local Rules, 1993—. Member: Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Litigation; Antitrust Litigation; Employment Law; Securities Litigation. Email: Barbara Podlucky Berens
Tracey L. Baubie (Member) born Newark, Ohio, November 23, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Minnesota; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: St. Cloud State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1986); University of Minnesota (J.D., 1991). Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and Federal Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Tracey L. Baubie
Sarah E. Bushnell (Partner) born Mason City, Iowa, December 15, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Massachusetts and Minnesota. Education: Northwestern College (B.A., 1999); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: Massachusetts Bar Association; Christian Legal Society. Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Sarah E. Bushnell
ASSOCIATES
Heather A. Podlucky (Associate) born Buffalo, New York, October 7, 1969; admitted to bar, 1999, Virginia. (Not admitted in Minnesota). Education: University of Buffalo (B.A., 1991); George Washington University (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Heather A. Podlucky
Kelly A. Atherton (Associate) born Waverly, Iowa, May 5, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Oregon; 2007, Minnesota. Education: University of Puget Sound (B.A., Politics and Government, 2001); Willamette University (J.D., 2005). Law Clerk to Hon. Eric A. Aarseth, Anchorage Superior Court, Anchorage, Alaska. Author: "An Overview of Ninth Circuit Decisions in First Amendment Law," 41 Willamette L. Rev. 575, 2005; "Compensating Victims Under the Terrorism Exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act"; "A State Sponsored Victims Compensation Fund," 12 Williamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution 158, 2004. Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and Oregon State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation(100%). Email: Kelly A. Atherton
OF COUNSEL
Michael Berens (Of Counsel) born Washington, D.C., October 16, 1935; admitted to bar, 1959, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (J.D., 1959). Member, Minnesota Law Review, 1956-1958. Recipient, Rotary Foundation Fellowship, London School of Economics, 1959-1960. Law Clerk to Judge Harry A. Blackmun, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1960-1961. Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Email: Michael Berens
(Ms) Lisle K.F. Erin (Of Counsel) born St. Paul, Minnesota; admitted to bar, 1993, Minnesota; U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: College of St. Benedict (B.A., 1990); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., 1993). Formerly with: Fuller Law Firm; O'Brien & Wolf LLP. Member: Minnesota State Bar Association Practice Areas: Civil Business Litigation(100%). Email: (Ms) Lisle K.F. Erin
Justi R. Miller (Of Counsel) born Centralia, Illinois, June 13, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Colorado; 1998, California; 2007, Minnesota. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1990; J.D., 1993). American Inns of Court: (Earl Warren Chapter), 2003-2004; (Douglas K. Anbahl Chapter), 2008—. Newsletter Editor, Thom Homan Law Society, 1999-2003. Formerly with: Law Office of Justi Rae Miller; Delany, Sieger & Zorn. Board Member, Lawyers Club (San Diego), 1999-2002. Mediator Certified, San Diego Mediation Center, 2001—. Member: San Diego Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; General Business; Employment Law.


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