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Partner at the firm Kelly & Lemmons, P.A.
Areas of Practice
Real Estate Development; Zoning; Administrative Law; Employment Law; Municipal Liability; Municipal Employment
Admitted
1975, Minnesota; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, Wisconsin
Law School
Creighton University Law School, J.D., 1975
College
Marquette University, B.A., English/Philosophy, 1971; National University of Ireland, University College Dublin, Honors Program for English Philosophy
Membership
Minnesota State (President, 2006-2007; President-Elect, 2005-2006; Treasurer, 2004-2005; Secretary, 2003-2004; Committees: Legislative; Operations; Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, Board of Directors, 2006-2007) and American Bar Associations; Minnesota State Bar Association, Local Government Section; Minnesota Association for Justice; Ramsey County Bar Association (President, 2002-2003; President-Elect, 2001-2002; Vice-President, 2000-2001; Chair, Ethics Committee); Ramsey County Bar Foundation (Former Board Member; Member, Second Judicial Ethics Committee, 1994-1998; Chair, 1998-2002); Minnesota High School League (Ad Hoc Committee: Sexual Harassment and Violence); Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (Volunteer Attorney); Fellow, American Bar.
Biography
Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Kappa Psi; Phi Kappa Psi. Recognition: Established Arbitrator and Mediator of contract and employment disputes; Attorney of the Year Award, Minnesota Lawyer, 2007; Minnesota Super Lawyers, 2005-2008; Lavender Bar Recognition Award. Recipient, Chicago Tribune Award. Member, Creighton University Law Review, 1974-1975. Lecturer, Ethics, Employment, Relations, and issues arising from high school athletics such as Title IX, eligibility, and due process. National Speaker, Land Use, Ethics and Gender Equity. Moderator, Clarence Darrow - Search for Justice, 2007. CLE, Moderator, Minnesota State Bar Outreach Program, Rochester and Eagan, Minnesota, 2007. Presenter-Status of Bar, Great Rivers Bar Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2006. Presenter: Hispanic Bar Association, 2007; Minnesota American Indian Bar Association, 2007. Articles and Presentations: High School Transfer Rules and School Choice Issues, National Federation of High School Association Legal Counsel Meeting, Indianapolis IN, 2007; Restructuring the Bar Association, American Bar Association, Chicago, 2005; Developing and Creating Condominium Plans in Minnesota, Lorman Presentation, St. Paul MN, 2006; Critical Incident Response, Minnesota Teamsters Public & Law Enforcement Employee's Union Local No. 320 Owatonna Police Department, 2006; American with Disabilities Act (ADA) & Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Minnesota Teamsters Public & Law Enforcement Employee's Union Local No. 320-Annual Stewards Seminar, 2005. Roles and Duties of the Board of Directors, Minnesota State High School League, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007; Restructuring Governance of Your Bar Association - Pros and Cons; Why's and How's, National Conference of Bar Presidents & American Bar Association, Chicago IL, 2005; Judicial Elections, Great Rivers Bar Leaders Conference, Scottsdale AZ, 2005; Office Procedures & Policy Manual, National Federation of State High School Associations, Indianapolis IN, 2005; Title IX: Facility Case, National Federation of State High School Associations, Indianapolis IN, 2004; What You Can't Say, What You Can Say, and When You Can Say It, Minnesota CLE - Ramsey County Bar Association, 2003; 21st Annual Real Estate Institute: Navigation Through Variances and Nonconforming Uses in the Development Process, Minnesota CLE - Minnesota State Bar Association, 2003; Critical Incident Response, Fraternal Order of Police State Convention Center, 2003; 20th Annual Real Estate Institute: Zoning 101, Minnesota CLE - Minnesota State Bar Association, 2002; The Arbitration of Discharge Cases, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education Presentation, 2000; Investigations at the District Ethics Committee: Recurring Issues In a Litigation Practice, Ethics and Elimination of Bias Seminar, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, 2000; Lawyers and Money: Overview of Ethics Complaints Relating to Lawyers and Money, Minnesota CLE, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2000; Moderator: Legal Counsel Meeting, National Federation of State High School Associations, Annual Meeting of Association Officers and Attorneys, Kansas City MO, 1999; The Multidisciplinary Practice: Ethical? Moral? Inevitable?, Minnesota CLE, Ramsey County Bar Association, 1999; Southwest Graduate School of Banking Foundation, Cox School of Business, 2007; Labor Investigations, Joint Conference of City Engineers, 1997; Conducting an Investigation, Lawyer Professional Responsibility, 2001; Everything You Need to Know to Help You Stay Out of Court, National Federation of State High School Associations, Annual Meeting of Association Officers and Attorneys, Kansas City MO, 1996. Activities: Legal Aid Clinic; Drafter of Legislative Bill-Employee Restrictive Covenants, Creighton University Law School. Founding Partner, Kelly and Fawcett, 2000. Partner: Bannigan & Kelly, 1985-2000; Lais, Bannigan & Ciresi, 1980-1985. Associate, Lais, Bannigan & Ciresi, 1975-1980. Former Assistant Prosecutor and City Prosecutor, New Brighton. Former Assistant Prosecutor, White Bear. Former Prosecutor, City of Maplewood. Special Areas: Citizen Commission for Preservation of the Impartial Judiciary-Quit Commission, 2006-2007; Wills for Heroes, Estate Planning for First Responders, Firefighters, Police, Correctional Officers, Minnesota State Bar Association; Civil Education, Minnesota State Bar Committee, 2006-2007. Co-founder and Board of Directors, Washington County Bank. Finance Committee Chair, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 1985-1992. School Board, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 1985-1990. Coach: Highland Boys' Little League Baseball, 1990-1993; Holy Spirit Middle School Baseball, 1995; Highland Girls' Little League Fast Pitch (Champions), 2005-2006. Commissioner, Highland Boys' Little League, 1993-1995. President, Hightower Babe Ruth Baseball, 1996-1997. Assistant Coach, Southwest Girls Fast Pitch, 2007. Assistant Girls' Softball Coach, Minnehaha Academy Middle School, 2006-2007.
Military
Commissioned Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Reserve, 1971-1972. Captain-Infantry, Honorable Discharge, U.S. Army Reserve, August 16, 1986.
Reported Cases
Hedlund v. City of Maplewood, 366 N.W.2d 624 (Minn.App.1985); County of Ramsey v. Town of White Bear, 469 N.W.2d 479 (Minn.App 1991); Dege v. City of Maplewood, 416 N.W.2d 854 (Minn.App 1987); Nordgren v. City of Maplewood, 326 N.W. 2d 640 (Minn.App 1982); O'Mara v. Minnesota, 501 N.W.2d 603 (Minn. 1993); Jar Bridge, Inc. v. County of Dakota, 433 N.W.2d 857 (Minn. 1988); Minnesota Teamsters Public & Law Enforcement Employees Union, Local #320 v. County of St. Louis, 611 N.W.2d 859 (Minn. App. 1999); Brula v. St. Louis County, 587 N.W.2d 859 (Minn. App. 1999); Smith v. City of Champlin, 1998 Minn. App. LEXIS 839; Maplewood Development. v. City of Maplewood, 1997, Minn. App. LEXIS 1336; Collins v. City of Maplewood, 1997 Minn. App. LEXIS 1226; City of Elk River v. Rollins, 1997 Minn. App. LEXIS 753; City of Maplewood v. Valiukas, 1997 Minn. App. LEXIS 177; Peltier v. Maplewood Police Civil Service Com., 1992 Minn. App. LEXIS 259; Lee v. Maplewood, 1989 Minn. App. LEXIS 987; In re Gusinda, 1989 Minn. App. LEXIS 499; Minnesota Teamsters Public & Law Enforcement Employees Union, Local #320 v. County of St. Louis, 726 N.W.2d 843 (Minn. App. 2007); Misteleske v. Andover Economic Development Authority, 2004 Minn. App. LEXIS 563; Piche v. Independent School District No. 621., 624 N.W.2d 193 (Minn. App. 2001); State v. Rice Creek Watershed District, 2007 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 345; Bush v. Dassel-Cokato Board of Education, 745 F. Supp. 562 (U.S. Dist. Minn. 1990); Minnesota Teamsters Public & Law Enforcement Employees Union Local 320 v. City of Rogers, a Municipal Corporation: Officer Ryan Franzen, BMS Case No. 06-PA-0938; Minnesota Teamsters Public & Law Enforcement Employees' Union, Local 320 v. City of Sauk Centre: Officer Darren Danielson, BMS Case No. 07-PA-0106.
Born
St. Paul, Minnesota, April 7, 1949
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