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The law firm of Pearson Christensen & Clapp, PLLP provides professional legal services to people and businesses throughout North Dakota and Minnesota.

This broadly based firm is engaged in civil trial practice in all courts with a primary emphasis on insurance defense and insurance related matters, tax litigation and complex commercial litigation. The firm also has a criminal law section and a domestic relations section. All attorneys are actual trial lawyers actively involved in all aspects of litigation.

Statement of Practice

Insurance Defense, Civil Litigation, Construction Litigation, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Tax Planning and Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense, Family Law, Contracts, Real Property, Appeals, Business Organization, Creditor's Rights, Collections, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration, Water Law, Asbestos Litigation, Firearms Litigation, Oil Field Accident Litigation, Oil Field Products Liability Litigation, Military Law, Defense Contracts.

Representative Clients:

Austin Mutual Ins. Co.
Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America
Cincinnati Ins. Co.
CNA Ins. Co.
Continental Western Ins. Co.
Dakota Fire & EMC Ins. Co.
Economy Companies
Farmers Alliance Mutual Ins. Co.
GEICO
Government Employees Ins. Co.
Great Central Ins. Co.
Great West Casualty Co.
John Deere Ins. Co.
Manitoba Public Ins. Corp.
MN Fire & Casualty Co.
North Dakota Ins. Reserve Fund (NDIRF)
Safeco Ins. Companies
The Atlantic Companies
The Mill Mutuals
U.S. Liability Ins. Group
United Fire & Casualty Co.
United Services Automobile Association
Rydells
Cloverdale Foods
Acme Electric Tool Crib of the North
University of North Dakota.

Reference:

Alerus Financial Services.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation

Address

24 North 4th Street P.O. Box 5758
Grand Forks, ND 58201, (Grand Forks Co.)

Phone

Phone: 701-775-0521
Fax: 701-775-0524
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Website

http://www.grandforkslaw.com

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

Firm/Affiliate Offices

Grafton, North Dakota Office: 735 Hill Avenue, 58237. Telephone: 701-352-3262.

PARTNERS

Garry A. Pearson (Member) born Minot, North Dakota, August 27, 1934; admitted to bar, 1958, North Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Ninth Circuits, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Tax Court; 1988, Minnesota. Education: University of North Dakota (B.S.B.A., 1956); University of Wisconsin and University of North Dakota (J.D., 1958). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Income Tax; Federal Income Tax; Estate and Gift Taxation.Email: Garry A. Pearson

Douglas A. Christensen (Member) born Rugby, North Dakota, September 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1971, North Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits; 1978, Minnesota. Education: Concordia College (B.A., 1968); University of North Dakota (J.D., 1971). Member: State Bar Association of North Dakota. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Organization; Estate Planning; Tax Planning.Email: Douglas A. Christensen

Richard A. Clapp (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, March 20, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, North Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1982, Minnesota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of North Dakota (B.A., 1972; J.D., with distinction, 1976). Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Author: "Clapp's North Dakota Law For Claims Professionals," 2007. Member: Minnesota State Bar Association (Member, Civil Litigation Section); American Board of Trial Advocates; National Board of Trial Advocates; State Bar Association of North Dakota; Defense Research Institute; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court (Master, Randy Lee Chapter). (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation; Products Liability; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Asbestos.Email: Richard A. Clapp

Ronald F. Fischer (Member) born Bismarck, North Dakota, September 10, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, North Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Claims Court; 1984, U.S. Tax Court; 1988, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Mary College (B.S., 1977); University of North Dakota (J.D., with distinction, 1980). Order of the Coif; American Inns of Court . Listed, "The Best Lawyers in America. Member: American College of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1989—); American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; North Dakota Federal Court Advisory Panel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Insurance; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Construction Law; Construction Litigation.Email: Ronald F. Fischer

Jon J. Jensen (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, North Dakota, Minnesota; U.S. District Court, Districts of North Dakota and Minnesota, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Mankato State University (B.S., Accounting, 1987); University of North Dakota (J.D., with distinction, 1990). Certified Public Accountant, North Dakota. Member: Grand Forks (President, 1999), Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; State Bar Association of North Dakota. Practice Areas: Tax Litigation; Civil Litigation; Commercial Transactions.Email: Jon J. Jensen

James D. Hovey (Member) born Grand Forks, North Dakota, April 26, 1964; admitted to bar, 1996, North Dakota and U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota; 1997, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: University of North Dakota (B.A., 1987; J.D., with distinction, 1996). Member: American Inns of Court. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Contracts; Real Property; Domestic Relations; Criminal Defense.Email: James D. Hovey

ASSOCIATES

Sarah S. Barron (Associate) born Billings, Montana, March 31, 1953; admitted to bar, 1995, North Dakota; 1996, Minnesota; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Antioch College (B.A., 1975); The Ohio State University (Ph.D., English, 1982); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Member: Greater Grand Forks County and American Bar Associations; State Bar Association of North Dakota; Minnesota State Bar Association; American Inns of Court, Randy Lee Chapter. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Domestic Relations.Email: Sarah S. Barron

Marianne Knudson (Associate) born Bodo, Norway; admitted to bar, 2007, North Dakota. Education: University of Oslo, Norway (Candidata Juris, 2004); University of North Dakota (J.D., 2007). Member, American Inns of Court, Randy H. Lee Chapter. Recipient, Best Appellate Brief, Moot Court. Law Clerk to Pearson Christensen & Clapp, 2007. Author: "Piercing the Corporative Veil," Norwegian and American Law. Exchange Student, University of North Dakota Law School, Norwegian Law Degree. Member: Greater Grand Forks County Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar Association of North Dakota. Languages: Norwegian.

OF COUNSEL

Linda E. Bata (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1990, Minnesota and North Dakota. Education: Concordia College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); University of North Dakota Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1990). Order of the Coif; Law Review Editor; Federal Judicial Clerkship. Member: Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; State Bar Association of North Dakota. Practice Areas: Litigation; Collections; Employment Law; Estate Planning; Probate and Trust Administration.Email: Linda E. Bata