Representative Transactions

• Acquisitions, disposition and mergers of closely held businesses
• Business financings, restructurings and recapitalizations
• Succession planning for businesses and owners
• Estate and trust planning
• Shareholder, member and partner disputes
• General business planning

Speeches

• “Dissecting the Purchase Agreement,” Lorman Education Services (July 2006)
• “Negotiating, Drafting and Closing Merger and Acquisition Agreements,” National Business Institute (March 2008)
• Speaker, “Advanced Family Law Seminar,” MNCLE (December 2009)
• “Merger and Acquisition Process,” National Business Institute (January 2012)
• “Business Law Bootcamp,” National Business Institute (January 2013)
• “Mergers and Acquisitions from Start to Finish,” National Business Institute (June 2013)
• “Forming Limited Liability Companies,” National Business Institute (January 2014)
• “Stock Purchase Agreements,” National Business Institute (April 2014)
• “Mergers and Acquisitions from Start to Finish,” National Business Institute (June 2014)

Professional Organizations and Achievements

• Member, American and Minnesota State Bar Associations
• Former Member, Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Former Instructor of Business Law and Accounting, Augsburg College
• Former Instructor of Tax Research for the MBT Program, University of Minnesota
• Minnesota “Super Lawyer” – 20 plus years

Work Experience

• Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota
  President, 1994, 2000 and 2011
  Of Counsel, January 2021 to present
  Shareholder, January 1988 to December 2020
  Associate, January 1986 to December 1987
• Estes, Parsinen & Levy, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Associate, April 1983 to December 1985
• KPMG, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Tax Accountant, November 1980 to April 1983

Education

• J.D., William Mitchell College of Law, cum laude, 1980
• Institute on International and Comparative Law
  Kings College, University of London, summer 1979
• B.A., Augsburg College, cum laude, 1976

Admissions

• U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1980
• State of Minnesota, 1980
• Certified Public Accountant (Inactive), 1978