I have over 30 years of litigation/mediation experience representing individuals and small businesses in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. My law practice is focused in following areas: family law; divorce; child custody and placement; mediation/negotiation; personal injury litigation; automobile, boating, and farming accidents; insurance claims including "bad faith claims"; and agricultural, business, property, and civil litigation.

Trial lawyer/mediator in firm focused on representing individuals and small businesses in following areas: automobile, boating, and farming accidents; family law; divorce; child custody and placement; mediation/negotiation; personal injury litigation; electrocution injuries; insurance claims including "bad faith claims"; and agricultural, business, property, stray voltage, and general litigation.Mediation & Negotiation Experience/Training: Member of the Wisconsin Association of Mediators; Qualified Neutral – MN Rule 114; 40 Hours Certified Civil Mediation Skills Training, MSBA CLE, 2000; 40 Hours Divorce Mediation Training, HUSL Dispute Resolution Institute, 2004; Advanced Family/Divorce Mediation Training, HUSL Dispute Resolution Institute.

Trial lawyer in firm focused on representing dairy farmers throughout the United States in business damage claims, including stray voltage/stray current cases, improperly installed or improperly designed milking systems, and defective feed matters. Other areas of practice included personal injury litigation, business and property damage litigation, mediation, and divorce and family-law matters.