Tom Deans Email and Phone Number

I have served as legal counsel to numerous Minnesota School Districts in the areas of municipal and school finance, reorganization, elections, legislation and school and municipal law. I have served as general counsel to the Minnesota School Boards Association and have acted as the legal part of its lobbying team at the Minnesota Legislature. I also represent the Minnesota School District Liquid Asset Fund Plus (MSDLAF+) and the Minnesota Association of Governments Investing for Counties (MAGIC). I am a nationally recognized Bond Counsel. .I am also a member of the American Bar Association, the Minnesota State Bar Association, the Dakota County Bar Association, the NSBA Council of School Attorneys, the MSBA Council of School Attorneys,and the National Association of Bond Lawyers. I was elected as Vice-President of the Minnesota Council of School Attorneys in 1992 and 1993 and as its President in 1994 and 1995.

While at the Minnesota State Senate, I served as legal counsel to the Minnesota Senate Education Committee and the Education Finance Subcommittee. I was involved in legal and policy research and statutory drafting. I was a legislative liaison to the Minnesota Department of Education, the four post-secondary systems and the various education organizations. In addition, I was one of the primary drafters of the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978 omnibus education bills, as well as other major education legislation.