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News You Can Use from the Lommen Abdo Law Firm for January/February 2014
Six Lommen Abdo attorneys are listed among the Best Lawyers. The list is compiled each
year by The Best Lawyers in America. The six Lommen Abdo attorneys are: Phil Cole,
listed in both legal malpractice law and personal injury litigation; Roger Stageberg,
corporate; Kay Nord Hunt, appellate law; Bob King, personal injury; Ken Abdo,
entertainment; and Bob Abdo, corporate. More.
Employment lawyers uniformly recommend employers
take more time to educate supervisors and managers
on their responsibilities under state and federal
employment laws as the actions of these people are
many times a company’s first line of defense if not
handled properly...or can establish the basis for
potential claims against the company. More.
If you have questions about our employment law practice, contact Stacey DeKalb.
My beloved Minnesota Vikings are no strangers to legal dramas, and
their latest legal kerfuffle reads like my third year employment law
final exam. In one corner, we have former Minnesota Vikings punter/
marriage equality advocate/burgeoning rock star/author Chris
Kluwe. In the other corner, the Minnesota Vikings and their yetemployed Special Teams Coach, Mike Priefer. Read the article by Jeff
O’Brien which appeared in the St. Michael Patch.
In the early 1980’s, when I joined K-tel International
as its first in-house lawyer, the company owned the
television-advertised compilation album business
throughout the world. Its subsidiary companies in
over 20 countries released compilation albums in
virtually every musical genre. Albums with titles like
“Hit Explosion” and “Axe Attack” sold millions of units.
Read the article by Paul Bezilla which was published
by the International Association of Entertainment
Lawyers and released at MIDEM in early February.
Kevin Hunter and Jeff O'Brien discussed the legal issues involved in raising equity in
business, what's involved in a public offering, how securities regulations impact your
ability to raise funds for business, how crowd funding works and recent changes in the
rules pertaining to crowd funding on the January 23rd "Business Forum Show." More.
If you have questions about our business practice, contact Jeff O’Brien.
Each year,
Minnesota Lawyer
recognizes the
best achievements
in the Minnesota
legal profession
with the Attorneys
of the Year
awards. Kay Nord
Hunt, chair of
Lommen Abdo’s
appellate practice,
is being
recognized as a
2013 Attorney of the Year. More.
Bryan Feldhaus and
Jeff O’Brien have
become shareholders
of Lommen, Abdo,
Cole, King &
Stageberg, P.A. Both
are multi-talented
individuals with a
great passion for the
practice of law and
for serving their
clients and
community. We are
pleased to add them
as Lommen Abdo shareholders.
More.
Upsize Minnesota Magazine is
linking small business owners with
experts to provide helpful tips in
areas of common concern. The
following Ask Upsize segment
recently appeared:
[Q] I want to establish a new
business. Which business type is
right for me? Get the answer.
Contact Sherri Ulland if you have
questions about establishing the
right type of business structure or
another business issue.
A wrongful death case concerning a homeowners insurance policy was featured in the
Insurance Law Daily, the newsletter of Wolters Kluwer, “Intra-insured exclusion bars
coverage for wrongful-death claim arising from insured’s death.” Jamie Johnson
represented American Family Insurance in the case.
Ken Abdo co-presented A Beginner’s
Guide to Entertainment Law, a live
webinar for the ABA, on January
14th.
Vice President of the GRAMMY Foundation, Scott Goldman, and
ELI Program Chair, Ken Abdo, are pictured at right at the 16th
Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon & Scholarship
Presentation on January 24th in Beverly Hills, California. More.
Kay Nord Hunt co-presented “Family
Law: Child Relocation: How to Create
an Effective Record to Succeed at the
Trial Court” on February 12,
presented by the Hennepin County
Bar Association (HCBA).
Lommen Abdo sponsored the Hudson Rotary/Daybreak Rotary
Winter Gala on Saturday, February 15th, featuring The Elvis
Show, a tribute by Joe Sir and the Rockabilly Rebel Band.
Dan Young will be a judge for the 2014 Wisconsin Governor’s Business
Plan Contest which encourages entrepreneurs in the seed, startup and
early growth stages of high-tech Wisconsin businesses. The judging
process began February 5th and the final judging takes place live on June 3, 2014.
Ken Abdo gave his opinion in a Star Tribune article, “Prince stirs another controversy with
$22 million lawsuit.”
Lommen Abdo was a sponsor at the 2014 Winter Carnival
Beer Dabbler. Ten thousand tickets were sold for the beer
tasting event, which was held in 6º temps on the evening
of January 25th at the State Fair Grounds. Stacey DeKalb
is shown at right at Lommen Abdo’s table.
Lommen Abdo will be an exhibitor at the Small Business
Resource Expo, presented by New Business Minnesota (a
Lommen Abdo client). The Expo will be held on May 13th
at the Earle Brown Heritage Center from 2:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Joseph Wolf was featured in an article at
AlcoholbyVolumeBlog concerning the reopening of the
brewery by the great-granddaughters of Joseph Wolf,
founder of the brewery, which closed its doors when
Prohibition was enacted. Pictured at right are sisters/
co-owners Pat Wolf and Kathy Wolf Swanson.
Congratulations to our clients Dangerous Man Brewing
Co. (Best New Brewery, Best Porter, Best Stout) — and
its owner, Rob Miller (Best Beard) — and Minnesota Beer
Activists (Best Beer Advocacy Group) for their awards in
The Growler's 2013 “Kind of Big Deal" reader's choice
awards! More.
Congratulations also go to our client, Dangerous Man
Brewing Co., for its selection as Best New Bar of 2013 by
Vita.mn. More.
Jill Pavlak and Deb Loch were interviewed in a Pioneer Press article, “Urban Growler owners
‘obsessed’ with craft beer” and also in an article which appeared in the Minneapolis/St. Paul
Business Journal, “Women make their mark on the brewing industry.”
Minneapolis vocal quintet, Home Free, won NBC’s “The Sing-Off,” an a cappella competition.
Read the Star Tribune article or watch them perform on the Today Show after the win.
WCCO (Channel 4 News) recently aired a story about Lommen Abdo’s new start-up client,
FamDoo, which is a company that automates the allowance system and takes it into the
digital age. Along with the simplicity of handling allowances with a Smartphone and your
thumb, it is a platform that helps teach kids responsibility, financial literacy and how to
address social issues like bullying and healthy eating. More.
Phil Cole will co-present “Dickhoff—
What Now?” at the 2014 Medical
Malpractice Conference on March 6th,
presented by the Minnesota
Association for Justice, the HCBA and
the Minnesota Defense Lawyers
Association.
The Executive Women’s Council of
the Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce will present “Minding the
Gap,” addressing why even women
at the top still face a compensation
gap when compared to men, at
Graves 601 on March 19th.
Presenters are Stacey DeKalb,
Lommen Abdo, and Judy Zimmer,
SALO LLC. Lommen Abdo is a
sponsor of the Executive Women’s
Council.
Sue Tish McMorris celebrated her 10th anniversary with Lommen Abdo in December 2013.
She is the firm’s family law paralegal. Previously, Sue worked as a family law assistant for
Robin & Thompson in Wayzata. Sue is passionate about her work in family law and enjoys
the phone and in-person contact she has with family law clients. Sue enjoys
accompanying Marc Johannsen to court hearings and trials to see the end result of
months of work and getting to know the clients and their particular issues.
Sue and her husband, Brian, celebrated 32
years of marriage in 2013 and traveled to Italy
for the first time last October. They took a Rick
Steve’s My Way Tour and traveled with a group
of 28 others to Venice, Lake Como, Cinque
Terre, Florence, Assisi and finished off their 16
day tour in Rome. The photo at right shows
Sue and Brian with the owner of a Pizza
Ristorante down the street from the Vatican
City. The owner treated them to dessert –
Limoncello – an Italian lemon liqueur, and then
asked to take a photo with them!
Sue enjoys volunteering when she is not working and is active in Temple Israel Sisterhood,
currently as Co-Vice President of Community Service. Sue is also passionate about the
homeless and especially homeless youth in our community. Sue carries granola bars and
bananas with her and feeds the homeless on the Nicollet Mall on her way to the office.
Sue’s other activities include bicycling, hiking, walking with the dogs, playing mah jongg,
baking/cooking, traveling and spoiling her adult children, Jared (age 27 and employed as
a web developer at Martin Williams Advertising) and Shelby (age 23 and employed as a
sales coordinator with Anchor Plastics). Both children and two dogs are still living at
home! Brian travels frequently for work (as National Sales Manager of Panasonic’s
Industrial Division) and they have a lot of frequent flyer miles to utilize! Their next
planned vacation is in April to Scottsdale, Arizona, where they met 34 years ago.
We’ve been featuring videos about
Lommen Abdo attorneys and our
practice areas. In this edition
Karen Schlotthauer explains how
the estate planning process typically
works in a ReelLawyers.com video.
Lommen Abdo sponsors the Real
Estate Radio Hour, heard Saturday
mornings on WCCO 830 AM. The
show discusses any and all topics
relating to real estate, often with
guests.
Jeffrey C. O'Brien is featured weekly
in a segment called the "Legal
Minute." Visit our web site to hear
Jeff talk about a wide variety of
topics, such as the Minnesota
Radon Awareness Act or Contract
for Deed Cancellations.
The Minneapolis office donated
87 toys and $113 in its eighth
annual Toys for Tots drive. The
donations were delivered to Kare11
in Golden Valley on December 19th.
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Kenneth J. Abdo (Minnesota)
John R. Herrera - Of Counsel (Minnesota)
Michael R. Moline - (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Robert P. Abdo (Minnesota)
Kay Nord Hunt (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Michael J. Mollerus - Of Counsel (Minnesota)
Howard M. Bard - Of Counsel (Minnesota)
Leah L. Isakson (Wisconsin)
Jeffrey C. O’Brien (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Paul J. Bezilla (Minnesota, California)
Thomas R. Jacobson (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Barry A. O'Neil (Minnesota)
Sheila A. Bjorklund (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Marc A. Johannsen (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Richard L. Plagens (Minnesota)
Margie R. Bodas (Minnesota)
Brent R. Johnson (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Stephen C. Rathke (Minnesota)
Keith J. Broady (Minnesota)
James R. Johnson (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Daniel M. Satorius - Of Counsel (Minnesota)
Brett P. Clark (Minnesota)
Leonard T. Juster (Minnesota)
Karen A. Schlotthauer (Minnesota)
Phillip A. Cole (Minnesota)
Glenn R. Kessel (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Valerie R. Sims (Minnesota)
Stacey A. DeKalb (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Michael E. Keyes (Minnesota)
Bob Donnelly (New York)
Robert J. King, Jr. (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
John L. Simson - Of Counsel (Washington,
D.C.)
Thomas F. Dougherty (Minnesota)
Michael N. Leonard (Minnesota, Illinois)
Bryan R. Feldhaus (Minnesota)
Reid R. Lindquist (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
Ronald L. Haskvitz (Minnesota)
Timothy C. Matson (Minnesota)
Edward G. Heilman - Of Counsel (Minnesota,
California)
Roger V. Stageberg (Minnesota)
Sherri D. Ulland (Minnesota)
Kate G. Westad (Minnesota)
Daniel J. Young (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
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