Year: 2012

Henson Efron, P.A. announced that attorney Joseph T. Dixon Jr. will be honored with the 2012 Professionalism Award by the Hennepin County Bar Association (HCBA) on May 24, 2012. As a member of the Hennepin County Bar, Dixon was selected based on his commitment to the highest of professional standards in the legal community. With…

The work of Minneapolis law firm Henson Efron’s family law attorneys, Alan C. Eidsness and Melissa J. Nilsson, was featured in the May 11 edition of Minnesota Lawyer. The article, titled “S Corporation Distributions Not Income,” features the decision of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which held that distributions made to an S corporation minority…

Henson Efron associate Jaime Driggs recently presented at the Minnesota CLE Family Law Institute in March. He co-presented and co-authored the “Annual Case Law and Legislative Update,” a comprehensive review of the most important cases and the latest legislation, issues and trends in family law. Find out more about the 2012 Family Law Institute here….

Christopher J. Burns, who heads up the Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration Practice Group, was interviewed in March 2012 for an article in Minnesota Lawyer. Entitled “Estate Tax Guessing Game Continues,” the article looks at the current state of long-term federal estate tax reform that was last addressed by the Tax Relief Act of…

Minnesota law firm Henson Efron recently named Melissa J. Nilsson and Brian C. Stegeman as shareholders while Lisa T. Spencer was elected to serve on the firm’s management committee, effective January 1, 2012. Nilsson’s practice focuses exclusively on the area of family law. She handles cases involving spousal maintenance, child support, child custody, parenting time, and the division of high…