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2024 North Star Honorees

We are proud to announce attorneys Anne Haaland, Lloyd Stern, Elizabeth Drotning Hartwell, Christopher Burns, Lisa Spencer, Caitlin Deal, Dylan Wallace, Sarah J. Hewitt, Scott A. Neilson and Katy Graves have been named 2024 North Star Lawyers by the Minnesota State Bar Association. This newly released list honors attorneys who each donate 50 hours or more of pro bono legal services in the past year. In total, the MSBA recognized over 800 North Star Lawyers who collectively provided more than 92,000 hours of free legal assistance – an estimated value of $28 million. This recognition…
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Attorneys at Henson Efron Bring Light to Community Stakeholders

Attorneys at Henson Efron Bring Light to Community Stakeholders

Attorneys at Henson Efron have taken an active role in assisting Solar Commons™, a charitable organization dedicated to facilitating Solar Commons’ projects with community partners interested in supporting viable clean energy alternatives for low-income communities. The term commons, which derives from the traditional English legal term for common land, is a general term for shared…

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Alan Eidsness awarded the 2019 HCBA Family Law Section Professionalism Award

Alan Eidsness awarded the 2019 HCBA Family Law Section Professionalism Award

Henson Efron is pleased to announce attorney and shareholder, Alan Eidsness, has received the 2019 HCBA Family Law Section Professionalism Award. This honor is bestowed on members of the bar who best exemplify the pursuit of the practice of law with the highest possible level of competence, integrity, and ethical conduct. Alan truly captures all…

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Kathryn Graves Featured in Best Lawyers Magazine

Kathryn Graves Featured in Best Lawyers Magazine

Family law attorney and shareholder Kathryn Graves shares her insight on how the practice of family law has evolved over the years in her recent article Divide and Conquer published in the Best Lawyers “Women in Law” 2019 Spring Business Edition released on April 5, 2019. Graves highlights the effective use of mediation and other…

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Christopher Burns Discusses Estate Planning for the World’s Wealthiest Pets

Christopher Burns Discusses Estate Planning for the World’s Wealthiest Pets

Lifestyle of the Rich, Famous and Furry Christopher Burns made a guest appearance on Bloomberg’s What’d You Miss discussing fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld’s sizable inheritance for his cat. Choupette, has become famous in her own right with nearly 300,000 followers on Instagram and is speculated to be at least a partial beneficiary of Lagerfeld’s estimated…

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Melissa Nilsson is Now a Qualified Neutral Under Rule 114

Melissa Nilsson is Now a Qualified Neutral Under Rule 114

Family law attorney and shareholder, Melissa Nilsson is now a qualified neutral under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice by Minnesota’s Judicial Branch’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program. Minnesota courts value the effectiveness of ADR as a tool for settling disputes and a great majority of marital dissolution cases, are settled through…

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Scott Emery Joins Henson Efron

Scott Emery Joins Henson Efron

Henson Efron is pleased to announce tax attorney Scott Emery has joined the firm. With over 20 years of experience counseling both businesses and individuals and a Master of Laws in Taxation from Washington University School of Law, Scott brings the talent necessary to advise clients on tax issues in a variety of areas including business formation,…

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Stuart Williams Reappointed to the St. Louis Park Fire Civil Service Commission

Stuart Williams Reappointed to the St. Louis Park Fire Civil Service Commission

Stuart Williams, a litigation attorney at Henson Efron, was recently reappointed to the St. Louis Park Fire Civil Service Commission for another three year term. The commission is vested with the authority to regulate and supervise the employment, promotion, discharge and suspension of all sworn fire positions of full-time status of the St. Louis Park…

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Estate Planning Attorney, Christopher Burns, shares his insight in Forbes article

Estate Planning Attorney, Christopher Burns, shares his insight in Forbes article

The Estate Planning Gift to Give Your Millennial Children in 2019 by Megan Gorman, Forbes, December 12, 2018 Link to full article. Excerpts from article: “Most Gen Xers and Millennials, when asked by their parents, do not have their financial affairs and estate planning affairs arranged in a manner sufficient to satisfy senior generations,” says…

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Henson Efron Ranked in 2019 Best Law Firms by Best Lawyers®

Henson Efron Ranked in 2019 Best Law Firms by Best Lawyers®

U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® has named Henson Efron a 2019 Best Law Firm for the ninth year in a row. The list, released today, highlights five Henson Efron practice areas in the Minneapolis metropolitan area rankings. Family Law – Tier 1 Commercial Litigation – Tier 2 Family Law Mediation – Tier…

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Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Post-Decree Earn-out Payments are Marital Property

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Post-Decree Earn-out Payments are Marital Property

The Minnesota Supreme Court, in a 4-2 decision, ruled that the right to receive earn-out payments, memorialized in a purchase agreement for the sale of marital property, is itself marital property. Henson Efron family law attorneys Alan Eidsness and Lisa Spencer on behalf of their client, Gretchen Gill, won this case before the Supreme Court…

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In Loving Memory of Stanley Efron

In Loving Memory of Stanley Efron

Henson Efron founding member Stanley Efron passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at the age of 87. He was an amiable and magnanimous man, dedicated to his clients and the firm. Stan was a smart and savvy lawyer with the unique ability to advise clients on a broad range of business issues and lead…

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Stuart Williams Appointed Public Member on Minnesota Board of Medical Practice

Stuart Williams Appointed Public Member on Minnesota Board of Medical Practice

Stuart Williams, a litigation attorney at Henson Efron, has just been appointed by Governor Dayton to a four year term as a public member on the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice. The Board’s mission is to protect the public’s health and safety by assuring that the people who practice medicine or as allied health professionals…

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11 All-Star Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers® in America 2019

11 All-Star Attorneys Listed as Best Lawyers® in America 2019

We’re Proud of Our 11 All-Stars. The entire Henson Efron team brings their A-game when serving clients every day. Today, we couldn’t be more proud than to announce our 11 all-star attorneys awarded Best Lawyers® in America 2019. A major league achievement! Best Lawyers® lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer review process and have…

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