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Sharna A. Wahlgren

Sharna Wahlgren is a shareholder working within Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Intellectual Property practice as well as the firm’s Business and Commercial litigation group.

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Keith S. Moheban

Keith Moheban enjoys a diverse business litigation practice that includes intellectual property, environmental law, professional negligence, construction-related disputes and regulatory matters. His clients include utilities, hospitals, builders, engineers, architects, real estate brokers, manufacturers, inventors, developers, non-for-profit entities and other businesses.

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James J. Bertrand

Jim Bertrand is the Chair of Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Energy, Environment and Transportation practice. Jim counsels clients on energy, infrastructure and transportation matters in connection with transactions, litigation and regulatory proceedings. Jim regularly advises developers of power plants and electric transmission lines before state and federal regulators.

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Ellen G. Sampson

Ellen Sampson is a member of the Employment Litigation and Counseling practice group. An MSBA Certified Labor and Employment Law Specialist, she has represented public and private sector employers in many administrative and arbitration proceedings, and she has litigated contract, tort and statutory employment law claims at both the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts.

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Peter H. Thrane

Pete Thrane assists insurance businesses in handling the legal, regulatory and corporate law dimensions of their business.

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David N. Haynes

David Haynes practices in the area of federal and state income tax law. He works primarily on transactions involving corporate, partnership and other business forms. David also has extensive experience with the low-income housing tax credit and related transactional tax issues of affordable housing projects.

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William S. Forsberg

William Forsberg focuses his practice on estate planning, taxation and corporate law.

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William L. Greene

William Greene practices in the areas of Antitrust Law and Business and Commercial Litigation. Chair of the firm’s Antitrust Group, Bill currently represents companies in a number of national antitrust class action cases.

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Shaun C. McElhatton

Shaun McElhatton represents real estate developers and investors in connection with a broad range of real estate transactions. His primary area of focus is housing development, with particular experience in condominiums and town homes.

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Thomas F. Nelson

Tom Nelson has been selected for several years as one of Minnesota’s leading attorneys, based not only on his excellence in the practice of law and his representation of clients, but also on his service to our legal profession and his contribution to our community.

In terms of his representation of clients, he was just honored by being named among The Best Lawyers in America for

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