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Born Duluth, Minnesota, August 18,1943; admitted to bar, 1969, 
Location  Minnesota and U.S. District court, District of Minnesota. Education:
St. Mary's College and University of Minnesota (B.A., 1965)
Links  William Mitchell College of Law (J. D. 1969) Special Assistant
to Attorney General, Minnesota, 1969-1971. Legal Advisor,
Minnesota Senate Tax Committee, 1971. Member: Eleventh
District (Chair, family law Section, 1993-1994) and Minnesota
State (Secretary, Real Property Section, 1972-1973) Bar
Associations. PRACTICE AREAS: Family Law; Real 
Estate and Real Estate Litigation; Personal Injury Law; 
Mediation.
Born Duluth, Minnesota March 7, 1949; admitted to bar,
1974, Minnesota; 1977, U. S. District Court, District of
Minnesota. Education: Carleton College (B. A., cum laude, 
1971) Duke University (J.D., 1974) Member: Eleventh 
District (Secretary, 1980-1982) and Minnesota State Bar
Association for Guardianship and Conservatorship. PRACTICE
AREAS: Estate Planning; Probate and Guardianship; Business
Law.
Born Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 26, 1952; 
admitted to bar, 1977, Minnesota and U. S. District Court,
District of Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B. A.,
summa cum laude, 1974; J. D., 1977) Instructor, University 
of Minnesota Duluth, School of Business and Economics, 
1983-1986. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American
Arbitration Association. Member, Panel of Qualified Neutrals
for ADR, Supreme Court of Minnesota. Director, Council of
School Attorneys, Minnesota School Boards Association,
1991-1996. Member: Eleventh District, Minnesota State
(Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law) Bar 
Associations; Council of School Attorneys. REPORTED
CASES: In re Termination of James Johnson 451 N. W.2d
343 (MN. App. 1990) PRACTICE AREAS: Employment
and Discrimination Law; Sexual Harassment Law; Education
Law; Family Law; Labor Arbitration; Mediation.
Born Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 30, 1948; admitted to
bar, 1976, Minnesota; 1978, Wisconsin, U. S. District Court,
District of Minnesota; 1981, U. S. Court of Appeals, Eighth
Circuit. Education: University of Minnesota (B. A., cum laude,
1970; J. D. 1976) Member,  Panel of Arbitrators, American 
Arbitration Association. Member: Eleventh District and 
Minnesota State (Member, Section on Litigation) Bar 
Associations, State Bar of Wisconsin; Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association; The
Association of Trial Lawyers of America. PRACTICE
AREAS: Civil and Personal Injury Litigation and Appeals;
Construction Law; Labor Arbitration; Education Law;
Environmental Law; Intellectual Property Law.
Born Duluth, Minnesota, October 7, 1947; admitted to bar,
1974, Minnesota; 1975, U. S. District Court, District of
Minnesota; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 
Education: University of Minnesota Duluth (B. A., cum laude,
1969); University of Minnesota (J. D., 1974) Member:
Eleventh District and Minnesota State (Member, Sections: 
Elder Law; Property Law; Family Law) Bar Associations;
Duluth Trial Lawyers Association. PRACTICE AREAS:
Family Law; Estate Planning and Probate; Real Estate Law;
Elder Law.
Born Duluth, Minnesota July 10, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, 
Minnesota and U. S. District Court, District of Minnesota;
1993, U. S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit;1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin. Education:
University of Texas (B. A., cum laude, 1987); William 
Mitchell College of Law (J. D., cum laude, 1992) Member:
Eleventh District and Minnesota State Bar Associations (member, Labor and Employment Law Section).
PRACTICE AREAS: Employment; Civil Litigation;
Collections; Criminal Defense.
 
Thomas J. (Toby) Pearson
Born Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 8, 1966; admitted to bar 1997, Minnesota, 2002 U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota.
St. John's University (B.A. 1988); Northern Arizona University (M.A. 1993); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D. 1997).
Member: Eleventh District and Minnesota State Bar Associations
 
 Independent School District 709, Duluth; Western National Bank 
of Duluth. 
Duluth Steel Fabricators, Inc.; 
Western National Bank of Duluth; Mielke Electric Works, Inc.; 
Coregis Insurance Group; Independent School District 709; Inter 
City Oil Co.; Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota; Northstar 
Physicians Plan; Laboratory Medicine Specialists, P. A.; 
Stewart-Taylor Co.; First Plan of Minnesota; Hahn Machinery 
Inc.; Fire & Industrial Sales, Inc.; Center on Alcohol & Drug 
Problems; Levine & Son Contractors, Inc.; Park Hill Cemetery; 
Benna Ford of Superior, Inc.;  Ordean Foundation; American Red Cross, 
Northland Chapter; Colonia Insurance Company; Northern 
Pine Girl Scout Council; Northern Surgical Associates, Inc.; 
Voyageur Council, Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; A. W. Kuettel & Sons, Inc.; Environmental Troubleshooters, Inc.
Norwest Bank Minnesota North, N. A.; 
US Bank North National Assn.; Western National Bank of Duluth.