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Britt Ackerman is a soon-to-be-sixth-year associate extraordinaire with the firm of Hvistendahl, Moersch, Dorsey & Hahn, P.A., in Northfield, Minnesota. She graduated from William Mitchell College of Law in 2004 and from Carleton College in 2000. Britt is experienced in the areas of criminal defense and family law, and enjoys litigating all manner of cases, including dabbling in appellate work. Britt is a self-proclaimed Grammar Nazi, and is mortified when her typos slip into print. If she makes an egregious error, she won't ask for you're forgiveness, as their are typos in every printed paper shes' ever read. Feel free to email her at britt.ackerman@gmail.com.

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Navigating Unfamiliar State Court Jurisdictions, a.k.a. “Whaaaaa?”

Friday, March 11, 2011

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Navigating Unfamiliar State Court Jurisdictions, a.k.a. “Whaaaaa?”

Every court has its own rules and customs. Take time to get to know them and use that knowledge to your advantage

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“Am I Gonna Lose My License?” “Can They Take My License?” and “How Do I Get My License Back?”

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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“Am I Gonna Lose My License?” “Can They Take My License?” and “How Do I Get My License Back?”

These are some common questions you will hear in traffic related cases, and you can bet that the correct answers are "yes", "yes", and "no one really knows the answer to that question."

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Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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By Britt Ackerman Any experienced criminal defense attorney knows that a myriad of collateral consequences are triggered by criminal convictions (or even upon arrest), and that the possible sentences under the criminal code often doesn’t come close to the collateral risks triggered by the entry of the conviction.  These consequences may be called “sanctions” or [...]

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