Minnesota Lawyer

For this edition of POWER 30, we’ve chosen to focus on real estate and construction lawyers.

The Minnesota State Bar Association Real Property Law Section has a long-term goal of modernizing real estate records, but as would be expected with such a herculean task, the effort is moving slowly and the pandemic interrupted it.

In 2021, J. Scott Andresen spoke to Minnesota Lawyer from his backyard because workers were repairing tile in his kitchen.

Mark Becker’s law practice is centered on early dispute resolution through mediation and sometimes without filing a lawsuit.

Mark Bloomquist has an insurance defense practice at Meagher + Geer, which fits right in with construction claims, including those against architects and engineers — because those generally involve insurance.

It’s likely that partner Thomas Bray is exceedingly modest when he describes his law practice as “whatever comes in the door.”

Hanft Fride, in different iterations and with different names, has been a fixture in Duluth for more than a century.

Jeffrey W. Coleman’s original plan for his career was to design large structures. But what happened starting in 1978 led him to law school.

One of Peter Coyle’s current development project cases is the Parkera project on Highway 55 in Plymouth.

Inflation is up, and the stock market is volatile. There’s a shortage of supplies and builders.