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Firm Newsletter | Winter 2016
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The key to collecting a business debt, whether by a financial institution, private party lender, or investor, is to recognize and promptly attend to loan defaults. The situation exacerbates when neither the borrower nor the lender responds promptly and appropriately.  
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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act defines a debt collector as "any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the collection of any debts, or who regularly collects or attempts to collect, directly or indirectly, debts owed or due
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Tom-Shroyer and Jana Aune Deach
Tom Shroyer and Jana Aune Deach

Jana Aune Deach and  Thomas J. Shroyer were recently elected to three-year terms as members of our Board of Directors. Jana is a member of the firm's family law team, and this will be her first term serving as a director. Tom is chair of the firm's accountant law team and a member of the firm's litigation team. He has been a director since 1993 and has served as the firm's Chief Executive Officer since 2000. More >

Caroline Busse and Sarah Doerr Elected Shareholders
Sarah Doerr and Caroline Bussey

Caroline is a member of the firm's real estate team representing landlords, tenants, and lenders on a wide range of leasing and financing transactions.

Sarah is a member of the firm's creditors' remedies and bankruptcy team. She has experience in both individual and commercial bankruptcy matters and represents secured and unsecured creditors, as well as debtors.

 

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Bradley R. Armstrong has joined the firm's creditors' remedies and bankruptcy team. Bradley counsels creditors, debt buyers, attorneys, and businesses on compliance with state and federal credit and collection laws. He has significant experience defending clients in consumer financial services litigation, including claims brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, as well as state consumer protection statutes - against both individual claims and class actions.  More >

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Michael A. Bondi has joined the firm's intellectual property team. Michael focuses his practice on the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent and trademark applications. He enjoys the variety of working with both large companies who have complex multi-national trademark and patent portfolios, as well as smaller companies and individuals who are selecting their first trademarks or filing their first patent applications. More >

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Nicholas J. Kaster has joined the firm's wealth preservation and estate planning and business law teams. Nick's estate planning practice is centered on advising individuals and families on estate planning, trust and estate administration and settlement, wealth transfer, and philanthropy. In his business law practice, Nick counsels companies in general corporate legal matters, including acquisitions, mergers, shareholder relations, succession planning, contract negotiation, governance, and executive compensation.  More>

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Kelly C. McGinty has joined the firm's litigation and accountant law teams. Kelly assists businesses and individuals with their litigation needs, including commercial and business disputes, contractor-side construction industry disputes, professional liability claims, personal torts, and a variety of other areas. More >


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Brittney M. Miller has joined the firm's family law team. Brittney assists clients in all matters about their family, including support, parenting, third-party and grandparent visitation, division of assets, and a variety of other issues that confront modern families.  More >

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Jeremy J. Nauman has joined the firm's real estate team representing lenders in real estate financing and refinancing transactions. Jeremy focuses his practice in the firm's national multifamily agency lending practice group, which closes and delivers loans secured by multifamily projects to secondary market investors such as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). More >


Jeremy J. Nauman
Jeremy J. Nauman

Two of our team members retired from the practice of law in 2015, Mike Bradley and Jim Rubenstein

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Mike Bradley Retirement
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Jim Rubenstein Retirement
Jim Rubenstein

Moss & Barnett congratulates Cindy J. Ackerman, a member of our wealth preservation and estate planning and business law teams, who was selected as a 2016 "Five Star Financial Services Professional." To receive the Five Star Financial Services award, a professional must satisfy ten objective eligibility and evaluation criteria. More >


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Loralee A. Berle Loralee A. Berle

 Loralee A. Berle, a paralegal with our family law team, was recently certified as a Minnesota Certified Paralegal (MnCP). In June, 2014, the Minnesota Paralegal Association announced its voluntary certification program to establish a standard of competency for paralegals in Minnesota. More >


Deborah J. Weinstock
Tom Shroyer

Best Lawyers has named Thomas J. Shroyer as the Minneapolis Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants "Lawyer of the Year" for 2016.

Best Lawyers® began designating "Lawyers of the Year" in the United States in high-profile legal practice areas in conjunction with its 15th edition (2009). Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this accolade particularly significant. More >

U.S. News - Best Lawyers has released their 2016 "Best Law Firms" rankings - marking the sixth edition of this highly-anticipated annual analysis - and we are very pleased to report that Moss & Barnett has once again been named a "Best Law Firm." The 2016 "Best Law Firms" list reflect the high level of respect that a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and in the same practice areas for their expertise, professionalism, and integrity. More >

Moss & Barnett is pleased to congratulate its attorneys who were included in The Best Lawyers in America for 2016More >

Cindy J. Ackerman
Cindy J. Ackerman
Yuri B. Berndt
 Yuri B. Berndt
Kevin M. Busch
 Kevin M. Busch
Jana Aune Deach
 Jana Aune Deach
Richard J. Johnson
Richard J. Johnson
Richard J. Kelber
Richard J. Kelber
Peter A. Koller
Peter A. Koller
Susan C. Rhode
Susan C. Rhode
Tom Shroyer - Best Lawyer 2016
Thomas J. Shroyer
James J. Vedder
James J. Vedder
Jeffery L. Watson
Jeffery L. Watson
 

Moss & Barnett is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a new member of Geneva Group International (GGi). GGi is a global alliance of well-established and experienced law, accounting, audit, management, and trust firms. It has more than 496 member firms in over 118 countries and is consistently ranked among the top ten associations worldwide. All firms are carefully vetted before GGi grants membership. More >

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Did You Know Group
Nancy Kiskis and her children, Alisa and Ryan, with Senator Franken at his office in Washington, D.C.

Nancy Kiskis, an attorney with our wealth preservation and estate planning team, is intimately familiar with Alzheimer's disease and what it does to caregivers and families. Her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 56. After eight years of agonizing decline, he died at the age of 64.

But the story doesn't end there. Nancy and her children, Alisa and Ryan, have become advocates for funding to find treatment and a cure for Alzheimer's. More >

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