Divorce Lawyer and Family Law Mediator in St Paul, Woodbury,and East Metro Area
It is critical to promptly consult with and obtain an experienced Divorce Lawyer or Family Law Attorney if you are about to be involved in a divorce, custody dispute or paternity action.
Jeff has been an attorney for 36 years and has 30 years of family law litigation experience. The first six years of legal practice he worked as a Staff Attorney at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Jeff has been exposed to almost every type of different problem, issue and adversary. He has worked in all settings from the courtroom, numerous mediation meetings, Early Neutral Evaluations, or in dealing with difficult spouses or adversarial counsel. He works hard to promptly settle and resolve matters as inexpensively as possible, but is ready and able to zealously protect his clients’ rights! He also has the experience and wisdom to understand when it is wise to counsel against fruitless expensive battles that may be counterproductive. Having worked exclusively in family law and mediation for over 30 years provides him the foundation, insights, legal knowledge and experience in the dynamics of all aspects of family law, custody, divorce, spousal maintenance, child support, domestic abuse, paternity and appeals.
Jeff is also trained as a mediator and is a Rule 114 Neutral and has the experience of amicably working with parties to mediate and settle their family law issues. As a family law mediator he understands how to reach settlements in complicated adversarial divorces or other family law matters.
Jeff has many years of Appellate Experience. He is a member of the Family Law and ADR Sections of the Minnesota State Bar Association.
Jeff is also trained in Early Neutral Evaluation and has been selected to be on the Rosters to serve as a Financial Early Neutral Evaluator and Social Early Evaluator to guide individuals and advise them and make recommendations about how the court would resolve Financial, Custody and Parenting Time Issues. Jeff is a Custody/Social and Financial Neutral Evaluator in Ramsey County, Washington County, Dakota County, Anoka County, Scott County, Carver County, Pine County, Isanti County, Chisago County, and Goodhue County. He is also an FENE Evaluator in Hennepin County.
It is always best to hire a lawyer who works hard to amicably settle your case, but is able and prepared to proceed to trial when necessary.
Jeff offers a free consultation. Consulting with an experienced divorce lawyer is critical to being prepared to protect yourself and your future.