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 over 40 years and has more than 34 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.