Dana McKenzie
Top rated Alternative Dispute Resolution attorney in Burnsville, Minnesota
Cheney-Hatcher & McKenzie Dispute Resolution Center
Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law, Health Care
Licensed in Minnesota since: 1989
Education: University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2023 Cheney-Hatcher & McKenzie Dispute Resolution Center
350 West Burnsville PkwySuite 300
Burnsville, MN 55337 Phone: 952-314-1814 Email: Dana McKenzie Visit website
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Dana McKenzie is a shareholder of Cheney-Hatcher & McKenzie. In addition to her mediation and collaborative law practice, she serves as a financial and social early neutral evaluator, parenting consultant, and neutral child specialist. She has an extensive background in child support, having served as the Manager of Policy and Planning for the MDHS Child Support Enforcement Division, on the Board of Directors for the National Child Support Enforcement Association, on numerous state and federal workgroups related to child support, and as the co-chair of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Subcommittee of the Minnesota Uniform Parentage Act Task Force. Ms. McKenzie is also nationally certified in both Health Care Compliance and Health Care Privacy Compliance by the Compliance Certification Board. She is a frequent CLE and keynote speaker and writes a weekly appellate case law summary read by 900 family law professionals.
First Admitted: 1989, Minnesota
Professional Webpage: http://www.chmdrc.com/Dana-McKenzie.cfm
- Ms. McKenzie serves as the co-chair of the Dakota County Early Neutral Evaluation Committee and serves as a Financial and Social Early Neutral Evaluator in Ramsey, Dakota and Washington Counties.Â
- American Association for Justice Student Advocacy Competitions (2nd Place) University of Missouri - Kansas City
- State of Minnesota Achievement Award, 1998
- Terry Thomas Memorial Trial Practice Achievement Award, 1989
- Ranked in the Top Third of the Graduating Class, University of Missouri - Kansas City
- Top 50 Women Lawyers in Minnesota
- The Order of Barristers (Inducted 1989)
- Dean's List, University of Missouri - Kansas City
- State of Minnesota Achievement Award, 1999
- Callaghan Book Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, 1989
- Co-Author of the Chapter "Paternity Issues and Trends" of the Minnesota Custody and Child Support Deskbook
- Frequent CLE and Keynote Speaker and writes a weekly Family Law Appellate case law summary read by over 500 Minnesota Family Law Professionals
- "Paternity Issues and Trends" Minnesota Custody and Child Support Deskbook
- "A complete History of Medical Child Support - Slightly Abridged!" Delaware Lawyer, summer 2002. (Co-Authored with Susan F. Paikin, Esq.)
- "Children of the Year" The Times for Fathers and Families November, 2001
- "Children of the Law(yers)" Family Law Forum, July, 1999
- Plenary Speaker, Family Law Institute, 2011
- Plenary Speaker and CLE Presenter, Family Law Institute, 2010
- CLE Presenter, Dakota County Family Law Bar, 2009
- CLE Presenter, Dakota County Family Law Bar, 2008
- CLE Presenter, Ramsey County Bar Association, 2007
- Program Chairperson, National Child Support Enforcement Association mid-year conference, Washington DC, 2003
- Presenter, National Child Sport Enforcement Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2002
- Plenary Speaker, National Child Support Enforcement Association mid-year conference, Washington, DC, 2002
- Keynote Speaker and CLE Presenter, National Child Support Enforcement Association regional conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2001
- CLE Presenter: National Child Support Enforcement Association annual conference, New York, NY, 2001
- Keynote Speaker, Carlton county Head Start/Child Care/Child Support conference, Carlton, MN, 2001
- CLE Presenter, Minnesota State Bar Association Family Law Institute, St. Paul, MN, 2001
- CLE Presenter, National Child Support Enforcement Association annual conference, San Diego, CA, 2000
- CLE Presenter, Eastern Regional Interstate Child Support Association Annual Conference, Detroit, MI, 2000
- CLE Presenter, United State Department of Health and Human Service, Office of Child Support Enforcement ninth national training conference, Washington, DC, 1999
- CLE Presenter, National Child Support Enforcement Association Annual Conference, 1999
- CLE Presenter: National Child Support Enforcement Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 1998
- CLE Course Co-Chair and Presenter, Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics CLE on Family Law, Minneapolis, MN, 1998
- CLE Presenter, Minnesota State Bar Association CLE on Child Support, Minneapolis, MN, 1997
- Member, First Judicial District Bar Association
- Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
- Board of Directors, Dakota County Bar Association, 2018
- Northern Michigan University. B.S. Dean's List, National Merit Scholar, Major: Political Science, Minor: Business Administration, 1985
- Certified in Health Care Compliance by the Compliance Certification Board., 2016
- Certification in Health Care Compliance Certification in Health Care Privacy Compliance, 2017
Office location for Dana McKenzie
350 West Burnsville Pkwy
Suite 300
Burnsville, MN 55337
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- Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2023