Top Rated Criminal Defense Attorney in St. Paul, MN

Honors/Awards:

• Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, U.S. Navy
• Navy Unit Commendation – Rear Admiral Chanik, U.S. Navy
• North Star Lawyer Award , MSBA, 2015
• Outstanding New Lawyer of the Year, MSBA, 2017
• New Lawyer Section Award , MSBA, 2014
• North Star Lawyer Award , MSBA, 2013
• Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, U.S. Navy
• Good Conduct Award – Commander Steed, Commanding Officer, U.S. Navy
• New Lawyer Section Award , MSBA, 2015
• Excellence Award for Mentoring in the Profession, HCBA, 2018
• North Star Lawyer Award , MSBA, 2014
• National Defense Service Medal, U.S. Navy
• Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, U.S. Navy
• New Lawyer Section Award , MSBA, 2014
• North Star Lawyer Award , MSBA, 2016
• North Star Lawyer Award, MSBA, 2017
• Recent Alumni of the Year Award, Mitchell Hamline, 2018
• New Lawyer Section Award, MSBA, 2013

Bar/Professional Activity:

• MSBA - Criminal Law Section Chair, 2020
• Chair HCBA Criminal Law Section Council, 2020
• Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch
• Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board
• MSBA Esquire 36 – Co-Chair - 2016-2017
• Hennepin County Bar Foundation - Board Member, 2018
• Minnesota State Bar Association Foundation - Vice-Chair, 2019
• Chair of MSBA New Lawyers Section - Social Committee 2013-2017
• Minnesota Bar Admissions Advisory Council 2015-2021
• Minnesota Supreme Court Pretrial Release Initiative Implementation Steering Committee – Private Criminal Defense Attorney Representative, 2017
• RCBA Board Member - 2020-2015
• RCBA Criminal Law Section – Co-Chair
• RCBA Judge’s Dinner Committee
• Warren E. Burger Inn of Court - Executive Committee - Treasurer, 2019
• MSBA Criminal Law Section Council
• MSBA - General Policy Committee, 2018
• Chair of RCBA New Lawyers Section 2015-2017
• HCBA Board Member - Secretary, 2019
• Hennepin County Bar Foundation - Board Member
• Fourth District Ethics Committee – Investigator
• Minnesota State Bar Foundation - Board Member, 2017
• Warren E. Burger Inn of Court - Membership Committee, 2018

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Legal Clinic
• Minnesota Masters Swimming (LMSC) Legal Counsel
• HCBA Misdemeanor Defense Panel (MDP)
• William Mitchell Self-Help Clinic - Expungements

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• New Age of Technology and Criminal Law, Hearsay - MSBA, 2010
• The 2 a.m. Phone Call, Hearsay - MSBA, 2010

Verdicts/Settlements:

• State of Minnesota v. Daniel James Rick, 835 N.W.2d 478 (Minn. 2013), 2013
• State of Minnesota v. Daniel James Rick, 821 N.W.2d 610 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012), 2012

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• multiple completions of 36-mile END-WET ultra-marathon swim down the Red River of the North
• First Ice Mile in Minnesota, certified by the IISA or International Ice Swimming Association on 15 Nov 2014 in Square Lake, Washington County, Minnesota in 4.7°C water temperature, 10°C air temperature with a Wind Chill of -10°C. Total Distance of 1.04 miles was completed in 38:52., 2014

Educational Background:

• William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN Juris Doctor, Student Faculty Committee; International Law Student Association; William Mitchell Student Bar Association