Overview

Mark focuses his practice in Real Estate, Business, Estate Planning, and Probate. He drafts the full array of
business and commercial documents and provides litigation services aimed at solving the underlying problem.

Mark has tried complex commercial cases involving shareholder and contract disputes, and he has tried a wide range of real estate matters including land use and zoning, easements, lake law, municipal law, quiet title, trespass, boundary/lot line issues, water run-off issues, and neighbor disputes.

Mark regularly appears before city councils, town boards, county boards, administrative boards, and Minnesota District Courts, and he has also appeared before the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He uses a problem solving approach in representing corporations, nonprofits, and individuals in business and real estate matters.

Presentations

• 2022 – Minnesota Easements, Rights-of-way, and Eminent Domain; Understanding Riparian and Water Rights (HalfMoon Education Inc.)
• 2021 – Survey of Short-Term Rentals and the Present State of Regulations and Enforcement in Minnesota (Minnesota CLE Faculty)
• 2020 – Great Outdoors: Cabin Law; “The Ins and Outs of AirBnB and Cabin Rentals.” (Minnesota CLE Faculty)
• 2019 – How to Navigate Real Estate Issues Between Neighbors; Riparian Rights (Minnesota CLE Faculty)

Representative Matters

• Hecker v. Crow Wing Cnty. Bd., 959 N.W.2d 215 (Minn. Ct. App. 2021) — published decision on notice
  requirements for variance decisions.
• ABP, LLC, et al. v. Crayon Box Childcare Academy, Inc., et al. — court awarded $817,858.05 judgment
  for commercial landlord client.
• Piche v. Braaten, A13-0406, 2014 WL 349712 (Minn. Ct. App. Feb. 3, 2014) — court awarded $1,621,000.00
  judgment for minority shareholder client.
• Hebert v. City of Fifty Lakes, A13-0311, 2014 WL 103327 (Minn. Ct. App. Jan. 13, 2014).
• Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC) v. City of Crosby — writ of mandamus matter resolved outside of court.