Drafts, proposes, and reviews legislation such as improvements to the Business Corporation Act, the Uniform Partnership Act, the Limited Liability Companies Act, the Uniform Commercial Code, and the Non-profit Corporation Act. Committees monitor developments in their specific areas. The section publishes a quarterly newsletter, conducts an annual Business Law Institute, presents noontime programs, and produces pamphlets on business entities and UCC filings. Committees: Banking Law, Business and Professional Corporations, Nonprofits, Securities Law, UCC, Technology, Franchising and Product Distribution and Partnerships/LLCs.

• Chair: Lloyd Kepple
  Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, Minneapolis, (612) 607-7000
  
  
• Vice Chair:Ernest P. (Pat) Shriver
  Fafinski Mark & Johnson, P.A. (952) 224-7285
  
  
• Secretary: C. Robert Beattie
  Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, Minneapolis, (612) 607-7000
  
  
• Treasurer: Jennifer Bishop
  Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, PA, (612) 632-3000
  
  
• Past Chair: Phillip Kunkel
  Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, PA, (320) 252-4414

Current Directory Listings

Other Members of Executive Council

• Mary Bierkamp
• Professor Dan Kleinberger
• Gaylen Knack
• Karen Grandstrand
• Lori Sommerfield
  

New Lawyers Section Liaisons: Harleigh Brown

MSBA Liaison: Meaghan Harper

Legislative Coordinator: Dennis Knoer
MSBA Lobbyist: Lloyd Grooms

- Last Updated 08/08/07 -