Legal Solutions For Greater Minnesota
Brad Person
Brad Person
- Partner
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Practice Areas
- Real Estate:
- Quality Title and Action Title, Owner:
- Residential and commercial purchase/sales, closings
- RE development, plats, PUDs
- Title exams, title opinions, title insurance
- RE proceedings, quiet title actions, foreclosures, easements, legal access, cartway, partitions
- Zoning, land use issues, eminent domain
- Construction contracts, mechanic’s liens
- Shared ownership of RE, family cabin, hunting land, investment property
- Municipal Law:
- Cities, townships
- Meetings, governance
- Annexations
- Assessments
- Roads, easements, vacations
- Land use, zoning, enforcement actions
- Licensing
- Utilities
- Business/Corporate Law:
- Acquisitions, sales, mergers
- Business formations
- Buy-sell agreements; ownership restrictions
- Family businesses; Business succession planning
- Estate Planning & Probate:
- Wills, trusts, POAs, HCDs
- Large estates; second marriages; blended families
- Out-of-state property
- Probate actions
- Business succession planning
- Family-owned lake properties, hunting land, businesses, and investments
- Civil Litigation:
- Business litigation
- Construction, contractor litigation
- Real estate litigation
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- J.D. - 1996
- Honors: cum laude
- University of Chicago
- B.A. - 1993
- Honors: cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Iowa, 1996
- Minnesota, 1999
Professional Associations
- Minnesota State Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
Pro-Bono Activities
- Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation – Board Member and Past President
- Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity – Past Board Member
- Crow Wing/Aitkin County Bar Association – Past President
- Central Minnesota Community Foundation – Board Member
- First Congregational Foundation – Board Member and President
- Brainerd Noon Rotary Club – Board Member
- Habitat for Humanity, 2000 to 2026
Past Positions
- Allbee, Barclay, Allison, Benning & Person, P.C., Muscatine, Iowa, Partner
- Barclay & Person, West Liberty, Iowa, Former Partner
Representative Clients
- Banks
- surveyors
- lake owners
- cities and townships
- other title companies
Ancillary Businesses
- Quality Title