Corporation and Business Law
Municipal Law
Real Estate
Wills and Trusts
Elder Law
Appellate Practice
Education
St. John's University V.S., magna cum laude 1981
University of Minnesota J.D., magna cum laude, 1995
Representative Clients
RE/Max Northern Properties, Laurentian Energy Authority, Franconia Minerals Corporation, Lake Country Power Holdings, Inc., L.W. Anderson Properties Inc., City of Kinney, Fayal Township, Lake Superior Warehousing Inc.
Professional Activities, Honors and Distinctions
Court Admissions: State of Minnesota, 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1997
Member Range, Minnesota, and American Bar Association
Legislative Director, Office of the Speaker - Minnesota House of Representatives 1987 - 1992
Statewide Campaign Director - Minnesota House DFL Caucus 1985 - 1986
Research Consultant -Minnesota House of Representatives Caucus Research Staff 1984 - 1985
Legislative Assistant - Democratic Study Group, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 1981 - 1984
Authored: "Who Your Friends Are Could Get You Fired! The Connick Public Concern Test Unjustifiably Restricts Public Employee's Associational Rights" Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 79, Dec. 1994, No. 2.
Selected by Vice-President Mondale to be a member of the U.S. delegation to the 1989 Young Political leaders World Conference in Paris, France, held in commemoration of the Bicentennial of the French Revolution.
Community
- School Board Director, Independent School District 706, Virginia, MN and Board Vice-Chair
- Minnesota Private College Council, Board Member and and past chair of the Council's Public Policy Committee.
- Minnesota Public Radio Regional Development Advisory Council
- Member of the Range Bar Asociation/ 20th District Ethics Committee
- United Way of Northeastern Minnesota (past Board member & Secretary)
- Sand Lake Association (past Board Member and President)
- Little League Baseball Coach
Personal
Paul is a native of Mt. Iron. He and his wife Kathleen and their three children now reside Virginia.
