Current Employment Position(s)

; Financial Institutions and Real Estate

Languages

• German

Lawyer Overview

Fritz is a shareholder in the firm of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association, and is a member of our Financial Institutions and Real Estate Section. Fritz practices primarily in the areas of:

• Real estate finance
• Commercial lending
• Nonprofit organizations

Fritz has represented nonprofit organizations throughout the Midwest on a variety of financing and investment portfolio transactions. In his work, he has represented developers, community groups, lenders and nonprofit borrowers in publicly and privately financed projects ranging from collaboratively financed affordable housing and community projects to the development of a state-of-the-art health care campus for seniors and the building of a new parochial school. Fritz is a national leader in the use of federal and state tax credit programs to finance these activities.

Fritz is admitted in Minnesota. He is a member of the Ramsey County, Minnesota State and American Bar associations.

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Fritz received his B.A. from Yale University and his law degree cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lawrence R. Yetka of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Fritz joined Briggs in 1983.

Areas of Practice

• Banking and Finance
• Commercial Lending
• Nonprofits
• Mortgage Banking

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business Organizations, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Banks, Consumer Bankruptcy, Credit Unions, Creditors' Rights, Education Law, Excise Taxes, Health & Health Care Law, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Public Finance, Reorganizations & Restructuring, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Taxation Law, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Workouts

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1981

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Member
• Minnesota Bankers Association
• Member
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Member
• Ramsey County Bar Association
• Member
• United Arts Fund
• Secretary, Board of Directors
• St. Paul Curling Club
• Member
• United States Curling Association
• Member
• British North American Philatelic Society
• Member
• American Philatelic Congress
• Member
• American Philatelic Society
• Member
• American Revenue Society
• Member

Honors and Awards

Education

• William Mitchell College of Law, 1981
  J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
• Yale University, 1968
  B.A.

Address

2200 IDS Center
80 South 8th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phones

612.977.8270 (Business Phone)

Faxes

612.977.8650 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.briggs.com/