Mergens, Michael J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Year Joined Organization: 2005

Lawyer Overview

Mike comes to Larkin Hoffman with an entrepreneurial spirit having run his own business before attending law school and a science background. After law school, he spent two and half years clerking for the Honorable Robert Schumacher on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He is also an active member of the ABA's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources.

Mike applies his breadth of experience to assist clients in understanding business opportunities in the environmental and energy fields including how to take full advantage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. He also advises clients on a broad range of environmental compliance and permitting issues as well as intellectual property matters.

Mike is just as comfortable in the Court room where he focuses his practice in representing clients in complex eminent domain, real estate and land use cases. He has represented clients in the two most recent eminent domain cases to come before the Minnesota Supreme Court as well as appearing before the Minnesota Court of Appeals, district courts, and court-appointed commissioners. Although he focuses on eminent domain matters, Mike has demonstrated a knack for a broad range of disputes whether in a court room or before an administrative body.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Real Estate

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2008
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2007
• Minnesota, 2006
• California, 2005
• Arizona, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association , Environmental, Energy and Resources Section (Member)
• American Bar Association, State and Local Government Section (Member)
• Minnesota State Bar Association, Environmental Section (Member)
• Hennepin County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section (Member)
• State Bar of Arizona, Real Property Section (Member)
• State Bar of California, Real Property Law Section (Member)

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June, 2002
  Honors: cum laude
• U of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 1996
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Major: Physiology

Address

1500 Wells Fargo Plaza
7900 Xerxes Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55431

Phones

(952) 896-3297

Faxes

(952) 842-1743

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