Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder, since April 1, 2009

Year Joined Organization: 2002

Lawyer Overview

Joani combines exceptional legal knowledge and skill with compassion and creativity to provide the best possible legal services for her clients as they navigate through times of transition in family law matters. Joani has extensive experience with dissolutions, child custody, complex financial matters, antenuptial agreements, paternity, appeals, child support and spousal maintenance cases.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law 100%

West Practice Categories

Family Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1999

Certification/Specialties

• Qualified Rule 114 Mediator

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Hennepin County Bar Association, 2007 - Present (Co-Chair, Program Committee, Family Law Section)
• Minnesota State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Divorce Camp (Planning Committee Member)
• Minnesota Women Lawyers (Member)
• Loan Repayment Assistance Program of Minnesota (Co-President)

Honors and Awards

• Rising Star, Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine, 2002 - 2009

Past Employment Positions

• Moss & Barnett, Associate Attorney, 2000 - 2002
• Minnesota Supreme Court, Justice Paul H. Anderson, Judicial Law Clerk, 1999 - 2000

Education

• Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1999
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  
  Law Review: Hamline Law Review, Managing Editor, 1997 - 1999
• Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 1996
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
  Major: Psychology/Family Studies

Published Works

• Author, What Happens When You Pay An Unconstitutional Tax? The Due Process Implications of Predepriavation Procedures, 21:3, Hamline Law Review, 1998
• Co-Author, Using Early Neutral Evaluations for Effective Representation, 76:5, Hennepin Lawyer, 2007

Address

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

Phones

(952) 835-3800

Faxes

(952) 896-1550

Emails

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Websites

http://www.larkinhoffman.com