Matthew J. Schaap - Apple Valley, MN

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
    J.D.
    Honors: Dean’s List
    Honors: CALI Award: Legal Research and Writing
    Honors: Department Award: Best Appellate Brief in First Year Law School Class
    Law Review: Hamline Law Review, Managing Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Calvin College, 1999
    B.A.
    Major: English

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder | Secretary

Past Positions

• Hon. Elizabeth A. Hayden, Minnesota's Seventh Judicial District, Judicial Law Clerk

Classes and Seminars

• How to Get Your Social Media, Email and Text Evidence Admitted (and Keep Theirs Out), NBI (2018).
  
• Business Contract Disputes: Start to Finish, NBI National Webinar (2015)
  
• Fundamentals of Landlord Tenant Law: Sterling Educational Services (2015)
  
• Tablet Computing and Your Practice, Richard T. Oakes American Inn of Court

Pro Bono Activities

• Board Secretary, Lakeville Chamber of Commerce
• Board Secretary, Community Dental Care
• Rotary Club of Rosemount, Minnesota (Past President)
• Rotary International (Past Assistant District Governor)
• Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce (Past Chair)
• Community Dental Care is a Minnesota non-profit consisting of 26 dentists who serve patients from clinics in St. Paul and Maplewood, Minnesota.
• Community Dental Care is a recipient of the Charities Review Council “Meets Standards” seal based on satisfaction of 27 standards of accountability.

Representative Clients

• St. Paul Park Ref. Co. LLC v. Domeier, 950 N.W.2d 547 (Minn. 2020) (clarifying tax payment requirement in Minnesota adverse possession law).

• Cambria Co. LLC v. M&M Creative Laminants Inc., A18-1978, 2019 WL 3543602 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 5, 2019) (certified questions on application of Minnesota Franchise Act).

• Sames v. Scott County, A18-0753, 2019 WL 1510948 (Minn. Ct. App. Apr. 8, 2019) (defamation per se claims).

• Ride Auto Co. v. Ibanez, 2015 WL 4507991 (Minn. Ct. App. July 27, 2015) (default judgment).

• Sharp v. Hayloft Prop. Mgmt. Co., 2012 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 13 (Minn. App. 2012) (unemployment benefits).

• Old Reliable Wholesale, Inc. v. Cornell Corp., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 5139 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (patent litigation attorneys’ fees).

• Estate of Anthony Fox v. Fox Compactors, Inc. and Dennis W. Buhl, (Arbitration) (Arbitration 2010) (intellectual property breach of contract).

• Michael L. O'Brien v. Friends of St. Croix Preparatory Academy (Washington County, Minnesota 2010) (summary judgment and attorneys’ fees).

• George O. Ensminger et al. v. Timberland Mortgage Services, Inc. et al., 2010 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 341 (Minn. App. 2010) (summary judgment in class action mortgage origination litigation).

• Old Reliable Wholesale, Inc. v. Cornell Corp., 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 26985 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (summary judgment in patent litigation).

• Instant Testing Company, et. al. v. Community Security Bank, et. al., 715 N.W.2d 124 (Minn. App. 2006) (Minn. App. 2006).

Representative Cases

• Sharp v. Hayloft Prop. Mgmt. Co.
  • Citation: 2012 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 13
  • Court: Minn. App.
  • Year: 2012
• Old Reliable Wholesale, Inc. v. Cornell Corp.
  • Citation: 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 5139
  • Court: Fed. Cir.
  • Year: 2011
• Estate of Anthony Fox v. Fox Compactors, Inc. and Dennis W. Buhl
  • Citation: (Arbitration)
  • Court: Arbitration
  • Year: 2010
• Michael L. O'Brien v. Friends of St. Croix Preparatory Academy
  • Court: Washington County, Minnesota
  • Year: 2010
  • Serial Number: 82-CV-08-7482
• George O. Ensminger et al. v. Timberland Mortgage Services, Inc. et al.
  • Citation: 2010 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 341
  • Court: Minn. App.
  • Year: 2010
  • Serial Number: A09-1213
• Old Reliable Wholesale, Inc. v. Cornell Corp.
  • Citation: 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 26985
  • Court: Fed. Cir.
  • Year: 2009
• Instant Testing Company, et. al. v. Community Security Bank, et. al.
  • Citation: 715 N.W.2d 124 (Minn. App. 2006)
  • Court: Minn. App.
  • Year: 2006
• Icenhower v. Total Auto., Inc., 845 N.W.2d 849, 850 (Minn. Ct. App. 2014) (clarifying subpoena power in unemployment benefits cases).
• Ride Auto Co. v. Ibanez, 2015 WL 4507991 (Minn. Ct. App. July 27, 2015) (default judgment).
• Johnson v. Anderson, A16-0298, 2016 WL 4421536, at *1 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2016).
• Souter v. Fastenal Co., Inc., A17-0103, 2017 WL 5243526, at *1 (Minn. Ct. App. Nov. 13, 2017)(unemployment benefits).
• In re Conservatorship of Johnson, A15-1546, 2016 WL 3129404, at *1 (Minn. Ct. App. June 6, 2016) (conservatorship fee award).
• Rask v. Rask, A15-1640, 2016 WL 3043100, at *1 (Minn. Ct. App. May 31, 2016) (property rights).
• Sames v. Scott County, A18-0753, 2019 WL 1510948 (Minn. Ct. App. Apr. 8, 2019) (defamation per se claims).
• Cambria Co. LLC v. M&M Creative Laminants Inc., A18-1978, 2019 WL 3543602 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 5, 2019) (certified questions on application of Minnesota Franchise Act).
• St. Paul Park Ref. Co. LLC v. Domeier, 950 N.W.2d 547 (Minn. 2020) (clarifying tax payment requirement in Minnesota adverse possession law).
• Vincent Holdings, LLC v. Kastl, A20-1539, 2021 WL 4059318, at *1 (Minn. Ct. App. Sept. 7, 2021) (motion to dismiss).
• In the Matter of Surveillance & Integrity Review (SIRS) Appeals by Trinity Home Health Care Services and Etyane Ayana, 996 N.W.2d 178 (Minn. 2023) (reversing court of appeals and reinstating $0 award of ALJ in favor of client after MN Department of Human Services reinstated $1.2M award against client).
• St. Paul Park Refining Co., LLC v. Domeier, No. A23-0022, 2024 WL 73105 (Minn. App. Jan. 8, 2024) (Minnesota adverse possession law).

Published Works

Articles

• From Workaholism to Work-Life Balance: Change Is Within Reach, Law Practice Magazine (Nov./Dec. 2014)
  
• Minnesota Litigation Checklists §§ 1-1 et seq. , Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., 2007
  

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota
• Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Other Affiliations

• Minnesota State Bar Association (Member)
• Dakota County Bar Association (Member)
• Member of Governing Council, Civil Litigation Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association