Carl E. Christensen - Minneapolis, MN

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
    J.D.
    Honors: Research Assistant

• Non Legal Education

  • Washington University
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Attorney and Shareholder, since February 1, 2008

Past Positions

• Honorable Kenneth Sandvik in the Sixth Judicial District, Lake and Cook Counties, Law Clerk, January 1, 2006 - February 1, 2007
• Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc., Economic Development Coordinator
• Minnesota State Horticultural Society

Languages

• Sesotho

Classes and Seminars

• Former Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property Foundations course, William Mitchell College of Law
  
• "Trends in Mortgage Foreclosure Law," (Henn. Co. Bar. Assoc. Creditor/Debtor Dec. 21, 2016).
  
• "Obtaining Discovery from Large Institutional Parties," Winning Discovery (MN CLE Jan. 28, 2013)
  
• "Distressed Real Estate: Legal Defenses and Workouts," (Henn. Co. Bar. Assoc. Creditor/Debtor Jan. 16, 2013)
  
• "Representing Consumer Debtors/Substantive Defenses and Firewall Strategies," What Lawyers Handling Debt Collection Matters Need to Know (MN CLE Apr. 25, 2012)
  
• "Helping Distressed Homeowners Rise from the Ashes of Foreclosure" (Henn. Co. Bar Assoc. Real Prop. Mar. 8, 2012)
  
• "THE ANSWER," That Old Judgment or Claim May Have Value: Tips to Collect (Henn. Co. Bar. Assoc. Dec. 1, 2011)
  
• "Top Ten Defenses to Foreclosure Actions," 2011 Real Estate Institute (Minn. CLE Nov. 4, 2011)
  
• "Foreclosure Defense Litigation," Debtor and Creditor Conference 2011, (Minn. CLE Oct. 10, 2011)
  
• "New Cases in Foreclosure Defense" (Henn. Co. Bar. Assoc. Creditor/Debtor Sept. 21, 2011)
  
• "Foreclosure Defense Litigation," Foreclosure Law & Practice -- Hot Issues in 2011 (Minn. CLE Mar. 22, 2011)
  
• "Consumer Scams: Collection and Foreclosure" (Henn. Co. Bar. Assoc. Creditor/Debtor Mar. 16, 2011)
  
• Carl E. Christensen and Todd Murray, "Consumer Law Basics," Minnesota Continuing Legal Education New Lawyer Experience (Minn. CLE July 29, 2010)
  
• "Foreclosure Defense Litigation" (Ramsey Co. Bar Assoc Real Estate Sect. Feb. 16, 2010)
  
• "Foreclosure Defense Litigation" (Henn. Co. Bar. Assoc. Jan. 20, 2010)

Pro Bono Activities

• Minnesota Return Peace Corps Voluteers
• U.S Peace Corps

Representative Cases

• Langer v. JP Morgan Chase, et al., 27-CV-15-21901 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Oct. 3, 2017)
• Nutraceutical Corp. v. Affordable Naturals, LLC., 2:14-cv-00907-JNP-PMW, 2017 WL 4564739 (D. Utah Sept. 9, 2017)
• Bajwa v. Chateau Edina Condo. Ass'n, 27-CV-17-2573 (Minn. Dist. Ct. May 2, 2017)
• JAGER OUTDOORS, Reg. No. 5,225,730 (Jun. 20, 2017) successfully overcame Section 2(e) descriptiveness refusal and USPTO request to disclaim the word “JAGER.”
• TCI Business Capital, Inc., v. Five Star American Die Casting, LLC, 890 N.W.2d 423 (Minn. Ct. App. 2017)
• Foreman & Airhart, Ltd. v. Haenke, et al., 27-CV-16-14183 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Dec. 19, 2016)
• Bridgewater Bank v. Hessburg, et al., 27-CV-11-6954 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Nov. 3, 2016)
• Stubby Strip, LLC v. Food Market Merchandising, Inc., et al., 5:15-CV-1410-GLS-ATB (N.D.N.Y. Sept. 26, 2016)
• Food Market Merchandising, Inc. v. Stubby Strip, LLC, 27-CV-15-11442 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Sept. 7, 2016)
• TCI Business Capital, Inc. v. Five Star American Die Casting, LLC, et al.,19HA-CV-14-2708 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Aug. 19, 2015)
• Affordable Naturals, LLC v. Hidden Valley Group, Inc., d/b/a Designing Ducks, LLC, 0:14-CV-04527-RHK-BRT (D. Minn. June 4, 2015)
• Glassick v. Wells Federal Bank, case no. 27-CV-12-2308 (Sept. 20, 2013)
• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Nelson, case no. 48-CV-10-1496 (Jan. 8, 2013)
• Cole v. Primary Mortgage, case no. 27-CV-09-16146 (July 1, 2010)
• Peterson-Price v. U.S. Bank Nat. Ass'n, 2010 WL 1782188, Civ. No. 09-495 (May 4, 2010)

Published Works

Articles

• Carl E. Christensen, "Legal QuickSheetsm on Defenses to Foreclosure Actions" (MN CLE 2012)
  

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 2005
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2007
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2009

Other Affiliations

• Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter
• National Association of Consumer Advocates
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• MSBA Consumer Litigation Section, Council Member
• Hennepin County Bar Association