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Oakdale Business Litigation Lawyer
Overview
Brandon is a Board-Certified Civil Specialists by the Minnesota State Bar Association, a Board-Certified Civil Trial Advocate and Family Trial Law Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and has received recognition from peers and clients alike for his thorough, zealous, and ethical representation. Whether it be resolution at jury trial, court trial, arbitration, mediation, or pre-suit negotiation, Brandon has the experience and legal knowledge to effectively advocate for his clients.
Brandon earned an undergraduate degree cum laude in finance and economics from Michigan Technological University in 2006 while on a full hockey scholarship and earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude and in the top ten students in his class, from the William Mitchell College of Law in 2011. Admitted to practice in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Arizona and Massachusetts.
Prior to entering law school in 2008, Brandon played professional hockey in the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League while employed as a clerk for the Schwartz Law Firm, a job that he kept until his graduation.
About Brandon Michael Schwartz
Current Employment Position(s)
- Attorney
Practice Areas
- Business Litigation
- Shareholder Disputes
- Membership Disputes
- Derivative Actions
- Non Competes and Liquidated Damage Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Contract Creation and Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Company Formation
- Family Law for Business Owners
Litigation
- 90%
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Arizona
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Iowa
- Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- Minnesota State Board of Continuing Legal Education, 2024 - Present (Board Member)
- Advisory Committee on the General Rules of Practice, 2021 - Present (Member)
- Minnesota State Board of Legal Certification, 2020 - Present (Board Member)
- Minnesota State Board of Legal Certification, 2025 - Present (Chair)
- Minnesota State Bar Foundation Board, 2018 - Present (Director)
- Minnesota State Bar Foundation Board, 2024 - Present (Treasurer)
- Minnesota State Bar Foundation Board, 2019 - 2024 (Secretary)
- MSBA North Star Lawyer, 2014 - Present
- Top 10 Business Tort Trial Lawyers Association, 2024 - Present (President)
- ABA, Young Lawyers Division, 2014 - 2015 (Co-Chair)
- ABA, Young Lawyers Division, - 2014 (Liaison to Section of Dispute Resolution)
- ABA, Young Lawyers Division, 2013 - 2014 (Vice Chair to the Committee on Dispute Resolution)
- American Bar Association, 2011 - Present
- Arizona State Bar Association, 2019 - Present
- Iowa State Bar Association, 2012 - Present
- Massachusetts State Bar Association, 2023 - Present
- Minnesota State Bar Association, 2011 - Present
- Wisconsin State Bar Association, 2011 - Present
- Ramsey County Bar Association, 2011 - 2017
- Washington County Bar Association, 2017 - Present
- United States Supreme Court, 2020 - Present
Classes and Seminars
- Small Business Divorce & Shareholder Disputes, Attorney Credits, 2025
- Shareholder Disputes: What are the Causes and can it be Solved Without Litigation (2025 Edition), LawPractice CLE, 2025
- Mastering LLCs: Crafting Robust Operating Agreements and Navigating Veil Piercing, myLawCLE, 2025
- Shareholder Disputes: Mediation, Litigation, Freeze-Out Mergers, Special Litigation Committee and More, myLawCLE, - 2025
- Mastering Expert Depositions, LawPractice CLE, - 2024
- Piercing the LLC Veil: Avoiding Member Liability for Business Debts, Strafford, - 2024
- Entity Selection – How to Choose The Right One, LawPractice CLE, - 2024
- Piercing the Corporate Veil, LawPractice CLE, - 2024
- LLC Operating Agreements – Reinforcing the Corporate Veil, LawPractice CLE, - 2024
- When the Love is Gone: Small Business Divorce & Shareholder Disputes, NBI, Inc, - 2024
- Family Business Succession Planning, NBI, Inc., - 2023
- Shareholder Disputes: What to Do When the Love is Gone and Ways to Keep the Love Strong, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- The Most Important Provisions in Your LLC Operating Agreement, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- LLCs v. Corporations: How to Choose the Right One and What Are Some of the Key Differences, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- Successful Litigation Considerations for Shareholder Disputes, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- Entity Selection – How to Choose the Right One: S-Corporations in Detail and Key Provisions in Your Shareholder Agreement, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- Entity Selection – How to Choose The Right One, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- Small Business Divorce & Shareholder Disputes, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- LLC Operating Agreements – Reinforcing the Corporate Veil, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- The Discovery Process in Commercial Litigation, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- Shareholder Fiduciary Duties for both minority and majority shareholders, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- The Business Judgment Rule – how it applies to directors, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- Shareholder Disputes: What are the Causes and can it be Solved Without Litigation, LawPractice CLE, - 2023
- Piercing the Corporate Veil, LawPractice CLE, - 2022
- LLC Operating Agreements, LawPractice CLE
- Statutory and common law fiduciary duties versus duties set forth in the operating agreement, LawPractice CLE
- Statutory and common law fiduciary duties versus duties set forth in the operating agreement, mylawCLE: LLC Operating Agreements, - 2022
- How To Try a Civil Jury Trial, PowerHouse CLE, - 2022
- Reinforcing the Corporate Veil, mylawCLE: LLC Operating Agreements, - 2022
- Reinforcing the Corporate Veil NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements
- NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements, How to Draft LLC Operating Agreements, - 2022
- Small Business Divorce & Shareholder Disputes, NBI, Inc.: When the Love is Gone, - 2021
- Reviewing Recent Case Law, Trends and Developments in LLCs, NBI, Inc.: LLCs: Everything You Need to Know, - 2021
- How to Form and Operate an LLC: Getting the Mechanics Down, NBI, Inc.: LLCs: Everything You Need to Know, - 2021
- Drafting the Operating Agreement: Getting the Basics Down, NBI, Inc.: LLCs: Everything You Need to Know, - 2021
- Ethical Considerations, NBI, Inc.: LLCs: Everything You Need to Know, - 2021
- Best Practices to Limit, mylawCLE: Corporate Veil Piercing, - 2020
- Best Practices for Limiting Veil Piercing, Rossdale CLE: Piercing the Corporate Veil
- Piercing the Veil, Clear Law Institute, LLC: Piercing the Veil: What it is & How It’s Done, - 2020
- When and Why Courts Will Allow Veil Piercing, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Reinforcing the Corporate Veil, - 2020
- Everyday Business Operations: Best Practices for Preventing Veil Piercing, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Reinforcing the Corporate Veil, - 2020
- Transfer Restriction Issues, et al, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, - 2020
- Current Developments in LLC Litigation, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, - 2020
- Ethics, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, - 2020
- Drafting the Operating Agreement: Getting the Basics Down, NBI, Inc.: LLCs: Everything You Need to Know, - 2020
- Ethical Considerations, NBI, Inc.: LLCs: Everything You Need to Know, - 2020
- Transfer Restriction Issues, et al, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, - 2019
- Current Developments in LLC Litigation, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish
- Ethics, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, - 2019
- How to Form and Operate an LLC: Getting the Mechanics Down, NBI, Inc.: LLCs: Everything You Need to Know, - 2019
- Drafting the Operating Agreement: Getting the Basics Down, NBI, Inc.: LLCs: Everything You Need to Know, - 2019
- Ethical Considerations, NBI, Inc.: LLCs: Everything You Need to Know, - 2019
- Transfer Restriction Issues, et al, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, - 2018
- Current Developments in LLC Litigation, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, - 2018
- Current Developments in LLC Litigation, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, - 2018
- Ethics, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, - 2018
- LLC Formation, Clear Law Institute, LLC: LLC Formation, - 2018
- LLC Formation, NBI, Inc.: LLC Formation, - 2018
- Ethical Considerations, NBI, Inc.: LLCs Everything You Need to Know, - 2018
- Start to Finish Recent Trends in LLC Veil Piercing, NBI, Inc.: Piercing the LLC Veil, - 2018
- Start to Finish Best Practices for Limiting Potential LLC Veil Piercing, NBI, Inc.: Piercing the LLC Veil, - 2018
- Start to Finish Current Developments in LLC Litigation, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements, - 2017
- Start to Finish Ethics, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements, - 2017
- Collecting from LLCs Limiting Personal Liability – Forming an LLC, NBI, Inc.: Collecting from, - 2017
- LLCs Best Practices for Limiting Potential LLC Veil Piercing, NBI, Inc.: Collecting from, - 2017
- Business Litigation Successful Litigation Considerations for Corporate Formations, Rossdale CLE:, - 2017
- How to Choose the Right One: S-Corporations in Detail, NBI, Inc.: Entity Selection, - 2017
- How to Choose the Right One: The Process of Incorporation vs. LLC Formation, NBI, Inc.: Entity Selection, - 2017
- Avoiding Trouble with Concise Articles of Organization and Corporate Bylaws, NBI, Inc.: S-Corps from A to Z, - 2017
- Creating Practical Operating Procedures, NBI, Inc.: S-Corps from A to Z, - 2017
- Ethical Issues, NBI, Inc.: S-Corps from A to Z, - 2017
- Current Developments in LLC Litigation, NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, - 2017
- NBI, Inc.: LLC Operating Agreements: Start to Finish, Ethics, 2017
- NBI, Inc.: Top LLC Mistakes to Avoid in Everyday Business Practice, Misunderstanding Personal Liability: Piercing the LLC Veil, 2017
- NBI, Inc.: Top LLC Mistakes to Avoid in Everyday Business Practice, Common LLC Member Disputes and How to Prevent Them, 2017
- NBI, Inc.: Top LLC Mistakes to Avoid in Everyday Business Practice, Real Life Scenarios of LLC Disasters, 2017
- NBI, Inc.: Shareholder Disputes, When the Love is Gone, 2016
- NBI, Inc.: The Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (RULLCA), RULLCA Ethical Considerations, 2016
- NBI, Inc.: Family Business Law, Handling Legal Challenges Common to Family Businesses: Real-Life Scenarios and Remedies, 2016
- NBI, Inc.: S-Corps & C-Corps, Shareholder Disputes: What to Do When the Love is Gone, 2016
- NBI, Inc.: S-Corps & C-Corps, Maintaining the Corporation’s Liability Shield, 2016
- NBI, Inc.: LLC or Inc? Entity Selection for a Small-to-Medium Sized Business, Select Issues in Business Entity Operation and Conversion, 2015
- NBI, Inc.: LLC or Inc? Entity Selection for a Small-to-Medium Sized Business, The Process of Incorporation vs. LLC Formation, 2015
Education
- William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2011
J.D.
Honors: cum laude - Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, 2006
B.S.
Honors: cum laude
Major: Finance
Minor: Economic
Articles
Published Works
- Prevent Veil Piercing: An Introduction to LLCs and Operating Agreements, Attorney at Law Magazine, 2025
- Are Noncompete Or Nonsolict Agreements Enforceable in Minnesota?, Attorney at Law Magazine, 2024
- The Impact of Revenue from a Collaboration Agreement on the 271(e)(1) Defense in Patent Infringement Cases, Attorney at Law Magazine, 2023
- Amgen Supreme Court decision: Citing to The Telegraph and Light Bulb Patent Battles, Attorney at Law Magazine, 2023
- Section 271(e)(1) Defenses in Patent Infringement Cases: An Analysis of U.S. Supreme Court Cases,Attorney At Law Magazine, 2023
- Navigating Patent Infringement Claims and Defenses, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2023
- Key Provisions to Help Avoid Shareholder Disputes, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2023
- When Your Dream Build Turns Into a Nightmare, Attorney at Law Magazine, 2023
- Independent Counsel in Derivative Litigation, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2023
- What Is A Special Litigation Committee?, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2023
- Addressing Legal Challenges Common to Family Businesses, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- Are Non-Competes in The Medical Field a Smart Choice?, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- Non-Competes – Are They Enforceable, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- Your Key to Success at Trial, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- So You Need to Sue Your Business Partner, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- Minority Shareholder Fiduciary Obligations – Are There Any, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- Directors, Does the Business Judgment Rule Protect You?, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- The Discovery Process in Commercial Litigation, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- When and Why Courts Will Allow Veil Piercing, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- Minnesota Fiduciary Duties in the Closely Held Corporation Context – What Are They?, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- Shareholder Oppression – What Is It?, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- What Does It Mean If an Attorney is Board Certified?, Attorney At Law Magazine, 2022
- When You Lack Standing, Your Case Sinks, The Iowa Lawyer, 2021
- Are Non-Compete Clauses Fair, Lawyer Monthly, 2018
- Handling Legal Challenges Common to Family Businesses: Real-Life Scenarios and Remedies, Minnesota Bar Association, Hearsay, 2016
- Select Issues in Business Entity Operation and Conversion, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hearsay, 2015
- The Process of Incorporation vs. LLC Formation, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hearsay, 2015
- Tips and Tricks to Taking an Expert’s Deposition, Minnesota Bar Association, Hearsay, 2015
- The Necessity for Independent Counsel in Derivative Litigation, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hearsay, 2014
- The Forgotten Presumption in Family Law, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hearsay, 2014
- Special Litigation Committee - Best Friend of Worst Enemy?, Minnesota Bar Association, Hearsay, 2014
- The Intricacies of Mediation Confidentiality, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hearsay, 2013
- Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance...At Task., Minnesota State Bar Association, Hearsay, 2013
- The New Lawyer: Avoiding Pitfalls and Achieving Success, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hearsay, 2013
- Same Sex Marriage on the Ballot and in the Courts in Minnesota, American Bar Association, Young Advocates Section of Litigation, 2012
- Goodbye to Camelot, Michigan Bar Journal, 2006
Office Information
Address
988 Inwood Avenue North Oakdale, MN 55128
Phone
Websites
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Brandon Michael Schwartz
Included on the 2025 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2024 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
View the profile for Brandon Michael Schwartz on Super Lawyers
Honors
- Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers
- Best Lawyers
- Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist, MSBA
- Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, Civil Practice Advocate and Family Trial Law Advocate, NBTA
- AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
- Focus on Bet the Company Litigation
- Minnesota Monthly, Top Lawyers, Business Litigation
- Attorney At Law Magazine, Local Legal Authority for Commercial Litigation
- Bet-The-Company Litigators, America’s Top 100
- High Stakes Litigators, America’s Top 100 Attorneys
- Leading Civil Trial Attorney of the Year, AI
- Health Care Lawyer of the Year – USA, Finance Monthly
- Lifetime Achievement, America’s Top 100 Attorneys
- Lifetime Member, Best Attorneys of America
- Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Business Tort Top 10 Trial Lawyers, TNTL
- 10 Best Attorneys, AIFLA
- Minnesota Under 40 Top 10, NAFLA
- Lawyers of Distinction
- Attorney of the Month, Attorney At Law Magazine
- Next Generation, Attorney At Law Magazine
- Law Firm of the Month, Attorney At Law Magazine
- Lawyer Monthly Feature on Healthcare Law
- AVVO Rating, 10.0, Top Litigation Attorney
- AVVO Clients’ Choice, Litigation
- MSBA North Star Lawyer
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Member, Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota
- Top 50 Lawyers in America
- American Institute of Trial Lawyers – Civil Litigation
- Corporate America Today – Leading Civil Trial Attorney of the Year
- National Association of Distinguished Counsel
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