Grant M. Borgen - Rochester, MN

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2013
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Dean's List
    Law Review: William Mitchell Law Review, Staff, 2012 - 2013
    Law Journal: William Mitchell Journal of Law & Practice, Editor in Chief, 2011 - 2013

• Non Legal Education

  • Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
    Major: Political Science
    Minor: Business Administration

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Past Positions

• Honorable Debra A. Jacobson, Judicial Law Clerk, 2013 - 2014

Classes and Seminars

• Premises Liability Seminar, Chair, Minnesota Association for Justice, 2022
  
• Holding Those Who Fail to Protect Others Accountable, Minnesota Association for Justice, 2022
  
• Working in the Judicial System with Witnesses and Parties with Limited English Proficiency and Working with Interpreters, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2019
  
• Personal Injury Law for the Non-PI Lawyer, Olmsted County Law Library, 2018
  
• Foreseeability Before and After Montemayor, Minnesota Association for Justice, 2018
  
• A Crash Course on Conciliation Court, Olmsted County Law Library, 2017

Pro Bono Activities

• Minnesota Justice Foundation
• Legal Assistance of Olmsted County
• Olmsted County Expungement Clinic

Representative Cases

• Reichel v. Wendland Utz, LTD, 11 N.W.3d 602 (Minn. 2024)
• Berrier v. Minnesota State Patrol, 9 N.W.3d 368 (Minn. 2024)
• Sterry v. Minnesota Department of Corrections, 8 N.W.3d 224 (Minn. 2024) (as amicus)
• Stoltenberg v. Am. Nat. Prop. and Cas. Co., 2021 WL 562354 (Minn. 2021) (as amicus)
• Montemayor v. Sebright Products, Inc., 898 N.W.2d 623 (Minn. 2017) (as amicus)
• Kruckow v. Merchants Bank, 2017 WL 3084391 (D. Minn. 2017)
• Norman v. Crow Wing Co-Op Power & Light Co., 2016 WL 68772 (Minn. App. 2016)
• United Islamic Society v. Masjed Abubakr Al-Seddiq, Inc., 2016 WL 4497431 (Minn. App. 2013)
• Wiley v. Robert Half Int'l, Inc., 834 N.W.2d 567, (Minn. App. 2013)
• Acquittal in case charging First and Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct and Burglary
• Acquittal in case charging assault with a dangerous weapon, stalking, and terroristic threats
• Acquittal in case charging Third and Fifth Degree Controlled Substance Sale
• Successfully defended sexual assault allegations in civil proceedings
• Dismissal of felony drug and DWI charges prior to trial due to prosecutor’s unlawful activity
• Dismissal of three counts of possession of child pornography prior to trial
• Dismissal of felony assault charge prior to trial
• Dismissal of felony terroristic threats charge prior to trial
• Dismissal of theft charges prior to trial
• Dismissal of DWI charges based on unlawful police conduct
• Overturned orders revoking driving privileges
• Assisted out-of-state residents with Minnesota DWI charges, including working with multiple states regarding license revocation issues
• Downward sentencing departures in felony DWI cases
• Expungements of criminal convictions
• Dismissal of controlled substance charges prior to trial

Published Works

Articles

• The Civil Right to a Jury Trial and What It Means for Minnesota Creditors in Light of United Prairie Bank-Mountain Lake v. Haugen Nutrition & Equip., LLC, 39 WM. Mitchell L. Rev. 245 (2013)
  
• Grant Borgen, Premises Liability (8th edition)
  

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota
• Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Olmsted County Bar Association, Past President
• Minnesota State Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section Committee
• Minnesota Association for Justice
• Olmsted County Justice Council
• Dodge County Bar Association
• Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society