Bacilio Mendez II - a Walker, United States Business/Corporate Law: Lawyer

Walker Business/Corporate Law: Lawyer

Updated: 04/17/2026

Areas of Practice

Business/Corporate Law:
Corporation and LLC formation; partnerships; assumed names; annual filings
Purchase and sale of businesses
Buy-sell agreements; ownership restrictions
Contracts, business licensing, and operational issues
Employment law
Family businesses; Business succession planning
Any type of day-to-day business agreement, such as confidentiality, independent contractor, employee
Licensing issues
Estate Planning & Probate:
Powers of Attorney
Health care directives
Wills
Trusts – minor children, family, disclaimer
Charitable giving
Estate preservation and tax liability avoidance
Business succession
Real Estate Law:
Associations – residential and commercial
Commercial leases
Real estate brokerage law
Mobile Home Parks

Attorney Information

Overview

Bacilio Mendez II is a Senior Associate practicing out of Breen & Person's Walker and Longville offices in the areas of estate planning, probate, real estate, business/corporate law, and association law. In business/corporate law, he has special interest in business formation, governance, multiple-owner issues, and business succession. Bacilio also enjoys working with clients on their estate plans and helping them tailor a plan to preserve what they have built for the next generation.

Prior to joining Breen & Person, Bacilio was a general litigation attorney at a full-service AmLaw 100 firm. There, he defended global technology, retail, and corporate brands against transportation, premises liability and general liability claims. He also gained valuable insurance defense experience working closely with insurance carrier clients while providing case summary, analysis and valuation memos regarding his case load. A competent civil litigator, he routinely defended organizations in single-plaintiff, class action and B2B litigation arising from data privacy and security incidents, violations of state and federal consumer protection and data privacy laws and breach of contract, among others.

Bacilio is well-versed in settlement negotiations, drafting and defending motions, responding to discovery, and taking and defending party, witness, and expert depositions, while preparing for mediation, arbitration or, if necessary, trial. While generally industry-agnostic, he focused on defending organizations in the manufacturing and distribution, financial services, and retail industry group sectors.

Before his law firm career, Bacilio served as Associate Regional Counsel for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Special Assistant United States Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), helped found the Blockchain Law for Social Good Center at Golden Gate University (GGU) School of Law, and was the Director of Information and Compliance for a wealth management firm.

Education

Legal Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California
  J.D.
  Honors: Witkin Award in Client Representation
  Honors: CALI Award in Practical Legal Writing
  Honors: CALI Award in Professional Responsibility
  Honors: Paul S. Jordan Award for Service to the University
  Honors: Academic Excellence Award in Family Law
  Honors: Pro Bono Honors Society
  Honors: Joseph R. & June B. Rensch Endowed Business Leadership Scholarship
  Major: Dual LLM, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law; Tax Law
  Law Review: GGU Tax & Estate Planning Review, Founding Editor-in-Chief
  Law Review: GGU Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice, Founding Web Editor
  Law Journal: GGU Environmental Law Journal, Submissions & Web Editor
Non Legal Education
- University for Peace (UPEACE Mandated by the United Nations), San Jose, Costa Rica, 2026
  Major: LLM, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, and International Law
- Golden Gate University Edward S. Ageno School of Business
  M.B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: University Service Award
- Pratt Institute, New York, New York
  M.A.
  Honors: LGBT Bar of NY Law & Technology Fellow
  Honors: Mergent, Inc. 2011 Outstanding Achievement Award in Web Design
  Honors: NLG W. Haywood Burns Memorial Fellow for Social & Economic Justice
  Honors: National Lawyers Guild (NLG) 2013 Legal Worker (Law Librarian) of the Year
  Honors: New York State Unified Court System Nathan R. Sobel Law Library Fellow
  Major: Library and Information Science
- Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: Helen C. Ward Memorial Prize for Excellence in Performance
  Honors: Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
  Major: English, Modern Dance, and Latin American Studies

Current Employment Position(s)

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Pro Bono Activities

Outside of his practice, Bacilio volunteers his time with numerous community-based organizations, such as Wills for Heroes, The Sisters, St. Anthony's Living Room, GLIDE SF, Tenderloin Tessie Holiday Dinners, and Openhouse SF.
He also volunteers with several national organizations, such as the Community Archives Collaborative, the After Violence Project, the Prison Library Support Network, The National AIDS Memorial Grove, and the National Lawyers Guild.

Published Works

Articles

“Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography, Second Edition,” Contributing Editor.

Bar Admissions

California
U.S. District Court District of Arizona
U.S. District Court Northern District of California
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court Southern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Minnesota
U.S. District Court District of Nevada

Other Affiliations

American Bar Association (ABA)
Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA)
Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF)
Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)

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Walker, MN

111 6th Street South
PO Box 392
Walker, MN 56484

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