J. Scott Braden - Woodbury, MN
Attorney at Messick Law, PLLC
Lawyers in Woodbury, MN
724 Bielenberg Drive #18 Woodbury, MN 55125
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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45
Years
Experience
Updated: 07/28/2026
Attorney Information
Overview
Celebrating the Retirement of Scott Braden
After 45 years of dedicated service to his clients and community, Scott Braden is retiring this year. Admitted to practice in 1981, Scott built a distinguished career in family law, guiding clients through some of the most difficult moments of their lives with skill, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to resolution—working alongside mediators, parenting time expeditors, parenting time evaluators, and custody evaluators to reach outcomes that served families well.
Service to the Faribault community and the local bar has been a cornerstone of Scott’s career. He is a past President of both the Fifth District Bar Association and the Rice County Bar Association, and a longtime member of the Minnesota State Bar Association. For more than a decade, he served on the Faribault City Planning Commission, including as its Chair, and he has given generously of his time to Divine Mercy Catholic Church’s Finance Committee.
Scott’s devotion to access to justice set him apart. As a volunteer attorney, past President, and Board member of Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, he spent decades ensuring that quality legal representation was not reserved for those who could easily afford it. That work earned him the Minnesota Legal Services Coalition Pro Bono Publico Award in 2001 and the SMRLS President’s Pro Bono Service Award in 2016.
Ethical practice was always at the center of Scott’s work. He served six years reviewing ethics complaints against area attorneys as a member of the Fifth District Bar Association Ethics Committee—which he later chaired—and as Vice Chair of the Minnesota Supreme Court ADR Ethics Board.
His peers recognized his excellence year after year: Scott was named a Minnesota Super Lawyer in family law for 18 consecutive years and was honored as a Top 40 Family Law Super Lawyer.
Scott earned his J.D. from Hamline University School of Law in 1981 and his B.A. in Government from St. John’s University in 1978.
We are deeply grateful for Scott’s many years of service and the countless clients, colleagues, and community members whose lives he touched. Please join us in wishing him a happy and well-deserved retirement.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Scott was named a Super Lawyer by Minnesota Family Law and Politics in family law for 18 consecutive years.
- Scott has been named a Top 40 Family Law Super Lawyer by Minnesota Family Law and Politics.
- He received the Minnesota Legal Services Coalition 2001 Pro Bono Public Award. He received the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services President’s Pro Bono Service Award 2016.
Other Sources of Feedback About J. Scott Braden
Included on the 2026 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2022 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
- 2013 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2004 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2003 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2002 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
- 2001 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
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Hamline University School of Law,
St. Paul,
Minnesota, 1981
J.D.
Non Legal Education
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St. John’s University, 1978
Bachelor of Arts and Government
Current Employment Position(s)
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Retired
Pro Bono Activities
- Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Volunteer Attorney, Past President and Board of Director Member
- Supreme Court ADR Ethics Board, Past Vice Chair
- Divine Mercy Catholic Church, Faribault. Finance Committee
- City of Faribault Planning Commission (Past Chair)
- 5th District Bar Association Ethics Committee, Past Chair
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota, 1981
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1985
Other Affiliations
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- 5th District Bar Association, Past President
- Rice County Bar Association, Past President
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Contact
724 Bielenberg Drive
#18
Woodbury, MN 55125
Phone Number: 651-505-2655
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.messicklaw.com
Hours: Mon-Fri: 8:30 am-4:30 pm, (By Appointment Only – No Mail or Delivery)
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