Jody Ollyver DeSmidt - Minneapolis, MN

• Adoption
• Appellate Practice
• Assisted Reproductive Technology
• Child in Need of Protection or Services
• Custody
• Domestic Abuse & Harassment
• Marriage Dissolution
• Paternity

• Shareholder and Attorney

• Minnesota, 1982
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1982
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1994

• American Adoption Congress, 2005 - Present (Member)
• American Academy of Adoption Attorneys Annual National Conference - CLE, 2002 - Present (Co-Chair)
• Minnesota Legislative Task Force on the Uniform Parentage Act, 2001 - 2002 (Member)
• American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, 1992 - Present (Fellow)
• Minnesota State Bar Association, 1987 - Present (Member)
• Hennepin County Bar Association, 1987 - Present (Member)
• Juvenile Law of Hennepin County Bar Association, 1992 - 1995 (Co-Chair)

• Mahoney, Walling & Kelley, Associate, 1987 - 1991
• Wright S. Walling & Associates, Associate, 1986 - 1987
• District Court of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District, Honorable Allen Oleisky, Law Clerk, 1984 - 1986
• District Court of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District, Honorable Rolf Fosseen, Law Clerk, 1983
• Lubov & Foster, Associate, 1982 - 1983

• Volunteer Lawyers Network, 1991 - Present

• Speaker, New and Emerging Issues in Juvenile Law, HCBA-CLE, May, 2002
  
• Speaker, Legal Issues in Adoption, Resolve, October 13, 2001
  
• Speaker, Direct Placement Adoption and Advanced Legal Topics in Adoption, Resolve, October 30, 1999
  
• Speaker, Working with Social Workers and Lawyers as a Team in the Adoption Process, National Conference on Openness in Adoption, October 19, 1998
  
• Speaker, Direct Placement Adoption, Resolve, October 17, 1998
  
• Speaker, Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Custody and Dissolution, Volunteer Lawyers Network - CLE, June 18, 1996
  
• MILE topic, March 21, 1996
  
• How to Succeed In A Foster Care Adoption, Minnesota CLE, November 10, 1995
  
• Panel Discussion on Visitation, Volunteer Lawyers Network - CLE, June 27, 1995
  
• Adoption Law Update, Family Law Section Meeting, Minnesota State Bar Association Annual Convention, June, 1995
  
• Direct Placement Adoption, Resolve, November 5, 1994
  
• Guardian ad Litem Services, HSA Foster Parent Association, October 29, 1994
  
• The Foster Parents Role in the Court System, HSA Foster Parent Association, November 20, 1991
  
• Adoption Law, Minnesota State Bar Association Family Law Section, November 13, 1993
  
• How To Advocate For A Child In Foster Care, HSA Foster Parent Association, November 7, 1992

• Named to Minnesota "Super Lawyers", 1999 - 2017

80 South 8th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402

• 612-503-9731

• contact@wbdlaw.com

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