We support your businesses.
Whether you are starting a new business or looking to grow your current operation, our lawyers are here to answer your legal questions and support you on everything from day-to-day employment issues, to reviewing contracts and helping minimize your risk as a business owner.
We understand the lifecycle of a business and are here to assist you from start-up through growth and expansion, to helping you create a viable exit strategy. Our clients view us as an extension of their business, and we take this role very seriously. In fact, many of our clients view us as their outside general counsel. We take pride in the fact that our clients trust us to proactively serve in this capacity. If something unforeseen comes up, our business litigators stand ready to assist.
With lawyers licensed to practice in Minnesota and Wisconsin, we service a wide range of legal practice areas with our services including:
We provide services for businesses.
Business Services
General Business Law
Our general business law services enable you to focus on the growth and success of your business. Whether you are just starting out, seeking to grow, adding a partner, or looking to sell your business, we are here to assist you.
Business Litigation
Hansen Dordell’s team of business litigators represent clients in all types of business disputes. We develop creative strategies to aggressively and efficiently advocate for our clients.
Succession Planning
Our business and estate planning team will work with you to develop a succession plan for your business. Many times this involves helping you sell your business, or ensuring the family business is successfully transitioned from one generation to the next.
Corporate Employment Law
Hansen Dordell has significant experience representing small, medium and large employers on employment related issues. We understand our client’s business complexities with a high degree of legal and technical expertise in employment laws and regulations.
You Take Them as you Get Them: Workers’ Compensation Considerations for Employers
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Long Time Coming: Minnesota Adopts Changes to its LLC Laws
The State of Minnesota has finally made the change from a limited liability company act grounded on corporate law to a default system based on partnership law. The seeds of this advancement, which wen...
If a party fails to file their case within one year, do they have any recourse?
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What is an “exceptional circumstance?”
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Minnesota Supreme Court Restricts Challenges to Contingent Attorney Fees
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently addressed a challenge to the reasonableness of contingent attorney fees that were awarded within the statutory cap in David v. Bartel Enterprises (Nitro Green), No...
Some Guidance on Imputed Wages
What happens when the injured employee is also the owner? How are wage loss benefits calculated? Like many a legal question, it depends. However, without providing a clear path to predictability, a re...