Moss & Barnett, P.A.

Moss & Barnett, P.A. is very pleased to announce that attorney Shannon Cook has rejoined the firm. Shannon primarily focuses her practice on representing lenders who originate and sell loans secured by multifamily projects to secondary market investors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Within this practice, she prepares and negotiates loan documents; reviews legal opinions; examines title, survey, and other due diligence; and works with all transaction parties to ensure a smooth closing. Learn more about Shannon here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gXYmA32a Welcome back, Shannon!

By now, you have likely received your property tax statement for this year and next year. In 2025, the property tax levies for cities are supposed to increase 8.8% from 2024 due to the unappealing part of a higher property valuation. As a result, an appeal of the increased valuation may be in order. In Minnesota, anyone with an interest in real property is entitled to file a property tax appeal, often referred to as a petition, to contest the county’s tax assessed valuation for taxing purposes. If there is adequate support that the value of your property has been overstated, you may be able to reduce the resulting tax obligation. To appeal the property taxes you owe this year, an appeal must be filed on or before April 30th of the year in which the taxes are owed. For example, property taxes payable in 2025, which were set on January 2, 2024, must be appealed on or before April 30, 2025. If you believe that your property’s assessed value is higher than it should be, or is unequally valued in relation to nearby properties, please do not hesitate to contact Moss & Barnett, P.A. attorneys Mike Etmund or Madeleine Peake (Brase).

Moss & Barnett, P.A. is honored to be chosen as the Minnesota and North Dakota member firm of The Harmonie Group! The Harmonie Group is a by-invitation only network of law firms that are subjected to a rigorous review process to ensure they meet Harmonie's standards, ethics, and values before being invited to join. Through its network of independent defense law firms, The Harmonie Group is uniquely situated to provide International Excellence for the legal services necessary to respond to and manage the complex and difficult issues presented in high stakes litigation. "We look forward to the opportunity to continue Harmonie’s tradition of client-centered access to excellence in legal services and to collaborating with Harmonie members in the U.S., Canada, and throughout the world," said Moss & Barnett firm liaison Charles E. Jones.

Moss & Barnett, P.A. is pleased to announce that Aaron Minster has been elected a shareholder of the firm effective January 1, 2025. Aaron is a member of Moss & Barnett's litigation team assisting businesses and individuals with all of their litigation needs. His cases include business disputes, shareholder derivative actions, real estate litigation, malpractice defense, defamation, trusts and estates litigation, construction disputes, property tax litigation, cybersecurity litigation, domain name disputes, trade secrets, and copyright infringement claims. As a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, Aaron holds the organization’s ANSI/ISO accredited Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) designation. Being a former network systems engineer, software programmer, and data security consultant, he is uniquely positioned to assist clients in the area of information technology, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence litigation and related risk analysis. Aaron served as a law clerk to the Honorable Francis J. Magill prior to joining Moss & Barnett. He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School and his B.S., honors, from the University of Toronto. Please join us in congratulating Aaron. You can learn more about Aaron here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g2CXMXG5

To reduce high-risk behaviors escalating to homicides and suicides, Minnesota enacted a law, Extreme Risk Protective Orders (ERPO), on January 1, 2024, to allow family/household members, law enforcement, or city/county attorneys to intervene before tragedy strikes. On February 17, 2025, Moss & Barnett, P.A. family law attorney Debra Bulluck, Esq. will present a Zoom webinar, "ERPOs 101 and Family Law," for the Minnesota Paralegal Association Family Law Sectional from Noon-1:00 p.m. Debra's presentation will provide an overview of Extreme Risk Protection Orders and the intersection with family law. Register here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gQCV_g86 You can learn more about "Minnesota Extreme Risk Protection Orders and Family Law" in this article Debra recently wrote for the "Moss & Barnett Advocate" ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gGh6rUZu

I am excited to be participating in an upcoming AccountsRecovery.net webinar! The event will be held on Tuesday, February 11 @ 1 PM pm ET. The topic is "A Conversation about Letters (and Notices)" Click here to register: https://lnkd.in/gTrpjiiF

It is our great pleasure to have Aylix (Witz) Jensen back at Moss & Barnett, P.A. after her maternity leave. Welcome back!

Aaron Dean, co-chair of the Moss & Barnett, P.A. construction law team, will serve as the moderator of the Subcontractors' Perspective and Innovations Panel at the Minnesota Construction Summit (17th Annual) sponsored by the Minnesota Real Estate Journal on January 23, 2025. Learn more and register here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gb6xfpga

Moss & Barnett, P.A. is pleased to announce that, for the seventh consecutive year, Midwest Real Estate News named the firm among the top regional law firms for real estate in 2024. Each year, Midwest Real Estate News issues its “Best of the Best” edition, which ranks the industry’s top law firms from 14 Midwestern states. Selection is based on the number of real estate transactions that occurred in the previous year within those states. Moss & Barnett had an impressive ranking of 14 out of 27 this year. “We are honored to be recognized by Midwest Real Estate News as one of the leading real estate law firms in the Midwest. We are grateful for the many relationships that provide us with the opportunity to work on challenging and exciting transactions throughout the region,” said Tim Gustin, chair of Moss & Barnett's Real Estate team. Learn more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gG4MeH6N

As we begin a New Year, all of us at Moss & Barnett, P.A. gratefully pause and join together to say THANK YOU and to wish you a happy and healthy New Year. May 2025 be an extraordinary one. This past holiday season, our M&B team: *Purchased and gift wrapped 49 copies of The Chronicles of Narnia box set for the 7th grade students at Hope Academy (Minneapolis). Hope Academy is a private inner-city school serving over 700 K-12 students in the Minneapolis area. *Donated toys for the Toys for Tots Twin Cities 2024 campaign. For the last 77 years, the United States Marine Corps has distributed over 652 million toys to more than 290 million children. AND our women attorneys adopted four families at Breaking Free StP to provide gifts for their families for the holidays. This is the 13th year the women attorneys at M&B have adopted Breaking Free families for the holidays.