From the Courtroom to the Capitol

I’ve worked in several industries throughout my life—including farming, construction, hospitality, advertising, and even teaching as a college professor—but I’ve spent most of my career in the legal profession. For more than 36 years, I’ve worked as an investigator and attorney, helping people and businesses navigate many complex challenges by investigating facts, advocating on their behalf, and negotiating solutions. Sometimes negotiating doesn’t work, so I have to be ready to go to battle to win–convincing judges, juries, arbitrators and even opposing counsel that my clients’ rights and interests should prevail.

While constantly reassessing strategic considerations and solution options, I always keep the big picture in mind: resolving the problem in my client’s best interests. Importantly, I do that by listening to my clients’ needs, their goals and empathetically helping them reach those goals, many times through difficult processes and through long, complex proceedings, but always as a team. I take on my clients’ cases and problems as though they were my own.  I will do that as a senator, for the benefit of many Minnesotans!