B. Steven Messick

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 14 years of experience

Trusts, Civil Litigation, Family Law, Mediation, Real Estate

1800 Wooddale Drive, Suite 205, Woodbury, MN 55125

About B. Steven Messick

Practice Areas

Education

Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Law Journal: Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, Associate, 2007 - 2008
Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
Certificate in Dispute Resolution
Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2003
B.A.
- Major: Political Science

Languages

Representative Cases

Highly contested family trust involving farm land and equipment. Significant pre-trial litigation and motion hearings, which were resolved in client’s favor.
Post Decree motion for modification of custody and parenting time resulting in full reversal of prior custody order.
Proceeding to protect emotionally and financially exploited person. Contested trial involving expert and lay witnesses leading to appointment of Guardian and Conservator. Multiple post trial hearings resolved in Petitioner’s favor.
Defended client against opposing parties’ motion to reduce child support. Court ultimately increased moving parties’ monthly support obligation to client.
Initiated Order for Protection on behalf of client’s child. Court granted the protective Order after hearing and modified temporary custody and parenting time to protect the child.
Successfully defended a request for an Order for Protection against client.
Collected from judgment debtor who covertly transferred real property to avoid collection by fraudulent transfer.
Reopened four decade old Court Order in Estate to correct legal description of real property, which allowed current beneficiaries to sell property and to collect proceeds.

Classes and Seminars

The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, 2017 - 2018
Presenter: Minnesota CLE Litigating Probate and Trust Disputes in 2022
Guest Lecturer: Access to Justice Coalition, St. Thomas School of Law, 2017 and 2018
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Family Law Webcast, Presenter – Minneapolis, MN - August 20, 2015
Minnesota State Bar Association – Greater Minnesota Practice Section – The Greatest Practice, Presenter – Webcast, April 15, 2021

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), Governing Council, 2017 - Present (Member)
American Bar Association (ABA), 2015 - 2017 (House of Delegates, Member)
Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), 2017 - Present (Judiciary Committee Member)
Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), Fifth District Ethics Committee, 2017 - Present (Investigator)
Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), Greater Minnesota Section, 2016 - Present (Council Member)
Minnesota State Bar Association, 2015 - 2017 (Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates)
Fifth District Bar Association, 2013 - 2016 (President, Vice President, Treasurer)
Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) - Fifth District, 2013 - 2016 (President, Vice President, Treasurer)
City of Cottage Grove, MN, 2007 - 2012 (Planning Commissioner)
City of Cottage Grove, MN, 2009 - 2011 (Chairman)
City of Cottage Grove, MN, 2011 - 2012 (Vice-Chairman)
The Supreme Court of Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education, 2021 - Present (Member)

Past Positions

Published Works

One Size Does Not Fit All – Blended and nontraditional families raise the stakes for creating and managing estate plans
AIA 2007 Standard Contract Documents: A Positive Step Towards Fair, Transparent, and Collaborative Resolution of Disputes on Construction Projects, Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, Spring, 2008

B. Steven Messick

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