In January 2009, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota appointed a 15-member standing Bankruptcy Practice Committee, a successor to the Local Rules Committee, but with an expanded portfolio. The Committee's main functions will be to recommend needed changes to the Local Rules and to serve as a liaison between the Bankruptcy Court and the bankruptcy community, providing input and suggestions from the bar and the community at large for improving the administration of bankruptcy cases and proceedings in the District of Minnesota.
Members of the committee represent the full spectrum of bankruptcy and debtor-creditor practices, and serve for two- or three year or permanent terms. Committee members and their contact information are listed below. Members of the bar and the public are encouraged to contact Committee members concerning Local Rule changes and other matters related to improving the operations of the Bankruptcy Court and Clerk's Office.
PLEASE NOTE that Bankruptcy Practice Committee members are not able to provide legal advice in their capacity as Committee members.
(Rev. December, 2015)
Member | Address | Term* | Phone | ||
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Chair | Mary F. Sieling | Manty & Associates 150 South Fifth Street, Suite 3125 Minneapolis, MN 55402 |
indefinite | 612-465-0901 | mary@mantylaw.com |
1 | Chief Judge Michael E. Ridgway |
7W Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse 300 South Fourth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415 |
permanent | 612-664-5260 | |
2 | Lori A. Vosejpka | Clerk of Bankruptcy Court 301 Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse 300 South Fourth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415 |
permanent | 612-664-5247 |
lori_vosejpka@mnb.uscourts.gov |
3 | Robert B. Raschke | Assistant U.S. Trustee 1015 Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse 300 South Fourth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415 |
permanent | 612-334-1350 | robert.raschke@usdoj.gov |
4 | Gregory A. Burrell | Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee 100 South Fifth Street, Suite 480 Minneapolis, MN 55402 |
permanent | 612-277-1220 | gab@ch13mn.com |
5 | Nicole Anderson |
Anderson & Associates, LLC
1650 11th Avenue SW, Suite 203
Forest Lake, MN 55025
|
12/21 | 651-464-8510 | nicole@ATLawHelp.com |
6 | Orin J. Kipp |
Wilford, Geske & Cook, PA
7616 Currell Blvd., Suite 200
Woodbury, MN 55125
|
12/21 | 651-209-3338 | okipp@wgcmn.com |
7 | Kenneth Edstrom | Sapientia Law Group 120 South 6th Street, Suite 100 Minneapolis, MN 55402 |
12/21 | 612-756-7108 | |
8 | Stephen M. Mertz | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 2200 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901 |
12/21 | 612-766-7223 | |
9 | Ben Gurstelle | US Bank US Bancorp Center 800 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55402-7020 |
12/21 | 612-303-7822 | |
10 | Michael J. Gieseke | Office of Chapter 12 and 13 Trustee Kyle Carlson 55 2nd Avenue SW Barnesville, MN 56514 |
12/21 | 218-354-7356 | mgieseke@carlsonch13mn.com |
11 | Terri A. Running | Messserli Kramer 1400 Fifth Street Towers 100 S. Fifth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 |
12/21 | 612-672-3681 | trunning@messerlikramer.com |
12 | Lauri Ann Schmid | Dougherty, Molenda, Solfest, Hills & Bauer PA 14985 Glazier Avenue, Suite 525 Apple Valley, MN 55124 |
12/21 | 952-953-8843 | lschmid@dmshb.com |
13 | Ryan T. Murphy | Fredrikson & Byron, PA 200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000 Minneapolis, MN 55402-1425 |
12/21 | 612-492-7310 | rmurphy@fredlaw.com |
14 | Melitta Drechsler | Assistant County Attorney, Civil Division Office of the Ramsey County Attorney Metro Square 121 Seventh Place East, Suite 4500 St. Paul, MN 55101-5001 |
12/21 | 651-266-3222 | melitta.drechsler@co.ramsey.mn.us |
15 | Kesha Tanabe | Law Office of Kesha Tanabe 120 South 6th Street, Suite 1515 Minneapolis, MN 55402 |
12/22 | 612-735-0188 | kesha@tanabelaw.com |
16 | Sam Calvert | 1011 2nd Street North, Suite 107 St. Cloud, MN 56303 |
12/22 | 320-252-4473 | calcloud@gmail.com |