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Grant M. Borgen

Managing Partner

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Bar Admissions

  • Minnesota
  • Wisconsin
  • U.S. District Court District of Minnesota
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

Practice Areas

Professional Associations

  • Olmsted County Bar Association, Past President
  • Minnesota State Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section Committee
  • Minnesota Association for Justice
  • Olmsted County Justice Council
  • Dodge County Bar Association
  • Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society

Honors

  • North Star Lawyer by the Minnesota State Bar Association
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star

Representative Cases

 

  • Benga v. Allina Health System, 2026 WL 861344 (Minn. App. 2026) (as amicus)
  • Reichel v. Wendland Utz, LTD, 11 N.W.3d 602 (Minn. 2024)
  • Berrier v. Minnesota State Patrol, 9 N.W.3d 368 (Minn. 2024)
  • Sterry v. Minnesota Department of Corrections, 8 N.W.3d 224 (Minn. 2024) (as amicus)
  • Stoltenberg v. Am. Nat. Prop. and Cas. Co., 2021 WL 562354 (Minn. 2021)(as amicus)
  • Montemayor v. Sebright Products, Inc., 898 N.W.2d 623 (Minn. 2017)(as amicus)
  • Kruckow v. Merchants Bank, 2017 WL 3084391 (D. Minn. 2017)
  • Norman v. Crow Wing Co-Op Power & Light Co., 2016 WL 68772 (Minn. App. 2016)
  • United Islamic Society v. Masjed Abubakr Al-Seddiq, Inc., 2016 WL 4497431 (Minn. App. 2013)
  • Wiley v. Robert Half Int’l, Inc., 834 N.W.2d 567, (Minn. App. 2013)
  • Acquittal in case charging First and Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct and Burglary
  • Acquittal in case charging assault with a dangerous weapon, stalking, and terroristic threats
  • Acquittal in case charging Third and Fifth Degree Controlled Substance Sale
  • Successfully defended sexual assault allegations in civil proceedings
  • Dismissal of felony drug and DWI charges prior to trial due to prosecutor’s unlawful activity
  • Dismissal of three counts of possession of child pornography prior to trial
  • Dismissal of felony assault charge prior to trial
  • Dismissal of felony terroristic threats charge prior to trial
  • Dismissal of theft charges prior to trial
  • Dismissal of DWI charges based on unlawful police conduct
  • Overturned orders revoking driving privileges
  • Assisted out-of-state residents with Minnesota DWI charges, including working with multiple states regarding license revocation issues
  • Downward sentencing departures in felony DWI cases
  • Expungements of criminal convictions
  • Dismissal of controlled substance charges prior to trial

Education

  • William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
    • J.D. – 2013
    • Honors: magna cum laude
    • Honors: Dean’s List
    • Law Review, William Mitchell Law Review, Staff, 2012, 2013
    • Law Journal, William Mitchell Journal of Law & Practice, Editor-in-Chief, 2011, 2013
  • Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
    • Major: Political Science
    • Minor: Business Administration

Classes/Seminars

  • Premises Liability Seminar, Chair, Minnesota Association for Justice, 2022
  • Holding Those Who Fail to Protect Others Accountable, Minnesota Association for Justice, 2022
  • Working in the Judicial System with Witnesses and Parties with Limited English Proficiency and Working with Interpreters, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2019
  • Personal Injury Law for the Non-PI Lawyer, Olmsted County Law Library, 2018
  • Foreseeability Before and After Montemayor, Minnesota Association for Justice, 2018
  • A Crash Course on Conciliation Court , Olmsted County Law Library, 2017

Past Employment

  • Honorable Debra A. Jacobson, Judicial Law Clerk, 2013 to 2014

Current Employment

  • Managing Partner

Published Works

  • The Civil Right to a Jury Trial and What It Means for Minnesota Creditors in Light of United Prairie Bank-Mountain Lake v. Haugen Nutrition & Equip., LLC, 39 WM. Mitchell L. Rev. 245 (2013)
  • Grant Borgen, Premises Liability (8th edition)

Pro Bono Work

  • Minnesota Justice Foundation
  • Legal Assistance of Olmsted County
  • Olmsted County Expungement Clinic
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