Linnan & Associates Law Firm, L.L.C.
No Retainer May Be Required, Payment Plans Available
Firm Overview
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A New Kind Of Law Firm In Minnesota- we offer BOTH limited and full-scope representation. You may way a lawyer to do everything and maybe you want a lawyer to just point you in the right direction from time to time.
We work closely with our potential clients and our ongoing clients to specially equip each engagement with its own customized pricing and agreed-upon scope of services. Our firm offers the option of structuring each of our attorney-client engagements on an individualized basis so as to maximize our clients' financial resources and to provide them with the level and scope of legal services that best match their needs.
Examples of various roles our office plays in cases for our clients:
On-call legal advice
Flat fee attorney drafting
Document review
Flat fee court appearance
Paralegal drafting services
Mediation
Emergency custody filings
Restraining order representation
Complex litigation
Start-to-finish divorce and custody representation
Bankruptcy
Orders for protection
Full representation
Call the office at (651) 312-1201 to set up a free consultation to discuss your legal needs. A competent and qualified staff member will answer your call and your questions. The initial consultation is free and there is no obligation.
Family Law Matters
We understand the need for competent legal assistance when a person faces family law matters such as divorce, a child custody dispute, setting a visitation schedule, spousal maintenance, adoption, and child-support matters.
Since I opened the doors of his firm, Linnan & Associates, the lawyers have been providing legal assistance to people with their legal matters related to their family,handling many different types of family law concerns such as prenuptial agreements, adoptions, the rights of minors, legal separation, dissolution of marriage (divorce), property disposition, spousal support, child custody, visitation, child support and change of name. Marriage and family matters are of special importance to a person for many reasons. If you are involved in a matter involving a marriage or family, let the experts at Linnan & Associates help you.
AS FOR FEES:
Don't wait to give attention to your case when you can afford to fight the case.
BANKRUPTCY
We offer very aggressive service and pride ourselves on being able to get nearly 100% of our bankruptcy cases approved by the Federal Bankruptcy court. We have not yet lost a case or failed to get our clients case through discharge. We offer payment arrangements that most firms don'Ât offer and we aim to be the lowest priced firm in the cities.
Because bankruptcy is a primary practice area for our firm, we are more knowledgeable about the bankruptcy laws than most lawyers who just started doing them when the area of law became in high demand as the economy fell apart.We are also more knowledgeable about how bankruptcy impacts your divorce case as well.
At Linnan & Associates Law Firm, L.L.C., we strive every day to be a new kind of law firm, offering services in family law, bankruptcy and criminal defense to regular people just like you. We want to surprise our clients and make them realize that, at our office, it is never just business as usual.
1051 Arkwright Street
St. Paul
MN
55130
- 651-312-1201
- 651-488-6553
We understand that family law is a uniquely personalized area of law. Asking a complete stranger for help with your family's most difficult problems is not easy.
To help make this transition easier, our firm philosophy emphasizes attorney-client relationships that last from the beginning of the case to the end. We want all of our clients to rely on us confidently, knowing that we structure all of our relationships in such a way as to make that beginning to end relationship a reality.
Linnan & Associates Law Firm, L.L.C.: St. Paul Attorneys Serving Minnesota
To maximize the likelihood of a beginning-to-end attorney-client relationship, we structure our family law client engagements to respond to our client's needs. We practice proactive pricing of our legal services, offering the option of strategically tailoring our scope of service agreements to meet our clients' changing needs and financial resources at any given point from phase to phase or engagement to engagement.
Let our attorneys put their more than a quarter of a century of combined legal experience to work for you. We can help you understand all of your legal options so you can make an informed choice confidently.
Our lawyers regularly advise clients with respect to a wide range of complicated family law matters. As a result, we understand how the law works, not just in the legal books, but in the real world as practiced by the attorneys and judges of our locality. We build that individualized legal knowledge into each client's matter accordingly.
On-call legal advice
Flat fee attorney drafting
Document review
Flat fee court appearance
Paralegal drafting services
Mediation
Emergency custody filings
Restraining order representation
Complex litigation
Start-to-finish divorce and custody representation
Bankruptcy
Orders for protection
Full representation
To help make this transition easier, our firm philosophy emphasizes attorney-client relationships that last from the beginning of the case to the end. We want all of our clients to rely on us confidently, knowing that we structure all of our relationships in such a way as to make that beginning to end relationship a reality.
Linnan & Associates Law Firm, L.L.C.: St. Paul Attorneys Serving Minnesota
To maximize the likelihood of a beginning-to-end attorney-client relationship, we structure our family law client engagements to respond to our client's needs. We practice proactive pricing of our legal services, offering the option of strategically tailoring our scope of service agreements to meet our clients' changing needs and financial resources at any given point from phase to phase or engagement to engagement.
Let our attorneys put their more than a quarter of a century of combined legal experience to work for you. We can help you understand all of your legal options so you can make an informed choice confidently.
Our lawyers regularly advise clients with respect to a wide range of complicated family law matters. As a result, we understand how the law works, not just in the legal books, but in the real world as practiced by the attorneys and judges of our locality. We build that individualized legal knowledge into each client's matter accordingly.
How did your firm decide on the primary area of practice(s)?
We understand that family law is a uniquely personalized area of law. Asking a complete stranger for help with your family's most difficult problems is not easy.
To help make this transition easier, our firm philosophy emphasizes attorney-client relationships that last from the beginning of the case to the end. We want all of our clients to rely on us confidently, knowing that we structure all of our relationships in such a way as to make that beginning to end relationship a reality.
Linnan & Associates Law Firm, L.L.C.: St. Paul Attorneys Serving Minnesota
To maximize the likelihood of a beginning-to-end attorney-client relationship, we structure our family law client engagements to respond to our client's needs. We practice proactive pricing of our legal services, offering the option of strategically tailoring our scope of service agreements to meet our clients' changing needs and financial resources at any given point from phase to phase or engagement to engagement.
Let our attorneys put their more than a quarter of a century of combined legal experience to work for you. We can help you understand all of your legal options so you can make an informed choice confidently.
Our lawyers regularly advise clients with respect to a wide range of complicated family law matters. As a result, we understand how the law works, not just in the legal books, but in the real world as practiced by the attorneys and judges of our locality. We build that individualized legal knowledge into each client's matter accordingly.
Services we presently offer to our clients (depending on the needs that they request and require):
On-call legal advice
Flat fee attorney drafting
Document review
Flat fee court appearance
Paralegal drafting services
Mediation
Emergency custody filings
Restraining order representation
Complex litigation
Start-to-finish divorce and custody representation
Bankruptcy
Orders for protection
Full representation
Sean Linnan
Managing attorney of Linnan & Associates Law Firm, LLC.
ATTORNEY ROLE: My role is to make sure that every clients case is kept on a very quick and precise schedule and that the clients goals are met on the clients budget. I am available to answer ANY clients questions regardless of what professional they may be working with within our office.
When you come to Linnan & Associates Law Firm, LLC you will immediately meet with an actual attorney to discuss your legal issues. These meetings are, of course, complimentary. My role will be to create a plan of attack as to how best handle your legal issue and then meet with members of our team to assign portions (or all) of your case to the professional who can best assist you with various parts of your case. I work closely with the other professionals to track your case progress, develop an on-going plan to address the changing needs of your situation, and ultimately make sure that you are COMPLETELY SATISFIED with your representation and your results.
Our firm is very successful because we do the following things very well:
1) Identify the clients needs
2) Develop a strategy that will ensure the client achieves success
3) Stay within the CLIENTS budgetary needs without compromising the outcome of the clients case.
4) Stay in quick contact with the client, court, and opposing party-return phone calls as soon as is practicable and provide substantive answers.
5) Guide client to reasonable goals and identify areas where the client may choose to spend more time and resources. Be honest with the client about what is realistic and what is important and then allow the client to choose.
FAMILY STATUS: I am married with 3 children: Ezra, my son, is 6. Ophelia, my daughter, is 4 and my youngest son, Paxton, is 1. I also spend lots of time with my two brothers and a sister.
- Bar Number: 0312654
Minnesota
- University of Wisconsin Green Bay
Bachelor of Arts , 1998
Green Bay, WI
2 term Student Body President
Recipient of Chancellors Medallion
4 time recipient of the University Leadership Award
- Drake University Law School
Doctor of Jurisprudence , 2001
DesMoines, IA
Victoria Elsmore
Mrs. Elsmore is highly competent in both Mediation Services as well as Family Law. She is a rule 114 qualified neutral through the Minnesota Supreme Court and makes mediation a very pleasant, yet efficient process. She also handles a wide range of Family Law topics such as Divorce, Paternity, Custody, Child Protection (CHIPS), Child Support Modification, and any other relevant family law issue. She is easy to reach by phone or email and has a very aggressive posture in the courtroom setting.
Eric Parker
Mr. Parker is licensed in both Minnesota as well as Iowa. He is highly competent in civil litigation, family law, harassment restraining orders, as well as defense of administrative sanctions such as licensure issues resulting from allegations of misconduct or child neglect. Mr. Parker has successfully appeared before the Minnesota Court of Appeals on a number of cases and been highly effective in fighting for custody and spousal maintenance issues.Â
Mr. Parker is routinely cited in case law as a leader in the Minnesota Family Law community and takes a personal interest in his client's cases.
Areas of Practice
90% Family Law
10% Estate Planning & Probate
Litigation Percentage
90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- University Of Iowa
Doctor of Jurisprudence
Education
University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IowaJ.D. - 2007
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaB.B.A. - 2003
Honors: With Honors
Major: Finance
Professional Associations and Memberships
Minnesota State Bar Association
Iowa State Bar Association
Ramsey County Bar Association
Hennepin County Bar Association
- University Of Iowa
Doctor of Jurisprudence
Education
University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IowaJ.D. - 2007
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaB.B.A. - 2003
Honors: With Honors
Major: Finance
Professional Associations and Memberships
Minnesota State Bar Association
Iowa State Bar Association
Ramsey County Bar Association
Hennepin County Bar Association
Katie Jarvi
Areas of Practice
60% Bankruptcy
30% Family Law
10% General Civil Litigation
Litigation Percentage
10% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
U.S. District Court District of Minnesota
Education
Hamline University School of Law
Juris Doctorate
University of Minnesota
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Political Science
Honors and Awards
Justice Thurgood Marshall Scholarship
Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association, Member
Minnesota State Bar Association, Member
Ramsey County Bar Association, Member
Hennepin County Bar Association, Member
Minnesota Women Lawyers, Member