Jeffrey O'Brien

I am a partner with the Minneapolis, Minnesota law firm of Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A. practicing in the areas of business and corporate law, real estate law, estate and business succession planning and probate law.  I also currently serve as the Firm’s Marketing Partner and Editor of the Firm’s monthly e-newsletter, E-Watch.

 

I have dealt with a diverse array of businesses and business owners in my practice including real estate agents, developers and investors, community banks, restaurant operators, manufacturing companies, franchised businesses, financial advisors and insurance agents and members of the entertainment industry.  I have significant experience with the formation of new businesses and I oversee the Mansfield Tanick & Cohen Business INCubation Center®, a unique program designed to assist new and developing businesses in their formative years.  I also serve on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Microbusinesses (AAM). 

 

I am a Minnesota State Bar Association Board Certified Real Property Specialist and have appeared as a featured guest on the WCCO Real Estate Radio Hour, a program hosted by my client, the Walgrave & Yardley Real Estate Group.

 

I attended the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and graduated with honors in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering as a member of the first class of students to graduate with such a degree.  I then received my juris doctor with honors from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2000 and I am admitted to practice in the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin as well as the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

 

 A frequent lecturer and writer, I have presented and written articles on a variety of topics such as asset protection planning, entity conversions, real estate lending and loan documentation and other general business matters.

I have been named a Minnesota Super Lawyer “Rising Star” for 2008 and 2009 by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine, a designation reserved for only 2.5 percent of all attorneys in Minnesota.  He was also selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in American Executives and Professionals for 2008.