BGS Adds Experienced New Attorney to Real Estate/Banking Department

February 20, 2019  |  Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd.

Barna, Guzy & Steffen LTD. is pleased to announce the addition of a new attorney to our firm.

Joseph J. Deuhs, Jr. brings to BGS extensive expertise in representing financial institutions and commercial real estate owners. He will work closely with attorneys practicing in the firm’s Real Estate/Banking Department as he works with existing and new clients.

Deuhs joins BGS after practicing for more than 25 years at the law firm of Leonard, O’Brien Spencer Gale & Sayre, LTD in Minneapolis where he began as an Associate in 1990. His extensive legal expertise in providing representation to financial institutions includes decades of counsel in matters of commercial lending transactions, workouts, restructures, enforcement of creditors’ remedies and other banking matters. Deuhs also has experience in commercial real estate matters in areas including acquisitions, financing, development and leasing.

His addition to the firm solidifies Barna, Guzy and Steffen’s commitment to providing its clients the assistance of qualified and experienced attorneys working within the highly regulated banking community.

During his career, Deuhs has been recognized as a Super Lawyer and Martindale-Hubbel AV rated lawyer. He is a 1986 graduate of Hamline University School of Law and was admitted to the Minnesota State Bar Association the same year. He is also a member of the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
He is excited about this new chapter in his legal career. “I’m excited to join the firm and I look forward to providing exceptional legal counsel to our clients, continuing the tradition of excellence for which Barna, Guzy and Steffen is well known.”