Employee Benefits Law Attorney joins Barna, Guzy and Steffen “of counsel”
April 13, 2011 | Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd.Attorney W. James Vogl, Jr. will join the law firm of BGS and practice “of counsel” in the specialty area of Employee Benefits Law with an emphasis on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). Jim has worked with medium sized closely-held companies in designing, implementing and maintaining ESOPs for its employee/owners. Jim also provides additional legal services related to retirement plans and general corporate legal work. Mr. Vogl has practiced in the area of employee benefits since 1993 and has worked on hundreds of ESOP transactions for clients in all manner of business. “Adding Mr. Vogl “of counsel” to our firm allows us to expand into an area of law previously not offered by our existing attorney base,” said Jeffrey Johnson, President of Barna, Guzy and Steffen, Ltd. To contact Mr. Vogl, interested parties may reach him at BGS at 763-783-5163 or jvogl@bgs.com. More information about Jim and his law practice can be found at www.bgs.com. Established in 1938, Barna, Guzy & Steffen provides a variety of legal services for individuals, companies and governmental agencies and has worked with thousands of clients in the metro area. For more information about the firm, visit www.bgs.com. A Tradition of Service since 1938 ####
Read MoreDriving Safely
April 12, 2011 | Jon P. EricksonI was driving to work the other morning, and almost collided with a car which apparently was in a “blind spot” for me as I was about to change lanes. I even have those add on blind spot review mirrors attached to my regular review mirrors, but apparently missed seeing the car. It made me once again consider the importance of safe driving. I recall an incident when I was learning how to drive back home. My Dad was with, and I sped up to go through a yield sign out in rural Roseau County. There was a grain truck approaching from my right. My Dad asked, “Why did you do that? Didn’t you see the truck coming?” I said I had gone ahead because I had the right away. He said, “Having a right of way doesn’t help much if you’re dead.” Just after my daughter got her license I told her she had to learn to slow down because she tended to drive too fast especially on corners and etc. About a week later she called to say she had gone in a ditch with the car as she went around a corner near her home. I simply said, “You need to slow down.” We here at BGS see injuries from…
Read MoreMinnesota Mock Trial & BGS
April 5, 2011 | Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd.This past year Attorney Joan M. Quade, division leader for the commercial litigation practice group at BGS, volunteered as a coach to the Spring Lake Park High School’s Mock Trial Team. Mock Trial is a competition where participating schools are given a real legal case which was developed by the Minnesota State Bar Association. Each school’s students then discuss the case and are subsequently assigned to either attorney or witness roles. In some cases, team members may play more than one part. The students prepare the case like an actual trial. They must be able to compete on either the defense or plaintiff/state’s side doing both direct and cross examination and objections just as in a real trial. They practice extensively and compete in simulated trials against other schools. The team consisting of mostly sophomore students did extremely well and one member was awarded a perfect score in one of the competitions. Even though they did not make the State competition this year, members of the Spring Lake Park High School’s Mock Trial team had the opportunity to attend and observe the State Mock Trial Competition in Duluth on March 8, 2011. The legal case used by the Minnesota Mock Trial teams this year was based upon the criminal trial in the Condon…
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