Patrick M. Spott Partner

Contact Information Orman Nord Spott & Hurd Suite 400 1301 Miller Trunk Highway Duluth, MN 55811-5639 Phone: (218) 722-1000 E-mail: patspott@onslaw.com Fax: (218) 722-7408

Patrick Spott is actively engaged in the practice of law throughout northern Minnesota. He represents both employers and employees in workers’ compensation forums and advises on employment related legal issues, including questions regarding wage and hour laws, the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and contract and non- competition agreements. He is also frequently called upon to both prosecute and defend personal injury actions in both State and Federal Courts.

Additionally, Mr. Spott has a growing business and estate planning practice, advising individuals and small businesses on their day to day legal needs. His philosophy is to provide “big picture” strategic thinking beyond the technical legal answers.

Focusing on non-traditional forms of problem solving, Mr. Spott also works as a mediator and arbitrator, bringing parties to resolution outside of a courtroom.

In 2000, and many years following, Mr. Spott was selected by Minnesota Law and Politics as a “Super Lawyer”, recognizing him as one of the top 5% of all lawyers in the State of Minnesota. His high profile cases have been followed in both the local and national press. He has appeared on “Court TV” as well as local television. His cases have been profiled in Forbes Magazine, the Minnesota Lawyer and other papers and periodicals.

A speaker at Continuing Legal Education seminars, Mr. Spott has presented on employment, workers’ compensation, and collection law topics. He is also a Dale Carnegie Training trainer and instructs both lawyers and non-lawyers, applying time-tested principles to measurably improve confidence, communications, and interpersonal skills of individuals, teams, and organizations.

As a Dale Carnegie Training^© trainer, Mr. Spott has directed significant energies to teaching and coaching. He is a guest lecturer in various classes a the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and is an adjunct faculty member at the College of St. Scholastica and University of Wisconsin, Superior.

In addition to speaking engagements, radio, and television, Mr. Spott is a regular contributor of written articles on legal topics to a number of publications, including The Duluthian and Woman Today magazines.

Mr. Spott received his Bachelor of Arts Degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota in 1983, and his Juris Doctor Degree, cum laude, from Hamline University School of Law in 1986. He has served as a law clerk for the Minnesota Court of Appeals and the Sixth Judicial District in Duluth.

He is past president of the Duluth Trial Lawyers Association, and a member of the Eleventh District Bar Association. He has served as Chair and /or a member of numerous boards of directors, including the Girl Scouts of Northern Pine Council, Tweed Museum Advisory Board, Minnesota Arthritis Foundation, Operation Aware, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce, and Kiwanis Club of Friendly Duluth. He is also and active member to the Lake Superior Chapter of Business Network International.

Areas Of Practice:

• Personal Injury
• Workers Compensation
• Business Law
• Estate Planning
• Arbitration and Mediation

Education:

• Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, MN, 1986 J.D. cum laude
  Honors: Silver Gavel, Member
  Law Review: Notes and Comments Editor, Hamline Law Review, 1985 - 1986
  
  
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1983 B.A. cum laude

Bar Admissions:

• Minnesota, 1987

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• 11th District Bar Association
  Member
• Minnesota State Bar Association
  Member
• Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association
  Member
• Duluth Trial Lawyers Association
  Past President

Birth Information:
1961, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States of America