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612.799.7126
hall@gcl.com
PRACTICE AREAS
- General corporate law
- Domestic and international commercial transactions
- Real estate leasing
- Purchase and sale of businesses
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Ms. Hall has practiced law with The General Counsel, Ltd. since 1991. She began her legal career in the business department of Robins, Davis & Lyons (now Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi). In 1981, she was part of a group of attorneys from the Robins business department who joined with a number of other attorneys from major law firms and formed Halpern & Druck. This new firm specialized in the areas of securities, finance, commercial real estate development, and business. Halpern & Druck subsequently merged with the law firm of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman.
While in partnership at Halpern and Druck, Ms. Hall concentrated on business and commercial matters. As legal counsel and business advisor to various local and national companies, she handled mergers and acquisitions of privately-held companies (including attendant real estate transfers), financial workouts, negotiation of debt reduction and payment plans with major lenders and creditors, leasing of equipment and real estate, licensing and distribution arrangements, agreements among equity participants as well as the negotiation and drafting of virtually every other type of agreement to which a privately-held company is customarily a party.
In 1989, Ms. Hall became corporate counsel to the University of Minnesota. At the University, she aggressively practiced "preventive law" through the training and education of administration personnel and the revision and creation of new form agreements for the protection of the University's interests. The area of Ms. Hall's practice remained consistent with her previous experience, with the addition of a new emphasis on intellectual property licensing, purchasing, and government work. She also represented the Athletic Department on a broad range of matters, including the negotiation and drafting of radio and television broadcasting agreements, executive employment agreements with coaches and administrators, and sponsorship agreements with supporting corporations. At the University she balanced a decision-making process, which must weigh the bottom line against sometimes competing public policy, all while under public scrutiny.
Since joining The General Counsel, Ltd. Ms. Hall has worked with a number of different clients on long-term assignments. In the real estate area, she handled all of the leasing for a major developer and landlord that holds retail, office and office/warehouse properties throughout the country. For another client she managed the integration of hundreds of owned and leased properties that had been acquired in a series of acquisitions and mergers.
Similarly, she was responsible for the time sensitive transfer of thousands of contracts when one of her clients spun off a portion of its business. Ms. Hall has also negotiated and documented technology acquisitions and joint ventures for several large Twin Cities companies. Most recently she handled the negotiation and implementation of strategic alliances and agency relationships for an international financial services company.
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin Law School
Editorial Board, Wisconsin Law Review
Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, University of Wisconsin
BAR ADMISSIONS
Minnesota
Wisconsin
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL EXPERIENCE
Assistant General Counsel, Apache Corporation
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc.