Attorney Profiles


Matthew S. Frantzen 
150 South Fifth St.
Suite 1700
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
 

Communication Center 
Phone: 612-333-3637
E-mail: Email Me
Fax: 612-333-1030
Web site: http://www.lindjensen.com


PositionAreas of PracticeEducation
HonorsPublished WorksAffiliations


Matt Frantzen, an associate attorney with Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A., focuses his practice on litigation, including commercial litigation, medical malpractice, product liability, construction and personal injury.

Matt has broad experience in all phases of litigation, including discovery, depositions, and motion practice before Minnesota's state and federal courts. Matt's experience includes a defense verdict as first chair in a medical malpractice jury trial, second chair in a successful bench trial involving a law firm dissolution and shareholder dispute, and a successful defense in a wrongful death arbitration.

Before law school, Matt worked for Archer Daniels Midland Company merchandising and selling agricultural commodities to industrial bakers in the United States and to end users in Russia, South Africa, and Venezuela.

When not practicing law, Matt enjoys spending time with his wife and son, hiking, backpacking, and running marathons. Matt also volunteers at the International Education Center as a tutor helping recent immigrants study for their citizenship test.

Current Employment Position(s):
Associate
Areas of Practice:
General Litigation
Medical Malpractice
Commercial Litigation
Products Liability
Construction
Personal Injury
Bar Admissions:
Minnesota, 2003
U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2006
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2006
Education:
William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota
J.D., Cum Laude (2003)


University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
B.B.A. Marketing, Magna Cum Laude (1996)


Published Works:
Barbarians at the Gate: Is Public Entity Lead-Based Paint Litigation Coming to Minnesota?, Minnesota Defense (Summer 2006)


Recent Employment Law Developments in the Eighth Circuit, The Hennepin Lawyer, March, 2006


New to the Bench: Judge Tamara G. Garcia, The Hennepin Lawyer, October, 2008


Rule 68: The Prejudgment Interest Wrinkle , Minnesota Defense, Fall, 2010


Rule 11 of the General Rules of Practice and Confidential Information, Bench & Bar of Minnesota, June 2011


Honors and Awards:
"Rising Star" - Minnesota Law & Politics, 2010


Minnesota Rising Star, 2011


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Minnesota Bar Association


Hennepin County Bar Association


Ramsey County Bar Association


Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association


Past Employment Positions:
Judge Mary Steenson DuFresne, Minnesota District Court, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Judicial Law Clerk (2004-2005)


Archer Daniels Midland Company, Salesperson (1996-2000)