Introduction

Kim is a shareholder in Fredrikson & Byron’s Corporate, Securities, and Nonprofit Groups. She advises private and public companies and partnerships, nonprofit organizations and cooperatives on general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, SEC and IRS compliance, joint ventures, complex reorganizations, and corporate governance. Kim works with entrepreneurs, multi-generation families, executive management, shareholders, and investors on transactions involving all aspects of the business life cycle including formation, capital raising, joint ventures, reorganizations, and exits.  

Kim also works with charities, foundations, churches, educational organizations and trade associations in all aspects of the nonprofit business life cycle including entity selection, formation, obtaining and maintaining tax-exemption, bank and bond financing, joint ventures, reorganizations, mergers and dissolutions.

Education

• Boston College Law School, J.D., 1998
• University of Detroit, Honors B.A., English and Economics, 1993, summa cum laude

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1998

Practice Areas

• Corporate
• Securities
• Agribusiness & Cooperatives
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Non-Profit
• Bank & Finance
• Emerging Business
• Life Sciences
• Commercial Law

Selected Publications & Presentations

• LLC or Inc.? Entity Selection for a Small-to-Medium Sized Business: “S Corporations in Detail” outline and presentation, National Business Institute, May 17, 2012
• LLC or Inc.? Entity Selection for a Small-to-Medium Sized Business: “Taxation Considerations” outline and presentation, National Business Institute, May 17, 2012
• New Lawyer Experience: “Selecting and Forming Corporate Entities” outline and presentation, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, January 20, 2012
• The Small Business Conference: “So Your Client is a Small Business Owner: What You Need to Know” outline and presentation, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, November 29, 2011
• The Small Business Conference: “Capitalizing the Small Business” outline and presentation, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, November 29, 2011

• “Governance Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations: Creating a Structure that Allows for Responsible Leadership,” Bureau of National Affairs: Corporate Accountability Report, August 2011

• Tax Exempt Organizations from Start to Finish -- Incorporation Process and Unrelated Business Income Taxation; outlines and presentations, National Business Institute, May 2011

• New Lawyer Experience: “Selecting and Forming Corporate Entities” outline and presentation, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, January 27, 2011
• The Business Cradle to Grave: “The ABC’s of Limited Liability Company Organization” outline and presentation, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, November 2, 2010
• Minnesota Business Law Deskbook – Corporations and LLCs, 1st Edition, 2010 – Editor
• Minnesota Business Law Deskbook – Corporations and LLCs, 1st Edition, 2010 – Author “Chapter 3 Business Formation” outline and presentation, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, July 21, 2010
• Purchase and Sale of a Business – Asset Transactions “Structuring Ancillary Documents” outline and presentation, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, January 21, 2010
• New Lawyer Experience: “Selecting and Forming Corporate Entities” outline and presentation, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, January 15, 2010
• 2009 Family & Closely Held Business Conference: “How to Read a Financial Statement” outline and presentation, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, August 20, 2009
• Panelist, “Leveraging Pro Bono by Using Law Student Volunteers,” Minnesota State Bar Association Annual Convention, June 25, 2009
• New Lawyer Experience: “Selecting and Forming Corporate Entities” outline and presentation, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, January 9, 2009
• Panelist, “Tackling Racism With Sharp Wit – Illusion Theater’s Same Difference,” Twin Cities Diversity in Practice, November 17, 2008
• Presenter, “Capital Issues,” North Central Chapter NSAC, November 13, 2008
• Purchase & Sale of a Business - Stock Transactions, “Structuring Ancillary Documents,” outline and presentation, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, January 16, 2008
• Exposing the Underside of Choice of Entity: “Issues in Ongoing Operations,” outline and presentation, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, June 15, 2007
• Business Law 101: “Veterans and the New Kids-Corporations and Partnerships vs. LLCs and LLPs” outline and presentation, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, April 11, 2007
• Purchase & Sale of a Business: “Structuring Ancillary Documents,” outline and presentation, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, January 23, 2007
• Exempt Organizations: A Legal Guide – “Key Considerations for Tax Exempt Organizations” outline and presentation, National Business Institute, September 27, 2006
• Exempt Organizations: A Legal Guide – “Current Developments Affecting Exempt Organizations” outline and presentation, National Business Institute, September 27, 2006
• “Legal Nuts & Bolts of Nonprofit Law,” July 19, 2006
• Business Law 101: “Veterans and the New Kids-Corporations and Partnerships vs. LLCs and LLPs” outline and presentation, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, February 15, 2006
• The Basics of Organizing Minnesota Corporations: “Should Your Client Incorporate? - Choice of Entity Issues” outline and presentation, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, September 1, 2005

Professional Activities

• Hennepin County Bar Association
  - Secretary (2012)
  - Board of Directors (2011 to present)
  - Finance and Planning Committee Member (2009 to present)
  - Finance and Planning Committee Bylaws Subcommittee Chair (2011-2012)
• American Bar Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Secretary, Hennepin County Bar Association, 2012-2013
• Adjunct Professor – Hamline University School of Business – Master in Nonprofit Management Program Law of Nonprofit Organizations
• Adjunct Professor – Hamline University School of Law – Small Business and Non-Profit Clinic
• Adjunct Professor – College of St. Catherine – Business Law

Honors & Distinctions

• 2011 Attorney of the Year, Minnesota Lawyer
• Received the “Volunteer of the Year Award” from BestPrep, May 2006
• Received “Outstanding Service Award” from the Minnesota Justice Foundation, 2006

Community Involvement

• Board of Directors - BestPrep
• BestPrep’s Minnesota Business Venture Advisory Committee and Curriculum Development Board
• Board of Directors – YWCA of Minneapolis (2005-2010)
• Corporate Secretary – Twin Cities Diversity in Practice
• Board of Directors – Growth and Justice