Mankato, MN (November 1, 2017) – Gislason & Hunter is pleased to welcome Attorney Christopher J. Kamath, to the Mankato and New Ulm offices. Kamath focuses his practice in the areas of Estate Planning, Agriculture Law and Financial Law. “We are pleased to have Chris join the firm in the Mankato and New Ulm offices,” said...

MN Valley Business Magazine (October 1, 2017) – Many businesses, including many farm businesses, organize and operate their businesses through separate business entities (e.g., corporations or limited liability companies).  When properly structured, these entities can provide numerous management, succession, and liability protection benefits for farmers and other business owners. But merely creating a generic corporation...

“I’m being sued by a former employee. He came back drunk from lunch, crashed his forklift, and destroyed $1,000.00 of product. Our security cameras caught it all and it was clearly his gross negligence that caused the accident. I fired him on the spot and took the $1,000.00 out of his final pay. I’m in...

MN Valley Business Magazine (August 1, 2017) – We have all heard the saying “The Devil is in the Detail,” but few of us realize how true it is. A proper system of record keeping and documentation can benefit your personal finances and career. At tax time many of us partake in a frenzied search...

Soybean Business Magazine, Minnesota Soybean (July 2017)—News reports of the 2017 Legislative Session may lead you to believe Minnesota’s Buffer Law gives you an automatic extension of the deadline to establish a buffer. Don’t be lulled into doing nothing. Let’s recap some requirements and deadlines under the law so you are not surprised later. Read...

Soybean Business Magazine, Minnesota Soybean (May 2017)—In June, 2015, the Minnesota legislature enacted the Riparian Protection and Water Quality Practice law, the so-called buffer law. The first-of-its-kind law affects an estimated 110,000 acres of land, much of it farmland, and represents one of the most sweeping environmental regulations directly affecting Minnesota’s farmers. In general, the...

New Ulm, MN (January 26, 2017) – Gislason & Hunter is pleased to name Partner, David Kim, to the Executive Committee. This committee is the leadership team for the firm which has 46 attorneys in 2 offices including New Ulm and Mankato. “We are pleased to name David to the Executive Committee,” said Gislason &...