Meir, Kennedy & Quinn

Leo H. Dehler
Meier, Kennedy & Quinn
Suite 2200
Bremer Tower
445 Minnesota Street
St Paul, MN 55101-2100

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(651) 228-1911

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(651) 223-5483

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Having been engaged in private legal practice with a small law firm for over twenty-two years, primarily as a transactional attorney, Leo Dehler has developed experience and expertise in a wide range of estate, business and tax planning areas. Since 1980 his law practice has been primarily in the areas of:

tax, trust, estate and financial planning including planning, drafting and implementing complex wills and trusts, charitable giving instruments, and retirement plans; and
closely held business organization (including Corporations, Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships, and Limited and General Partnerships), development, financing, mergers, sale and acquisitions; and
commercial real estate purchase, sale and leasing.

As General Counsel for the Catholic Community Foundation in The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (CCF) Leo Dehler played a key role in the planning, implementation, and development of CCF. He prepared the organizational documents and sample planned giving documents, obtained public charity and community foundation qualification with the Internal Revenue Service, participated in the development of planned giving, endowment and related policies, prepared necessary donor disclosure documents, and met with major donors.

Leo Dehler has excellent negotiation and drafting skills including negotiation and drafting commercial lease agreements, option agreements, real estate purchase and sale agreements, business sale and acquisition agreements, OEM agreements, patent license agreements, marketing agreements, and other commercial contracts.

Leo Dehler has lectured extensively to professional and community groups on estate and tax planning and non-profit organization.

Areas Of Practice:: Tax, Trust, Estate and Financial Planning; Planning, Drafting and Implementing Complex Wills and Trusts; Charitable Giving Instruments; Retirement Plans; Closely Held Business Organization; Corporations; Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships; Limited and General Partnerships; Development, Financing, Mergers, Sales and Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Purchase, Sale and Leasing

Education:: William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota, 1979; Juris Doctor; American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1980; C.L.U., CHFC; St John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1970; Bachelor of Arts; Major: Math and Physics

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Member; Minnesota State Bar Association; Member; Ramsey County Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association, Tax, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section; Member; Minnesota State Bar Association, Tax, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section; Member; St. Paul Estate and Financial Planning Council; Member; Ramsey County Bar Association Tax Section; Cofounder and Past Chair; Minnesota State Bar Elder Law Legislative Committee; Member; National Diocesan Attorneys Association; Member; Governing Council of the Minnesota State Elder Law Section; Former Secretary; Minnesota Planned Giving Council; Member; National Committee on Planned Giving; Member; Crosier Father Investment Advisory Committee; Member; Development Committee of the St. Paul Chapter of the Red Cross; Member; Wild River Audubon Society; Member of the Board of Directors; Isanti County Environmental Coalition; Member; Mother Cabrini Haus; Cofounder and Past President; Church of St. Frances Cabrini; Past Chair of the Parish Council; Portage for Youth; Cofounder and Past President; Downtown St. Paul Serra Club; Past President

Past Employment Positions:: United States Marine Corps, Captain, 1970 - 1975; Pilot, U.S. Marine Corps

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