kathleen m. brennan
Shareholder
 

Contact information:
Telephone #: 612-338-2525
Fax #: 612-339-2386
Email: kmb@mcgrannshea.com

Year of Bar Admission: 1995—Minnesota                                                                  

Practice Areas: Utilities Litigation, General Litigation, Liquor Licensing.              

Representative Clients: Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, many Minnesota municipal utilities, Washington County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, nation-wide and local restaurants.                                                                             

Education:
• College: University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota                                      
• Degree: B.A. summa cum laude Triple Major: English, Political Science, and French
• Law School: University of Minnesota, J.D.
• Scholastic Achievements: 1994 Charles E. Nadler Award (best overall Law Review
  staff performance); Minnesota Law Review article editor, 1994-1995; Minnesota Law
  Review staff member, 1993-1994; Legal Writing Instructor, 1994-1995; Published:
  Must the Show Go On? Defining When One Party May Call or Compel an Opposing
  Party's Consultative Expert to Testify, 78 Minn. L. Rev. 1191 (1994); l'Institut d'Etudes
  Européennes; La Sorbonne; l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Study Abroad in Paris,
  France, 1990-1991)

Professional Memberships/Affiliations: Hennepin County Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, American Bar Association        

Professional Awards: 2001 and 2002 Rising Star, Minnesota Law and Politics; Chainlinks Preferred Vendor for liquor licensing work.                                              

Personal: Husband, Jack Lemmon, Jr.; community theater; kickboxing; parish lector coordinator; Minnesotans for Nebraska member

Ms. Brennan has worked with the Firm for over eleven years in its litigation department, starting as an associate and currently as a shareholder. Her litigation practice spans a broad range of subjects, including condemnation, a specialty in Minnesota utilities law, contracts, ERISA, business law, administrative law, criminal defense, municipal prosecution, insurance, employment law, unlawful detainer, and other regulatory areas. She has had experience with both civil and criminal jury trials. She has conducted administrative trials. She has worked on appeals to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Some notable cases include representing municipal utilities in service territory issues, contract, and appellate litigation work, as well as the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission to stop the “contraction” of the Minnesota Twins team. Within the past few years, Ms. Brennan has conducted multiple condemnation trials with the amount in controversy exceeding one million dollars. She has participated in multiple administrative trials and appeals involving determining compensation for electric service territory acquisitions by municipal utilities. And she has multiple other condemnation matters pending for electric service territory acquisitions.

Ms. Brennan has also worked with a number of cities throughout Minnesota  in filing, processing, and maintaining client liquor licenses.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Brennan clerked for the Honorable Harriet Lansing, of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.