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Overview
BRIDGET WORKS CLOSELY WITH CLIENTS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR FAMILY AND FINANCIAL GOALS AND PROVIDE THE RIGHT SOLUTIONS TO MEET THEM.
Bridget has been delivering estate planning solutions to clients for over 30 years, and she takes pride in being a trusted advisor with strong, long-term client relationships. She has substantial experience in all aspects of estate planning and resolving estate and trust disputes.
Bridget is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and serves as the Minnesota State Chair. She is a partner in Dorsey’s Trusts and Estates Consulting practice and co-chairs the Trusts and Estates Litigation practice.
Experience
Representative Experience
Bridget’s practice involves advising and assisting clients in all estate planning matters, including:
- wills
- revocable (“living”) trusts
- powers of attorney
- health care directives (“living wills”)
- irrevocable tax planning trusts (such as grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), qualified personal resident trusts (QPRTs), installment sales to grantor trusts and life insurance trusts)
- prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements
- family business succession planning
- charitable planning (such as charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and private foundations)
Bridget also has substantial probate and trust administration experience, including:
- advising personal representatives and executors in administering decedents’ estates
- advising trustees in the administration of trusts
- advising guardians and conservators
Bridget also assists clients in resolving estate and trust litigation disputes and tax controversies, including:
- incapacity, mistake and undue influence claims
- breach of fiduciary claims
- will and trust construction matters
- representing taxpayers in estate, gift and income tax audits
News & Resources
Articles
December 21, 2017
“Court Jurisdiction and Procedure,” Chapter XV Update, Minnesota Trust Administration Deskbook (2d ed., Minnesota State Bar Association)
2010 - 2011
Resolving Disputes with Ease and Grace, 31 ACTEC Journal 235
Winter 2005
Arbitration in Estate and Trust Disputes: Friend or Foe?, 30 ACTEC Journal 266
Spring 2005
News & Press Mentions
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August 17, 2023
August 15, 2018
August 15, 2017
August 15, 2016
June 1, 2016
August 17, 2015
February 24, 2015
Events & Speaking Engagements
March 11, 2020
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Bridget enjoys speaking on a wide variety of estate and trust topics. Her most recent presentations include:
- "Discretionary Distributions: Trust Decanting and Consideration of a Beneficiary’s Other Resources," Fiduciary Litigation Committee of ACTEC Fall Seminar, October 2014
- "Serving Charitable Boards: Legal Challenges and Ethical Pitfalls," ACTEC National Meeting, June 2013
- "You, Me and the UTC," Ramsey County Bar Association Luncheon Presentation, May 2013
- "Multiple Advisors Working Together: One for All and All for the Client," 36th Annual Probate & Trust Law Section Conference, June 2010
- "Probate & Trust Litigation - You Can't Take It With You But Maybe You Should!!!" Minnesota State Bar Association Luncheon Presentation, December 2009
- "Non-Tax Case Law Update: Highlighting Recent Trust and Estate Litigation Cases," 35th Annual Probate & Trust Law Section Conference, June 2009
- "The Sky May Be Falling, But Does It Have To Fall On You?" Minnesota State Bar Association Luncheon Presentation, December 2008
- "Recent Trends In Fiduciary Litigation," 34th Annual Probate & Trust Law Section Conference, June 2008
- "Simplified Trial Resolution from an Estate Planner's Point of View," University of Miami School of Law, 41st Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, January 2007
- Frequent lecturer at continuing legal education programs in Minnesota on topics relating to estate planning, estate and trust administration, and estate and trust litigation.
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Accolades
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America©, 2008-2025
- Recognized by Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) for Private Wealth Law – Minnesota, 2018-2023
- Named "Minneapolis Lawyer of the Year" in Trusts and Estates by Best Lawyers®, 2021-2022
- Listed as a Minnesota Super Lawyers Women’s Edition, 2020-2021
- Listed as a Minnesota Super Lawyer, 2006 and 2010-2021
- Named a "2008 Five Star Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager" by Mpls. St. Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business Monthly
