Secured expungement of eviction action, over the landlord’s opposition, for a low-income client who withheld her January rent to get the landlord to make repairs to a broken furnace and address a significant rat infestation at the property. 

Secured rental home and Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher for a victim-survivor of domestic violence in the process of leaving her abusive husband after her husband terminated their lease and attempted to use the family's Section 8 Voucher at another rental home.

As lead counsel, represented plaintiffs in Langdon, et al. v. Ministry of Criminal Justice Supportive Housing Services, LLC, et al., complex multi-party litigation in which plaintiffs brought claims for financial exploitation of vulnerable adults, violations of landlord-tenant law, and a novel Fair Housing Act “reverse redlining” cause of action against eleven defendant-landlords. Following substantial discovery on plaintiffs claims and the cross-claims and counterclaims of defendants, plaintiffs obtained partial summary judgment and settled their claims against the remaining defendants securing a stipulated judgment, nearly six times their actual monetary losses, costs and attorneys’ fees, and ongoing training and monitoring requirements to ensure defendants’ compliance with landlord-tenant law and the Fair Housing Act. (Prior to joining Robins Kaplan LLP)

As lead counsel, represented Plaintiff in Carroll v. Linehan, et al. bringing claims for financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult and unlawful bad faith ouster when plaintiff’s landlord illegally locked him out of his home and destroyed his belongings. The case settled confidentially. (Prior to joining Robins Kaplan LLP)

• Volunteer Lawyers Network, Board of Directors
• Civil Justice Subcommittee of the Minnesota Judicial Branch’s Committee on Equality and Justice, Member
• Center for Immigrant Career Advancement, Board of Directors