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Mary Catherine Lauhead
Law Offices of Mary Catherine Lauhead 3985 Clover Avenue St. Paul, MN 55127
Phone: 651-426-0870
Fax: 651-426-0564 |
Practice Areas:
Family Law
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| Primary Practice Areas: | Family Law |
| Years as Attorney: | 35 years |
| Professional Experience: | Financial and Social Early Neutral Evaluation Programs (FENE/SENE) September, 2008 Ramsey and Hennepin County Family Court Moderated Settlement Program, 2009 Certified Rule 114 evaluative and facilitative neutral, January, 1998 Guardian Ad Litem Certification (Hennepin County Panel Guardian, 1990 – 2000) Ramsey County Mediator/Moderation Program – April 24, 1988 to 1990. Mediator – February, 1985 Erickson-McKnight Mediation Training |
| Courts Admitted: | Admitted: Minnesota Bar, April 15, 1977. U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, July 11, 1977. United States Court of Appeals for Eighth Circuit, April 4, 1990. |
| Professional Affiliations and Memberships: | Co-Chair, Amicus Committee, MSBA Family Law Section. Subcommittee, Family Law Section Legislative Committee. Chair: Review Board of the Minnesota Security Hospital at St. Peter, Minnesota, 1979 - present. Ramsey and Hennepin County Family Court Moderated Settlement Program, 2009. Subcommittee “Dead And Disabled Lawyers,” Board of Professional Responsibility, Liaison member from Family Law Section 2004. Judicial College Family Law Curriculum Development Committee, Family Law, 1990 - 2004 Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Pro Se Litigants in Family Court, Drafting of Pro Se Forms for statewide use. 1997 Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Family Court Procedure, one of thirteen family law members appointed by special Order of the Supreme Court. Chair of Subcommittee II of the Committee. Ramsey County Bar Association Family Law Section, Mediation Committee, 1985 - 1986; key member in the formulation of rules and the implementation of the Second Judicial District's pilot mediation program in family court proceedings. Mediator in the Family Court Mediation Program of the Second Judicial District. Editor of the Minnesota State Bar Association Family Law Section News, June, 1987 - 1988. |
| Educational Background: | William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 1977. Winona State College, B.S. in Education, with an English and Sociology concentration, 1973; Graduate courses were taken for a Master of Science in Education, which course work was not completed. B.A., 1969 from the College of Saint Teresa, Winona, Minnesota, with a triple major in History, English, Spanish. |
| Other Qualifications or Information: | A Distinguished Member of the Minnesota Bar Family Law Section, Mary has practiced since 1977 for decades of family law trial and settlement experience in custody, business and professional practice valuations and financial issues, including child and spousal support. She works on cases as a neutral or attorney with complex financial, custody and support issues. Mary stays on the cutting edge of family law issues and precedential appeals, with extensive appellate and amicus experience dating back to the early eighties. She is a mediator on the appellate court mediation panel. A Rule 114 neutral for family alternative dispute cases, Mary is frequently appointed as a special master, mediator, early neutral evaluator and parenting expeditor or consultant. Recognizing the vulnerability of parties caught up in the system, Mary works to educate them about the process and get through the present with hopes for the future. As a parenting consultant, expeditor and court neutral, Mary advocates responsibility, communication and respect between parents in addressing high levels of parental conflict about logistical, scheduling and child developmental issues in custody and parenting time litigation. |