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Valerie A.D. Arnold
Tuft & Arnold, PLLC 2109 County Road D East St. Paul, Minnesota 55109
Phone: 651 771 0050
Fax: 651 771 0850 |
Practice Areas:
International dissolution, Hague Convention, third party custody and visitation, complex dissolution
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| Description of Practice or Services: | Provides legal representation in all areas of family law including international and interstate dissolution and child custody, Hague proceedings, and parental child abductions. |
| Primary Practice Areas: | International dissolution, Hague Convention, third party custody and visitation, complex dissolution |
| Other Practice Areas: | Appellate |
| Willingness to Travel: | Yes |
| Years as Attorney: | 12 |
| Professional Experience: | Partner, Tuft & Arnold, PLLC, Saint Paul, MN (January 2005 – present) • Primary practice areas: family law, interstate and international child custody, third-party custody and visitation, and appellate. Attorney, Thomas Tuft Law Offices, Saint Paul, MN (April 1999 – December 2004) • Primary practice areas: appellate, interstate and international child custody, and family law. Teaching Specialist, University of Minnesota, Department of Translating and Interpreting, Minneapolis, MN (fall semesters 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) • Taught TrIn 1301 American Law for Interpreters. Initiated students training to be court interpreters to American law and government. Topics covered include constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, civil procedure, contracts, personal injury law, family law, juvenile law, and housing law. Curriculum Developer, University of Minnesota, Department of Translating and Interpreting, Minneapolis, MN (fall semester 2001) • Designed curriculum for TrIn 1301 American Law for Interpreters. Law Clerk for the Honorable Gerald J. Wolf, Chief Judge, Third Judicial District, Faribault, MN (January 1998 – June 1999) • Research legal issues and draft judicial orders and accompanying memoranda. • Advise judge on legal issues as well as factual disputes and positions of the parties appearing before the court. • Chair, Law Clerk Education Committee: charged with developing and implementing a continuing legal education curriculum for 1998-99 term law clerks. Directed drafting of a law clerk reference manual. • Nominee for State of Minnesota Excellence in Service Award for work on Law Clerk Education Committee Lecturer, University of Minnesota, Institute of International Studies, Minneapolis, MN (spring trimester 1998) • Designed and taught Area Studies 3920: Topics in European Studies: An Introduction to Human Rights. Initiated students to the fundamentals of human rights law and explored the status of human rights in the United States, France and parts of francophone Africa. Student Attorney, University of Minnesota Law School Housing Clinic, Minneapolis, MN (spring semester 1997) • Represented clients in two cases involving repair issues, rent abatement and possible discriminatory rental practices. Also won appeal with Housing Authority regarding insufficient and discriminatory grounds for denying a subsidized housing application. Judicial Extern for the Honorable Gary Larson, District Court Judge, Fourth Judicial District, Minneapolis, MN (August – December 1996) • Researched and wrote summary judgment and other memoranda, observed courtroom and in-chamber proceedings and discussed cases with Judge Larson and his staff. Law Clerk, Goldstein Law Office, Minnetonka, MN (July - November 1996) • Researched family law issues relating to marital and non-marital property distinction, child support and spousal maintenance. Legal Intern, Cabinet Jacques Bret, Lyon, France (January – March 1996) • Consulted on a joint venture project between a Delaware corporation and a French private enterprise. Conducted research in the areas of business and employment law. Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN (August – December 1995) • Full responsibility for teaching a legal French course which focused on the comparative law areas of contract law, arbitration, constitutional law and legal professions. Legal Intern, Moroccan Human Rights Organization, Rabat, Morocco (June – August 1995) • Interviewed clients and researched human rights abuses in Morocco. Research Assistant, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN (March – July 1995) • Researched and developed legal French course. |
| ADR Training and Certification: | ADR Training, Robert Benjamin (August 2008) |
| Courts Admitted: | Minnesota Supreme Court (1997), U.S. District Court of Minnesota (2004) |
| Professional Affiliations and Memberships: | Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Warren E. Burger Inn of Court, St. Paul, MN (2000 to present), Ramsey County Bar Association, Minnesota Women Lawyers, Minnesota State Bar Association, Collaborative Law Institute |
| Educational Background: | University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN, J.D. (1997) University of Minnesota, Department of French and Italian, Minneapolis, MN M.A. French (1992) Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France Maîtrise de Lettres Modernes: certificat en linguistique (French Master’s degree in linguistics) (1990) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN B.A. French, Minor: Linguistics (1988) |
| Other Qualifications or Information: | Legal Publications: • “Interstate And International Civil And Criminal Remedies To Parents of Children Who Have Been Kidnapped,” Minnesota State Bar Association Family Law Forum, Fall 2008, vol. 17, no. 1, co-author Scott Rodman. • “Interstate and International Jurisdiction and Custody Issues,” Minnesota Custody and Child Support Deskbook, Minnesota State Bar Association, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, September 2006, co-author Thomas W. Tuft. • “International Parental Child Abduction,” Bench & Bar, December 2004, Volume LXI Number XI, co-author Thomas W. Tuft. • “Interpreting and the Law,” Ramsey County Bar Association Barrister, February 2003, co-author Bruce T. Downing, Ph.D. • “International Custody Jurisdiction: The Hague Convention,” Minnesota State Bar Association Family Law Forum, Spring 2002, Volume 12, No. 3, co-author Thomas W. Tuft. • “Preventing Parental Kidnapping: Jurisdictional and Enforcement Issues,” Minnesota State Bar Association Family Law Forum, Spring 2002, Volume 12, No. 3, co-author Thomas W. Tuft. • “Determining Child Custody Across Jurisdictions,” Bench & Bar, December 1999, Volume LVI Number XI, co-author Thomas W. Tuft. • “Parental Kidnapping and Child Safety: Current Case Law Trends,” MILE Seminar, Bloomington, MN (April 1999), co-author Thomas W. Tuft. |