Dennis O'Toole

For several years, I concentrated on civil trial work, but always made sure that I handled a fair amount of business and real estate transactions. My trial practice gradually changed so that most of my cases involved business, construction, environmental and commercial real estate issues. After a while, more and more clients wanted me to represent them in business transactions, whether in setting up corporations and other business forms or handling sales and purchases of businesses and business real estate. I was confident that my trial experience gave me a commonsense grasp of how to structure business deals to avoid disputes, or at least put my clients in a good position to favorable resolve disputes that did come up.

I take pride that I practice with Brian Bengtson, one of the most experienced and practical trial lawyers in the area. No other law firm in Itasca County has attorneys with the years and culture of business transactions and civil trial experience offered by Lano, O’Toole & Bengtson.

E-mail: dennis.otoole@itascalaw.com