Dean Zimmerli, Managing Partner of Gislason & Hunter, has been elected to serve on the newly established Chamber of Commerce Board through Greater Mankato Growth. Greater Mankato Growth recently announced the election of new board members across its organizational structure, including the formation of a dedicated Chamber of Commerce Board. Approved by the GMG, Inc....

Gislason & Hunter LLP welcomes Jason Bartlett as a Senior Associate Attorney. Bartlett will practice primarily out of the Mankato, MN office. Bartlett will focus his practice on employment law and litigation. He brings more than 20 years of experience, including 17 years as Senior Counsel for Hormel Foods Corporation, a Fortune 500 food company, where...

Gislason & Hunter LLP welcomes a new attorney to their firm, Paul Befort. Befort will practice out of the New Ulm, MN office. Befort will focus on the areas of agriculture law and agribusiness, business and corporate law, family law, litigation, real estate environmental law and land use, and trusts and estates. Befort graduated from the University of...

Mankato, MN (July 15, 2025) – Four attorneys from Gislason & Hunter LLP have been selected to the 2025 Minnesota Super Lawyers list including Matthew C. Berger, Dustan J. Cross, Michael S. Dove and Andrew M. Tatge. No more than five percent (5%) of the lawyers in each state are selected by Super Lawyers. In...

(This is an emerging issue as of the date of this writing—April 25, 2025.  Further legislation, rulemaking, administrative interpretation, litigation, or smarter attorneys may change or improve upon the analysis below.) As we approach January 1, 2026—the date on which Minnesota’s Paid Family Leave Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 268B) takes effect—employers and employment attorneys are...

In late 2024, Gislason & Hunter attorney Adam N. Froehlich was sworn in to the bar of the State of North Dakota before Blue Earth County, Minnesota judge Hon. Mark E. Betters and subsequently admitted to practice law in the state of North Dakota.  Froehlich is currently the only Gislason & Hunter attorney licensed in North...

Gislason & Hunter LLP welcomes three new attorneys to their firm. Matthew Q. Hebl, Christopher G. Jenkins, and Devin R. Miller. Hebl and Miller will practice out of the Mankato, MN office and Jenkins will practice out of the New Ulm, MN office. Hebl will focus on the areas of business and corporate law, finance...