Laura Sahr Schmit
Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Phone:
612-326-3453
888-340-9311 (Toll Free)
888-340-9311 (Toll Free)
Fax:
612-340-1154
Email:
Areas of Practice
- 100% Family Law
Certified Legal Specialties
- Rule 114 Neutral: Civil Mediation, Hamline Law School, 2008
- Rule 114 Neutral: Family Law, Hamline Law School, 2011
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota, 1988
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- J.D. - 1988
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- B.A. - 1983
- Major: History
- Major: Theatre
- Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut - 1981
- The Blake School, Hopkins, Minnesota - 1979
- Hamline Law School, St. Paul, Minnesota
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Minnesota State Bar Association, Member, 2011 - Present
- Hennepin County Bar Association, Member, 2011 - Present
- Bloomington Fastpitch Association, 2006 - 2008
- Encampment Forest Association, Board of Governors, 1995 - 2008
- Encampment Forest Association, President, Board of Governors, 2005 - 2006
- Hennepin County Bar Association, Ethics Committee, 1991 - 1994
- Hennepin County Bar Association, Memorial Committee, 2012
Past Employment Positions
- Walling & Berg, P.A., Associate Attorney, 1989 - 1993
- The Hon. Roger Plunkett & The Honorable Clement Snyder, Judicial Law Clerk, 1988 - 1989
- Nancy Zalusky Berg, Law Clerk, 1985 - 1988
- Bassford, Hecht, Lockhart and Mullin, Law Clerk, 1987
- Walling, Berg & Debele, P.A, Minneapolis, MN, Family Law Attorney and Mediator, 2011
- Walling & Berg, P.A. (formerly Curtin, Mahoney, Cairns, and Walling), Minneapolis, MN, Divorce and Adoption lawyer, 1989 - 1993
Pro Bono Activities
- Queen of the Lakes Judge, Minneapolis Aquatennial, 2011
- Committee Member, Minnesota AFCC 2011 Annual Conference, 2011
- Scholarship Chairperson, Education Foundation of Bloomington, 2004 - Present
- Founding Board Member, Bloomington Theatre Board, 2006 - Present
- Bloomington Theatre and Art Center's Strategic Planning Team for Education Programming, 2011
- Executive Committee, Joe Schmit Celebrity Golf Tournament for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, 1990 - 2007
- Steering Committee, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Imagination Ball, 2006
- Co-Chair, Gala for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Twin Cities Odyssey Ball, 2004
- Steering committee, Gala benefiting WAMSO and the Minnesota Orchestra, 2008 - 2009
- Vintages of Note, Gala benefiting WAMSO and the Minnesota Orchestra, 2004 - 2005
- Raffle Co-chair, WAMSO Symphony Ball, 2005
- Formula for Hope Luncheon, Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, 2008
- Director, Stages Theatre Company, Marketing Committee, 2007 - 2010
- Director, WAMSO, Minneapolis, MN, Marketing Committee, 2008 - 2009
- Director of Communications, Unite Bloomington for Schools, 2003
- Chairperson, Unite Bloomington for Schools, 2007
- Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Board of Life and Growth, 2000 - 2006
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Twin Cities, 2002 - 2003
- Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, 1992 - 1999
- Edina Family Center, 1995 - 1999
- The Blake Schools, Alumni Board, 1986 - 1992
