John (Jack) DeWalt 121 South Eighth Street, Suite 1100
Minneapolis, MN 55402
| phone | (612) 335-4297 (Tel) (800) 730-9101 (Toll) |
| fax | (612) 340-1154 |
| jack.dewalt@wbdlaw. com |
- Education:
- Hamline University Law School - St. Paul, Minnesota
- J.D., 1999-2002
- Honors: Recipient of Dean's Scholarship 1999-2002
- University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, Minnesota
- B.A., 1996-1999
- Honors: Waller Scholarship for Academic Achievement as a non-traditional student
- Bar Admissions:
- United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2008
- State of Minnesota, 2002
- State of Wisconsin, 2009
- Mille Lacs Band Tribal Court, 2002
- Prairie Island Tribal Court, 2007
- Shakopee Tribal Court, 2008
- Leech Lake Tribal Court, 2010
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Minnesota State Bar Association, 2002 - Present
- Member, Family Law Section
- Minnesota American Indian Bar Association, 2007 - Present
- Special Member; Member, CLE Committee
- Hennepin County Bar Association, 2007 - Present
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 2008 - Present
- Employment:
- Walling, Berg & Debele, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Attorney, July 2007 - present
- Practicing in all aspects of family law, including dissolution, custody, paternity,
- and adoption.
- Estate Planning including Wills, Trusts, Health Care Directives, Power of Attorney,
- and testamentary planning involving the American Indian Probate Reform Act.
- Gobena & DeWalt, LLC., Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Attorney, 2007
- Representation of clients in State and Tribal Court;
- Representation of local non-profit corporation.
- Contract Attorney with East Central Legal Services providing management
- and training for new attorneys.
- East Central Legal Services, Cambridge, Minnesota
- Civil Litigation Attorney, October, 2002 - December, 2006
- Representation of clients in State and Tribal Court; practice areas of family law,
- benefits law, housing, and estate planning. Also, trained, managed and assisted
- incoming attorneys and staff.
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Representation in select referral cases from Domestic Abuse Agencies;
- Judge for numerous moot court competitions, and mock trials.
- Representative Cases:
- In re Marriage of Medvedovski v. Medvedovski, 2010 WL 2900321 (Minn.Ct.App. 2010).
