Ernest (Pat) Shriver

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Pat Shriver

Mr. Shriver is a corporate, transactional and intellectual property attorney, focusing on small to medium sized privately-held businesses. Pat's practice includes advising clients on choice of entity, general corporate and partnership matters, commercial matters (contract drafting, review and advice), shareholder and partner relations (shareholder, partnership, and "buy/sell" agreements), securities and other corporate financing, business combination matters (including mergers, asset and stock purchases, and other similar business combinations), and intellectual property issues. Pat also works with regulated and unregulated lenders with regard to commercial lending and financing transactions, including secured and unsecured lending.

In the area of intellectual property, Pat assists clients with trademark and copyright registration and compliance, trademark and copyright licensing, dispute resolution and pre-dispute counseling, Internet law and domain name issues, and trade secret issues. Pat also works with independent patent attorneys for his clients that have patent needs.

Pat was named one of Minnesota's "Rising Stars" in the legal profession in 2006 and a Super Lawyer every year since 2009 - a distinction only 5% of attorneys in Minnesota attain. He has also received an AV Peer Review Rating through Martindale-Hubbell.

Education:
J.D., University of Minnesota Law School
B.A., Saint John’s University

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