Mark Severson
Brainerd, MN
Licensed for 13 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Business
Language
English
About
Mark A. Severson is an MSBA Certified Specialist in Real Property Law. Fewer than 3% of all registered attorneys in Minnesota are certified specialists in their field. Mark practices exclusively in the areas of Real Estate, Business, and Estate Planning. Mark is able to draft the full array of business and commercial documents. When legal issues must be resolved by the Court, Mark provides effective litigation services with an aim toward solving the problem. Mark has successfully tried complex commercial cases involving shareholder disputes and contractual disputes. He has also successfully tried many different types of real estate matters including, but not limited to, land use and zoning, easements, lake law, municipal law, quiet title, trespass, lot lines issues, water run-off issues, and general neighbor disputes. In addition to appearing before City Councils, Town Boards, Administrative Boards, and Minnesota District Courts, Mark has also appeared and enjoyed success before the Minnesota Appellate Court. Mark utilizes a problem solving approach in representing large corporations, non-profits, and individuals in business and real estate matters.Mark obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree graduating magna cum laude in Legal Studies and Philosophy from Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of St. Thomas School of Law. After law school Mr. Severson was an associate for Askegaard & Robinson, P.A. as well as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Erik J. Askegaard. Mark gained significant court room experience as the Assistant Clearwater County Attorney. Currently, Mark is a shareholder in the law firm of Severson Porter Law.Mark grew up in the Brainerd Lakes Area and achieved his goal of returning home to practice law. Mark loves spending time with his family, watching any Minnesota sports team, and playing golf.
Practices Areas
Estate Planning
Business
Real Estate
Language
English
Contact
Severson Porter Law (Brainerd Office)319 South Sixth StreetBrainerd, MN, 56401319 South Sixth StreetBrainerd, MN, 56401
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Mark has many of the qualities one would look for in a lawyer. He is honest, intelligent, and proactive. He is reasonable in his approach; in our situation, he presented a logical and realistic path to move forward. This path included attempts to schedule constructive mediation before moving to legal action. Once legal action was deemed necessary, he quickly prepared the documentation and filed it right away. Throughout the months that we have had to utilize Mark’s services, he has kept us apprised of all conversations with the opposing attorney and provided us with his interpretation of what was happening. At every decision-making point in the process we have gone through, he was there to provide information and guidance. Any legal action is upsetting and stressful; having a lawyer like Mark explaining processes and doing the legal work is invaluable. In this case, Mark is collaborating with another lawyer; the ability to work together with another professional to achieve the best possible outcome is another positive attribute. Mark cares about his clients; perhaps the thing that is the most revealing about Mark’s compassion is the fact that he is doing the work for our nonprofit organization pro bono; it is obvious that he cares about his community and cares about fairness. We are extremely happy with and appreciative of Mark Severson and his work.
Mark has worked with our community public library on a pro bono basis for over a year. He has been thorough, conscientious and extremely knowledgeable in his efforts to help our Library Board define their governance role according to MN state statutes.
Mark has many of the qualities one would look for in a lawyer. He is honest, intelligent, and proactive. He is reasonable in his approach; in our situation, he presented a logical and realistic path to move forward. This path included attempts to schedule constructive mediation before moving to legal action. Once legal action was deemed necessary, he quickly prepared the documentation and filed it right away. Throughout the months that we have had to utilize Mark’s services, he has kept us apprised of all conversations with the opposing attorney and provided us with his interpretation of what was happening. At every decision-making point in the process we have gone through, he was there to provide information and guidance. Any legal action is upsetting and stressful; having a lawyer like Mark explaining processes and doing the legal work is invaluable. In this case, Mark is collaborating with another lawyer; the ability to work together with another professional to achieve the best possible outcome is another positive attribute. Mark cares about his clients; perhaps the thing that is the most revealing about Mark’s compassion is the fact that he is doing the work for our nonprofit organization pro bono; it is obvious that he cares about his community and cares about fairness. We are extremely happy with and appreciative of Mark Severson and his work.
Mark has worked with our community public library on a pro bono basis for over a year. He has been thorough, conscientious and extremely knowledgeable in his efforts to help our Library Board define their governance role according to MN state statutes.
Mark has many of the qualities one would look for in a lawyer. He is honest, intelligent, and proactive. He is reasonable in his approach; in our situation, he presented a logical and realistic path to move forward. This path included attempts to schedule constructive mediation before moving to legal action. Once legal action was deemed necessary, he quickly prepared the documentation and filed it right away. Throughout the months that we have had to utilize Mark’s services, he has kept us apprised of all conversations with the opposing attorney and provided us with his interpretation of what was happening. At every decision-making point in the process we have gone through, he was there to provide information and guidance. Any legal action is upsetting and stressful; having a lawyer like Mark explaining processes and doing the legal work is invaluable. In this case, Mark is collaborating with another lawyer; the ability to work together with another professional to achieve the best possible outcome is another positive attribute. Mark cares about his clients; perhaps the thing that is the most revealing about Mark’s compassion is the fact that he is doing the work for our nonprofit organization pro bono; it is obvious that he cares about his community and cares about fairness. We are extremely happy with and appreciative of Mark Severson and his work.
Mark has worked with our community public library on a pro bono basis for over a year. He has been thorough, conscientious and extremely knowledgeable in his efforts to help our Library Board define their governance role according to MN state statutes.