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ATTORNEYS
Beth Angus Baumstark
Derrick Braaten
Lindsey Nieuwsma
Todd Sattler
Sarah Vogel (Of Counsel)
STAFF
Donna Abrahamson
Debbie Miller
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Derrick Braaten, Partner
Derrick received his Juris Doctor Magna Cum Laude from the University of Minnesota Law School where he served as staff and Associate Editor on the Journal of Law and Inequality. He moved to North Dakota to work with Sarah Vogel Law Partners, now Baumstark Braaten, in August of 2007. Originally from Bemidji, Minnesota, Derrick received a Bachelor of Arts in English and in Anthropology from the University of Minnesota, Morris, in 2002. Derrick worked with the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture for two years before moving on to law school at the University of Minnesota, and has been very active working with sustainable agriculture and local food systems advocacy. He has given presentations on local food systems and sustainable agriculture at events in Minnesota and North Dakota, and at the Rural Youth Summit in Ames, Iowa. Derrick was also an extern for the Honorable Lenor Scheffler at the Upper Sioux Tribal Court in Granite Falls, Minnesota, and began his legal career working for Larry Leventhal, the renowned civil rights and American Indian law attorney, and member of the legal defense team for the founders of AIM following the Wounded Knee II standoff.
Practice Focus and Bar Admissions
Derrick's practice focuses on oil and gas law exclusively for landowners and mineral owners, agricultural law, American Indian law, environmental law, and legal work supporting small businesses and economic development. He is presently admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in North Dakota and Minnesota, and in Fort Berthold District Court.
Presentations
Derrick has given presentations on local food systems and the legal issues in local food systems at the American Agricultural Law Association Annual Conference, Williamsburg, VA, and the Rural Youth Summit in Ames, IA, and has spoken about landowner rights and energy development at numerous symposia, lectures, presentations and landowner meetings.
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