Virginia A. Bell
Partner
f612.642.8332
ginny.bell@maslon.com
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Virginia A. Bell is chair of Maslon's Real Estate Litigation Group. Ginny has over 25 years of experience litigating business and commercial disputes in both state and federal courts. She has particular skill litigating commercial real estate disputes and, as a result, she regularly represents businesses and property owners in condemnation matters, commercial leasing disputes, title, zoning and land use disputes. She also represents lenders in foreclosures, receiverships, lien actions and in defending lender liability disputes. Ginny also represents children in foster care through the Children's Law Center of Minnesota.
- Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Corporate, Partnership and Securities Disputes
- General Commercial Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Property Tax Appeals
- Real Estate Disputes
- Condemnation/Eminent Domain and Relocation Benefits
- William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota,
1983
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Rosalie Wahl Moot Court Competition, First Place, 1982 - Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin,
1974
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Minnesota, 1983
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1999
- Hennepin County Bar Association Eminent Domain Section, 2009 - Present - Chair
- American Bar Association - Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association, Eminent Domain Section - Board Member, 2007-2008
- Minnesota Women Lawyers - Member
- Minnesota Eminent Domain Institute - Founding Member
- Carver County, 1998 - 2000 - Condemnation Commissioner
- Hennepin County - Condemnation Commissioner, 2003-2004, 2007-2008
- Saint Paul YMCA, Camp DuNord - Board Member, 2007-2008
- Children's Law Center - Volunteer Attorney
- Minnesota's Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Statute, Real Estate Series webcast, March 19, 2010, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education
- Recent Developments in Minnesota Eminent Domain Law, Hennepin County Bar Association Eminent Domain Section, September 23, 2009
- Recent Developments in Minnesota Eminent Domain Case Law, Statutory Update and Proposed Legislation, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2006 Real Estate Institute, Continuing Legal Education, 2006
- Foreclosures and Receiverships in Minnesota, Lorman Education Services, 2004
- Money Matters: Keys to Advising Your Clients During Foreclosure and Repossession Actions in Minnesota, National Business Institute, 2004
- Receiverships, Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 2002
- How to Draft Pleadings, Motions and Trial Briefs, Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 2000
- Recovery of Damages for Lost Profits, Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 1998
- Has the Courtroom Environment Changed for Women Since the 1989 Gender Fairness Report?, Minnesota Women Lawyers Journal, With Equal Right, Fall, 2009
- Restricted Access, Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 73, No. 6, Nov./Dec. 2004
- When Business and Road Construction Collide: Do Business Owners Have Compensation Rights?, Maslon's Property & Construction Law Update, Summer, 2003
- Minnesota Super Lawyers
- AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell (AV, BV, and CV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies)
