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JOHN H. ERICKSON University of Minnesota, B.A. (summa cum laude) (Phi Beta Kappa), Political Science, 1971; University of Minnesota Law School, J.D. (cum laude) 1974; admitted 1974. Member, State and County Bar Associations. Assistant to Minnesota Governor Harold LeVander (1970); law clerk for Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Sheran (1974-1975); Assistant District Public Defender (1978-1985); member, State Board of Human Rights (1971); past Director Big Brothers-Big Sisters, Brainerd Area Arts Alliance (past president), Brainerd Public Library Board (past president), Kitchigami Regional Library Board (past president), Community Education Advisory Council, Crow Wing County Historical Society, Lutheran Church of the Cross, Exchange Club (director); Rosenmeier Center for State and Local Government (past president); Bethany Good Samaritan Ethics Advisory Council; The Crossing Arts Alliance (director); Brainerd Restoration (past president); Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation (past president). Mr. Erickson has been active in many community activities, especially those promoting the arts. He received the Brainerd School District Lay Citizen of the Year (Fine Arts) (1996) and is the creator of "Our Land, Our People," a four year long community photography event producing 10,000 images of life in central Minnesota, "Differing Visions," a traveling exhibit of photographs, art and poetry by various artists, and various other photography exhibitions, including "On Sweden." He is the photographer/author of Impressions, an award winning book of his images and the poetry of Roger F. Cooper. He chaired the Brainerd Restoration Master Plan process. He is the recipient of Brainerd Restoration Vision, Leadership and Endurance Award (2008). He is a former political science instructor, Central Lakes College, Brainerd, and has lectured on shoreland management standards. He owns Art Matters, a photography and writing studio, Brainerd. Mr. Erickson's personal interests include photography, art, music, literature and travel. For additional information, please select photography. PATRICIA A. AANES University of Minnesota, Morris, B.A., History 1994; Hamline University School of Law, J.D., 1997; admitted in Minnesota, 1997. Ms. Aanes is a native of Duluth, Minnesota, and clerked for trial judges in southern Minnesota in 1997-1998. She has studied in Sweden. Ms. Aanes is a board member of the Lakes Area United Way, League of Women Voters and Crow Wing County Crime Victim Services. Ms. Aanes' personal interests include music, books and outdoor activities.
SHARI L. FREY
Hamline University, B.A., English, 1993; Hamline University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2003; admitted to the Minnesota Bar 2003. Member, Minnesota State Bar Association. Law clerk for the Honorable John R. Solien, 2003-2005. Ms. Frey studied in Norway and was a legal research and writing teaching assistant and tutor while in law school. Ms. Frey is a board member of Brainerd Community Action. Ms. Frey was born and raised in Olivia, Minnesota, and her interests include reading, movies and travel. Our attorneys work closely with an experienced staff of four paralegals. We consciously practice cost containment through the use of skilled paraprofessionals, other support staff and the application of computer technology. TERI E. SWEDBERG, Paralegal. Ms. Swedberg has been employed in the legal field since 1972. She has over 35 years experience working in the legal field as a legal secretary/assistant and paralegal. Ms. Swedberg has been with Erickson & Aanes since 1998, after having worked for over 25 years in a Brainerd general practice law firm. Ms. Swedberg has extensive experience in the areas of real estate, incorporation/business, probate, estate planning and dissolution. Ms. Swedberg’s personal interests include crafting, cooking, gardening and spending time with her family. KELLY J. BROWN, Paralegal. Minnesota State University Moorhead, B.S. in Paralegal with emphasis in the Criminal, Civil and Estate Planning areas of law (2003). Ms. Brown’s personal interests include spending time with her husband, outdoor activities, reading, participating in various sports and spending time with her family and friends. KAREN M. CRAWFORD, Paralegal. Associate of Science/Applied Science in Legal Assisting. Ms. Crawford's experience includes 16 years working in the legal field in a variety of settings. Ms. Crawford has particular experience in municipal, family, real estate, criminal and general civl litigation. Ms. Crawford’s personal interests include home improvement projects, boating, four wheeling and reading. JENNA GREMBOWSKI, Paralegal. College of Saint Scholastica, B.A. in History, B.A. in Communications, Political Science Minor. Experience includes clerking for Chief District Court Judge David P. Sullivan, 2005-2006 in St. Louis County and interning with Crow Wing County Attorney’s Office, 2007-2008. Ms. Grembowski’s personal interests include reading, exercising, nature and music. OUR MISSION A client should be treated with respect. A relationship with a client should be premised on the proposition that an attorney will help a client at any time, in any way consistent with ethical practice. There are no "office hours only" signs at Erickson & Aanes Law Offices. We deliver personal service to a client, realizing that we are nurturing a great deal more than a singular experience with each client. We expect to earn our client's trust, in this and in other ways. It is not merely a client's needs today that we are concerned with. Erickson & Aanes Law Offices wishes to serve all of our client's needs, whatever they may be, tomorrow, as well. A client is a whole person, to be respected and treated as such, not as a means to our ends. We welcome diversity in our clients and the issues they bring to us to assist them with. We practice law, insofar as human ability permits, with the belief that how we conduct ourselves before witnesses, boards, commissioners, charitable organizations, other attorneys, other attorneys' clients, governmental employees and others most accurately reflects who and what we are. The practice of law should be an exercise in improving lives, not ruining them, in doing good, not evil, and in rendering our common world more habitable, not less. To learn more about the beautiful Lakes Area, click onto the Brainerd Lakes Area Chambers of Commerce web site at www.explorebrainerdlakes.com RETURN TO HOME PAGE Erickson & Aanes Law Offices 319 South Sixth Street P. O. Box 525 Brainerd, Minnesota 56401 Telephone: 218-829-7852 Facsimile: 218-829-0623 Email: attorney@BrainerdLegal.com ©2008 by Erickson & Aanes Law Offices. All rights reserved. You may
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