Legal Services

The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) was established in 1981 to serve the legal needs of the University of Minnesota, including all of the University’s campuses and operations. General Counsel Mark B. Rotenberg supervises and directs the activities of an in-house staff of attorneys, legal assistants and support personnel, as well as outside counsel. The OGC is located at McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota Gateway, Suite 360, 200 Oak Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455-2006; telephone 612-624-4100, fax 612-626-9624.

Listed below are some of the many areas in which the OGC provides advice, along with the names of attorneys you may contact regarding each topic.

Academic Health Center Issues; Health Care Law	Keith A. Dunder, Barbara L. Shiels
Conflict of Interest	Barbara L. Shiels
Contracts - External Sales	Arnie H. Frishman
Contracts - Purchase of Goods and Services	Gary Brisbin
Contracts - Financial and Other	Rosalie O'Brien
Copyrights, Libraries	Gregory C. Brown
Discrimination & Affirmative Action	Tracy M. Smith, Shelley Carthen Watson
Employment	Shelley Carthen Watson, Brent P. Benrud
Grants Administration	Mark A. Bohnhorst, Arnie Frishman
Information Access & Restrictions	Tracy M. Smith
Lawsuits, Legal Claims, Subpoenas	William P. Donohue, Jennifer L. Frisch, Brian J. Slovut
Patents	Andrew Rozycki
Policy Development & Compliance	William P. Donohue, Tracy M. Smith
Real Estate	Kenneth A. Larson, Caroline Middleton
Student Issues	Barbara L. Shiels, Tracy M. Smith
Sponsored Research	Mark A. Bohnhorst, Arnie Frishman
Technology Transfer	Gregory C. Brown, Donald M. Amundson, Arnie Frishman
Trademarks	Rosalie W. O'Brien

The OGC cannot provide legal advice to students or employees about legal problems that are personal in nature. Students may contact University Student Legal Service at 160 West Bank Skyway, 219-19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455; telephone 612-624-1001. Students and employees may also contact the University of Minnesota Law School Legal Aid Clinic at 612-625-5515, or one of the many legal aid offices in the state, although income and other eligibility requirements will apply. In addition, many county bar associations offer lawyer referral services. They are listed in local phone directories.

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