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 Misconduct	Barbara Shiels
Alcohol	Bev Moe
Athletics	Bill Donohue
Construction	Beth Zamzow
Copyright	Greg Brown
Data Practices	Tracy Smith
Export/Import Regulation	Mark Bohnhorst
Finance	Rosalie O'Brien
Foundations or Other Affiliated Entity	Greg Brown
Health Care and Medical Law	Keith Dunder
Health Sciences Research	Barbara Shiels
Hotel Rental	Bev Moe
Human and Animal Research Regulation	Barbara Shiels
Human Rights	Brent Benrud, Shelley Carthen Watson
Immigration	Barbara Shiels
International Program	Don Amundson, Elizabeth Anderson
Labor or Employment	Brent Benrud, Shelley Carthen Watson
Lease	Dan Piper, Beth Zamzow, Bev Moe
Litigation	Bill Donohue
Obtain a License to Software or Database	Gary Brisbin, Diane Krawczynski
Privacy	Tracy Smith
Purchase Goods or Services	Gary Brisbin, Diane Krawczynski
Real Estate	Dan Piper, Beth Zamzow
Sell Goods or Services, Including Lab Time	Don Amundson, Elizabeth Anderson
Sponsored Project/Grant	Mark Bohnhorst, Arnie Frishman
Student Affairs	Tracy Smith
Student Misconduct	Barbara Shiels
Technology Transfer	Greg Brown, Arnie Frishman
Trademark	Rosalie 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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