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Lowell Stortz is currently President of Leonard, Street and Deinard. He practices in the Firm’s Estate Planning and Charitable Gift Planning practice groups, advising individuals and businesses in the areas of tax, business and estate planning, and trust and estate administration. He also advises several colleges and nonprofit organizations on donor gift programs and nonprofit corporate issues. Lowell has been active in providing legal advice and business counsel to many charities serving those in need in the Twin Cities community.
He has served as adjunct professor of estate planning at University of Minnesota Law School (1990), Hamline University School of Law (2003) and University of St. Thomas School of Law (2004), and is a frequent lecturer on tax and business planning for Minnesota Continuing Legal Education.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
President, Leonard, Street and Deinard, 2009-present
Chair, Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Business Division, 1999-2001
Chair, Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Estate Planning and Charitable Gift Planning Practice Groups, 1996-1998; 2002-2008
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1997 to present
Former editorial board member, Drafting Wills and Trust Agreements, Minnesota State Bar Association
Member, American, Minnesota State and Hennepin County Bar Associations, Real Property, Probate, Trust Law and Taxation Sections
Board of Trustees, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1999 to present
EDUCATION
J.D., summa cum laude, University of Iowa, 1983
Order of the Coif
B.A., summa cum laude, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, 1980
ADMISSIONS
State of Minnesota
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