About

Education:

B.S. in Accounting with distinction University of Minnesota School of Business Administration, 1969.

Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1973.

Jurisdictions in which licensed:

Minnesota - State and Federal.

Professional Associations:

Minnesota State and Hennepin County Bar Associations.

Minnesota Association for Justice.

Conflict Resolution Minnesota.

Activities Include:

Hennepin County Family Court Settlement Referee.

Hennepin County District Court Civil Arbitrator 1986-2008 conclusion of program.

American Arbitration Association: Arbitrator and Mediator.

Minnesota Supreme Court
Rule 114 Roster of Neutrals, Civil and Family.

FINRA (formerly NASD) Board of Arbitrators.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): Mediator.

Minn. Dept. of Human Rights (MDHR): Mediator.

Frank Abramson has practiced law since 1973. In addition to representing clients in litigation, he has engaged in the practice of arbitration and mediation for more than 25 years. He was raised in St. Paul and has resided in the Twin Cities since birth. He is an honors graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Business Administration, now the Carlson School of Management, with a degree in accounting, and a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School.

Frank's trial experience includes personal injury, medical negligence, divorce, sexual harassment and commercial cases. He is also on the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Civil and Family Neutral rosters and serves on a number of other ADR panels, including those of the American Arbitration Association, the National Arbitration Forum, and FINRA (formerly NASD) for the purpose of providing mediation, arbitration and other "ADR" services to individuals and companies. Frank is also a mediator for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

He is a member of the Minnesota State and the Hennepin County Bar Associations and the Minnesota Association for Justice (MAJ), formerly the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association. He has been active on a number of bar association committees, including service as Chairman of the Minnesota State Bar Association Community Relations Committee, long-term service on the Hennepin County Bar Association Fee Arbitration, Ethics and Ethics Screening Committees, and he currently serves as co-chair of the Hennepin County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Committee. He is also co-chair of the MAJ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Committee.

Frank has been actively involved in community activities, including prior service on the St. Louis Park Cable Television Advisory Commission, where he served a term as chairman and as a member of the Board and officer of the Hennepin County Division of the American Heart Association. He served as an Adjunct Professor at William Mitchell College of Law from 2003 through 2006. Frank also participates in Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities as a Big Brother.

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Frank Abramson, Attorney at Law
401 Groveland Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Telephone: 612.871.1800
Fax:612.871.1659