Dan Biersdorf

Dan Biersdorf is the lead attorney for Biersdorf & Associates and is licensed in the following states:  Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Oregon and Washington.  He has also been admitted pro hac vice in several states.

Dan graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1973.  He then attended the University Of Minnesota School Of Law where he received his Juris Doctor in 1976.

Dan began his legal career as the assistant prosecuting attorney with the Hennepin County Attorney's Office in Minneapolis from 1977 to 1983 and then worked as a trial attorney for a mid-sized corporate law firm in Minneapolis from 1983 to 1988.

In 1988, Dan started his own firm, Biersdorf & Associates on the principle that property owners Fifth Amendment rights must be asserted and upheld.  Since the firm's inception, Dan has focused on large eminent domain cases around the country that have redefined the law in favor of property owners.

Experience in eminent domain and other property valuation cases

Dan has experience with handling property valuation cases dealing with the following types of properties:

• Agricultural property
• Natural gas storage
• Apartment complexes
• Automobile dealerships
• Beachfront property
• Commercial development property
• Corporate headquarter complexes
• Food processing facilities
• Industrial buildings
• Office buildings
• Quarries
• Residential property
• Residential development property
• Restaurants
• Shopping centers
• Subsidized housing
• Warehouses

Noteworthy Legal Cases

• Obtained beneficial ruling for property owners regarding the determination of contamination value before the Minnesota Supreme Court.
• Obtained expansive valuation ruling favorable for property owners with multiple parcels affected by an eminent domain taking before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  This was the first decision on this issue in any appellate court in the United States.
• Obtained beneficial ruling for property owners relative to the application of summary judgement to forfeiture procedures before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• Gained favorable procedural ruling for property owners in eminent domain cases before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
• Obtained beneficial ruling for property owners regarding the valuation methodology for certain senior living facilities before the New York Supreme Court.  The government has currently appealed this ruling to the appellate

Dan is a frequent lecturer on eminent domain and other property valuation issues at continuing education and other seminars.  He also actively lobbies in support of property owner rights and faciliates free public meetings for property owners around the country.