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Dana McKenzie is a shareholder of Wolf, Rohr, McKenzie & Gemberling, P.A., a St. Paul firm focused exclusively on resolving family law matters for clients in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. While her practice at the firm encompasses all aspects of family law, Ms. McKenzie has particularly extensive experience with child support issues and the valuation of large or complex marital assets, as well as with different methods of dispute resolution, including litigation, mediation and collaborative law. Ms. McKenzie is also a Rule 114-qualified neutral parenting consultant, consensual special magistrate (CSM) and a financial and social early neutral evaluator.
Ms. McKenzie is a former manager of policy and planning for the Minnesota Department of Human Services' Child Support Enforcement Division and the co-author of the chapter "Paternity Issues and Trends" published in the Minnesota Custody and Child Support Deskbook. She is a frequent continuing legal education (CLE) and keynote speaker as well, and she writes a weekly family law appellate case law summary read by more than 500 Minnesota family law professionals. Her professional affiliations include the Collaborative Law Institute, the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Ramsey County Bar Association.
About Dana McKenzie
Law School: University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
Admitted: 1989, Minnesota
Professional Webpage: www.wolfrohr.com/danamckenzie.html
Honors and Awards:
- The Order of Barristers (Inducted 1989)
- Top 50 Women Lawyers in Minnesota
- American Association for Justice Student Advocacy Competitions (2nd Place) University of Missouri - Kansas City
- Dean's List, University of Missouri - Kansas City
- Ranked in the Top Third of the Graduating Class, University of Missouri - Kansas City
- Terry Thomas Memorial Trial Practice Achievement Award, 1989
- Callaghan Book Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, 1989
- State of Minnesota Achievement Award, 1998
- State of Minnesota Achievement Award, 1999
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member of the Board of Directors, National Child Support Enforcement Association
- Member, Ramsey County Bar Association
- Member, Dakota County Bar Association
- Member, First Judicial District Bar Association
- Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Ms. McKenzie serves as the co-chair of the Ramsey County Financial Early Neutral Evaluation Committee and serves as a Financial and Social Early Neutral Evaluator in Ramsey, Dakota and Washington Counties where she regularly handles reduced fee and pro bono matters. She volunteers with the Ramsey County Pro Se Legal Clinic.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- "A complete History of Medical Child Support - Slightly Abridged!" Delaware Lawyer, summer 2002. (Co-Authored with Susan F. Paikin, Esq.)
- "Paternity Issues and Trends" Minnesota Custody and Child Support Deskbook
- Frequent CLE and Keynote Speaker and writes a weekly Family Law Appellate case law summary read by over 500 Minnesota Family Law Professionals
- Co-Author of the Chapter "Paternity Issues and Trends" of the Minnesota Custody and Child Support Deskbook
- CLE Presenter, Minnesota State Bar Association CLE on Child Support, Minneapolis, MN, 1997
- CLE Presenter: National Child Support Enforcement Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 1998
- CLE Course Co-Chair and Presenter, Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics CLE on Family Law, Minneapolis, MN, 1998
- CLE Presenter, National Child Support Enforcement Association Annual Conference, 1999
- CLE Presenter, United State Department of Health and Human Service, Office of Child Support Enforcement ninth national training conference, Washington, DC, 1999
- "Children of the Law(yers)" Family Law Forum, July, 1999
- CLE Presenter, Eastern Regional Interstate Child Support Association Annual Conference, Detroit, MI, 2000
- CLE Presenter, National Child Support Enforcement Association annual conference, San Diego, CA, 2000
- CLE Presenter, Minnesota State Bar Association Family Law Institute, St. Paul, MN, 2001
- Keynote Speaker, Carlton county Head Start/Child Care/Child Support conference, Carlton, MN, 2001
- CLE Presenter: National Child Support Enforcement Association annual conference, New York, NY, 2001
- Keynote Speaker and CLE Presenter, National Child Support Enforcement Association regional conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2001
- "Children of the Year" The Times for Fathers and Families November, 2001
- Plenary Speaker, National Child Support Enforcement Association mid-year conference, Washington, DC, 2002
- Presenter, National Child Sport Enforcement Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2002
- Program Chairperson, National Child Support Enforcement Association mid-year conference, Washington DC, 2003
- CLE Presenter, Ramsey County Bar Association, 2007
- CLE Presenter, Dakota County Family Law Bar, 2008
- CLE Presenter, Dakota County Family Law Bar, 2009
- Plenary Speaker and CLE Presenter, Family Law Institute, 2010
- Plenary Speaker, Family Law Institute, 2011
Educational Background:
- Northern Michigan University. B.S. Dean's List, National Merit Scholar, Major: Political Science, Minor: Business Administration, 1985
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