Leland (Lee) J. Frankman has practiced in the area of eminent domain (condemnation) for over 40 years. He has a solid winning record representing landowners from the commission stage to the Minnesota Supreme Court in complex multimillion-dollar cases and in basic cases involving smaller acquisitions of private property. Lee has been practicing under the sweeping new changes in the eminent domain laws made by the legislature in 2006 with excellent results. Lee began his career as a Minnesota Assistant Attorney General representing the highway department (MNDOT) after graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1966. Partner, Harry Andrew Frankman, (University of Minnesota Law School, cum laude) is also admitted in Florida and was named to the Rising Stars list in Minnesota Law & Politics magazine.