Aaron was born somewhere in the middle of America but grew up in Phoenix, where he learned the timeless lesson that sports teams clad in purple possess a limitless capacity to break your heart. After attending college in Michigan and taking some extended vacations on the other side of the globe, courtesy of Uncle Sam and the U.S. Army, Aaron decided to move to Minnesota. Lured by a naïve understanding of the phrase “winter wonderland” and, equally so by a beautiful and bluntly persuasive central Minnesota girl, he eventually found himself the father of three and engaging in a surprising number of conversations about the weather.
Aaron splits his time between estate planning, business planning, and litigation. He enjoys helping families and business owners identify goals and carry those goals through whatever planning process they need to get them there. Sometimes this is creating an estate plan to provide for loved ones. Sometimes it involves identifying a business’s long-term goals and working backward to figure out the necessary steps needed between now and the future to get there.
When it comes to litigation, Aaron enjoys digging into a client’s story to flesh out what’s really happened to lead them to that point. Sometimes it’s simply another person failing to fulfill their promises, but oftentimes it can be a complicated mess of circumstances that aren’t apparent on the surface. Aaron has a particular fondness and background in real estate conflicts, where sometimes a few feet and an old fence matter a lot. He also works with businesses in litigation to protect their interests while balancing the need to keep the business running and growing.
When not working, there’s a good chance Aaron is chasing his kids around outside–especially the littlest one. When he has the time, he escapes the four walls of the house to his garage to find the tools to fix something his 1923 home probably needs to have repaired. And in those rare moments when neither house nor children need his attention, he’s either taking a walk in the dark or peppering his wife with random facts he’s reading in some kind of book.
