Overview

Brent Tunis is an associate of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He focuses his practice on business disputes, shareholder disputes, creditors’ rights, and other complex commercial litigation.

Representative Matters

  • Represented large homeowner’s association in court trial.
  • Obtained over $800,000 recovery for aggrieved shareholder client despite highest offer from opposing shareholder being $175,000.
  • Successfully recovered significant six-figure settlement for client from property insurance carrier.
  • Obtained successful recovery on subrogation client after jury trial.
  • Obtained restraining order and injunction for client in highly contested action to recover possession of race horse
  • Defend appeal and draft brief in highly contested paternity action resulting in adoption of new law and reported decision. In re: Welfare of C.F.N., 923 N.W.2d 325 (Minn. 2018).
  • Briefed and assisted with argument of appeal before the Iowa Supreme Court on behalf of financial institution client and obtained favorable ruling and changing Iowa debtor-creditor law. DuTrac Community Credit Union v. Hefel, 893 N.W.2d 282 (Iowa 2017).
  • Successfully defended appeal before the Iowa Court of Appeals followed by the Iowa Supreme Court in complex litigation obtaining a positive outcome for the client. Cannon v. Bodensteiner Implement Co.,903 N.W.2d 322 (Iowa 2017).

Honors and Distinctions

  • The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate, 2024
  • Minnesota State Bar Association North Star Lawyer, Pro-Bono Lawyers, 2017

Professional Involvement

  • Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) Young Lawyers Section, Outreach Committee Chair, 2019-2021
  • Minnesota State Bar Association, District Three Bar
    • President, 2019-2020
    • Vice President, 2018-2019
  • ProJustice MN, Pro Bono Lawyer, 2018-2019
  • MSBA, North Star Lawyer, 2017
  • Young Entrepreneurs Academy, Mentor and Speaker, 2016-2017
  • Volunteer Lawyers Project, Pro Bono Lawyer, 20152017

Community Involvement

  • St. Croix Animal Friends, Former Board of Directors/Legal Counsel
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Hudson, 2020-2022
  • Rochester Symphony, Rochester, Board of Directors, 2018-2020

Thought Leadership