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- University of Minnesota, J.D., magna cum laude, 1980
- University of Minnesota, B.A., Political Science, 1977
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- State of Minnesota
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
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- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Section, 1992 to present
- Minnesota State Bar Association
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- U of M Alumni Association
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- AV Preeminent® – Martindale-Hubble Peer Review Rating™
- Top Lawyers in Minnesota, Minnesota Monthly, 2024
- Raeder Larson Public Service Award, MN Bankruptcy Section – 2005 (pro bono)
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When not viewing my grandchildren’s sports, dancing and other activities, I enjoy motorcycle riding along the St. Croix and Mississippi rivers, hunting with my family (father, uncles, cousins, son, nieces and nephews) or long walks around the lake with my wife.
I draw on 37 years of bankruptcy litigation experience to guide clients to cost effective bankruptcy litigation solutions.
Pat Hennessy is just completing a quiet title and partition action for a bankruptcy trustee client, which will result in the sale of a property, listed as without value by the debtor, for $1.55 million and payment in full of creditors in the bankruptcy case.
Experience
- Represented trustee in sale of 3,000 acres of farmland while settling litigation with secured lender.
- Obtained $20,000,000 plus judgment for creditor client in bankruptcy case and determination judgment not discharged.
- Obtained numerous judgments or settlements for trustees of preference and fraudulent conveyance claims in bankruptcy cases.
- Represented numerous creditor clients in defending and/or settling claims of fraudulent conveyance or preference payment asserted against them by bankruptcy trustees.
- On a pro bono basis, represented a Somali client to defeat a foreclosure on her home and nullify a mortgage given by the ex-husband without her knowledge, saving the family home.