Licensure and Designations

• Admitted to the Minnesota Bar, 1977
• Admitted to the Wisconsin Bar, 1989
• Admitted to U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1989
• Designated as a Qualified Neutral under Rule 114 of the Minnesota Rules of Practice in the following categories:
  1. Mediation;
  2. Arbitration; and
  3. Evaluative Neutral

Employment Experience

• Sole practitioner, Wright Family Law & Mediation, P.L.L.C. (2004- present)
• Firm member, Collins, Buckley, Sauntry & Haugh, P.L.L.P. (2002-2004)
• Partner, McCullough, Smith, Wright & Kempe (1991-2002)
• Partner, Janecek & Wright (1978-1991)

Recognitions

• Rated by Martindale Hubbell as AV (Very High to Preeminent)
• Listed in Law & Politics as a Super Lawyer in Family Law
• Listed in Minnesota Monthly as a
  1. Leading Minnesota Attorney in Family Law and
  2. Leading Minnesota Woman Attorney
• Listed in Mpls/St. Paul Magazine as a Leading Minnesota Attorney in Family Law
• Listed in Guidebook to American Leading Attorneys, State of Minnesota, in Family Law

Recent Lecture/Presentation Experience

• Navigating the Fork in the Road: Fairly Dividing Assets and Liabilities,
  June 10, 2008
• Handling Minnesota Divorce Cases from Start to Finish,
  December 1, 2003, Minneapolis
• Tax Aspects of Divorce in Minnesota:
  • September, 2005, Minneapolis
  • June 17, 2003, Minneapolis
  • January 30, 2001, Minneapolis
  • April 21, 1999, Minneapolis
  • December 9, 1997, Minneapolis
  • November 14, 1996, Minneapolis
  • October 26, 1995, Minneapolis

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association
  (Family Law Section)
• Minnesota State Bar Association
  (Family Law Section)
• Ramsey County Bar Association
  (Family Law Committee Chair 1990-1991), past member
• Anoka County Bar Association
  (Family Law Committee, Co-Chair 1989-1991), past member
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Minnesota Chapter
  (Board of Managers. 1996-1999)
• Collaborative Law Institute of Minnesota
  (member)
• Ramsey County Attorney Referral Service
  (Committee Chair 1994-2001)

Publications

• Failure to Prepare for the Premature Death of a Spouse,
  Nov. 28, 2007, Minneapolis, CLE sponsored by NBI
• Minimizing the Tax Consequences of Divorce in Minnesota,
  June 27, 2006, Minneapolis, CLE sponsored by NBI
• Dividing Assets and Debts Equitably,
  June 19, 2006, Minneapolis, CLE sponsored by NBI
• Child Custody and Support,
  Oct. 14, 2004, Minneapolis, CLE sponsored by NBI
• Custody Modification and Enforcement,
  July, 2004, Minneapolis, CLE sponsored by NBI
• Handling Minnesota Divorce Cases from Start to Finish,
  Dec. 1 2003, CLE sponsored by NBI
• Tax Issues Related to Asset Valuation and Division and Tax Provisions Related to Income,
  September, 2005, June 17, 2003, Jan. 30, 2001, April 21, 1999, Dec. 9, 1997, Nov. 14, 1996, Oct. 26, 1995,
  Tax Aspects of Divorce in Minnesota, CLE, sponsored by NBI
• Medical Support and Spousal Maintenance,
  MSBA Family Law Forum, Vol. 10, No. 1, Feb. 1998
• Valuing Pensions within Martial Dissolution Actions: A Call for a Standard Presumption of Retirement Age,
  9 Hamline Law Review 431 (1986)
• Interviewing the Client, Preparing, Filing and Service of Pleadings with 114 pages of forms,
  March, 1983, Efficient Marital Dissolution Practice CLE, sponsored by Minnesota CLE
• Child Support and Spousal Maintenance—An Inside View,
  6 Minnesota Trial Lawyers, Vol. 2, February, 1981

Professional Services

• Chrysalis Center for Women:
  volunteer speaker, volunteer for legal advice clinics,
  past law board member (1978- present)
• Washington County Legal Assistance
  volunteer
• Minnesota Women Lawyers: Speaker’s Bureau—
  volunteer speaker for various organizations
• Ramsey County Bar:
  Law Day volunteer attorney
• Hamline Law School:
  Career Day volunteer attorney