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DAVID M. AAFEDT

 

  
 

 

Capella Tower
225 South Sixth Street
Suite 3500
Minneapolis, MN 55402-4629
Phone: (612) 604-6400
Fax: (612) 604-6800
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David serves on the Board of Directors of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. and also serves as the Chair of the firm’s Regulatory and Government Relations Practice Group. 

Prior to joining Winthrop, he served as an Assistant Attorney General with the Minnesota Attorney General’s office. While at the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, David served as counsel to the Minnesota Department of Commerce and the Minnesota Department of Health, and represented the State of Minnesota, the Governor, the Attorney General, and various state agencies in business and consumer litigation, investigations and market conduct examinations, and civil enforcement proceedings. David was also heavily involved in numerous Attorney General audits and consumer investigations pursuant to the Office’s consumer, non-profit, and charitable organization oversight.

Since joining Winthrop & Weinstine, David’s practice mirrors his practice while at the Attorney General’s Office.  He uses his extensive experience to advocate on behalf of his clients in a wide range of settings in all 50 states, including state and federal regulatory matters, business, consumer and non-profit litigation, as well as state and federal investigations, market conduct examinations, and unclaimed property audits. David was recognized by Best Lawyers in America© as “Lawyer of the Year” for Administrative/Regulatory Law in 2017, and has also been listed in Insurance Law. He has also consistently been selected to the Minnesota Super Lawyers list for Administrative and Regulatory Law.

David serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota, as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel ("FORC"), and as a member of the Executive Council for both the Health Law and Administrative Law Sections of the Minnesota State Bar Association.

David also serves as outside general counsel to numerous dental and health care professionals and their practices. He also represents these dental and health care professionals in conjunction with Board investigations and enforcement proceedings, third-party payor audits and general business disputes.


Education
William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1997
Pomona College, B.A., Government, 1992

 
      
      
      
      

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