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tfd@mgmllp.com

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PRACTICES

  • Real Estate Litigation

  • Landlord Tenant

  • Commercial Litigation

EDUCATION

  • Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont (1996 Juris Doctor magna cum laude and Master of Studies in Environmental Law summa cum laude)

  • The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (1991 B.A. in Int’l Affairs/ Minor in Russian Language)

COURT ADMISSIONS

  • Minnesota - 2000

  • United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

RECOGNITIONS

  • Minnesota Law & Politics designation “Rising Star”

  • Minnesota Law & Politics, “Super Lawyer”, 2011-2020

THOMAS F. DEVINCKE, Partner

EXPERIENCE

Thomas DeVincke has a varied litigation practice.  Mr. DeVincke earned his B.A. degree from The George Washington University in 1991 and his J.D., magna cum laude, and Masters in the Study of Environmental Law, summa cum laude, from Vermont Law School in 1996. 

Mr. DeVincke has served as an intern to the Honorable Claiborne Pell, United States Senate, a clerk for the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a consultant to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and a law clerk to the Honorable John P. Bourcier, Associate Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court. 

Mr. DeVincke represents landlords, contractors, lenders, and other businesses in commercial litigation matters.  Mr. DeVincke has worked extensively with the manufactured housing industry throughout the State of Minnesota. 

Mr. DeVincke is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, Rhode Island Bar Association, and American Bar Association.  He has named as a Super Lawyer by Minnesota Law and Politics magazine for the past decade.

Speaking Engagements

  • Lecturer, “20 Practice Tips for the Commercial Real Estate Attorney”, 2018 Real Estate Institute, Minnesota CLE, November 1, 2018

  • Lecturer, “Practice Tips for Commercial Real Estate Attorneys”, 2017 Real Estate Institute, Minnesota CLE, November 3, 2017

ORGANIZATIONS

Member, Minnesota State Bar Association

Member, Hennepin County Bar Association

selecTED court DECISIONS

  • Tulien vs. City of Minneapolis, 2021 WL 79526 (2021)

  • NAACP vs. United States, 764 F. Supp. 1092 (D. Minn. 2011)

  • Langston v. Wilson-McShane, 776 N.W.2d 684 (Minn. 2009)

  • APAC v. Uniprop, 732 N.W.2d 189 (Minn. 2007)