Constance R. Barnhart
Barnhart Law PLC
Constance R. (Connie) Barnhart, Attorney At Law and Managing Member, founded Barnhart Law PLC in March, 2009, after practicing law for more than 30 years at large law firms, including most recently 12 and one-half years as a Partner at the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP.
Barnhart Law PLC is a niche law firm that concentrates its practice in business law matters, with an industry focus that frequently involves technology and internet law matters and renewable energy transactions. The firm currently represents Scandinavian, European and U.S. corporate clients in industries including information & communications technology, renewable energy (wind and solar), SMS/ MMS text messaging, internet businesses, and medical and safety technology, among others, in both cross-border and U.S. transactions and contractual matters.
In more than 30 years of practice, Ms. Barnhart has handled, as lead attorney, many substantial international and domestic mergers & acquisitions, wind energy project financings, solar energy development and supply agreements, joint ventures, securities offerings, venture capital investments, corporate reorganizations, distributorships, licensing, internet and technology law matters, and other commercial, securities, and financial transactions for U.S., Scandinavian, European and Latin American corporate clients.
Ms. Barnhart is fluent in English, Spanish and Norwegian, and conversant in Swedish and Danish. She is licensed to practice law in the States of Florida, New York, Texas and Minnesota.
She founded Barnhart Law PLC in order to continue providing her U.S. and international clients the same service they were receiving at a large law firm, but at the lower billing rate and greater flexibility for individualized service and personal attention permitted by a niche law firm with lower overhead.
- University of Minnesota Law School
- J.D. | Law
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- Honors: J.D. Cum Laude; Top 10% of Class; Order of The Coif.
- Activities: Minnesota Law Review; Instructor of Legal Writing & Research.
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- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- B.A. (1974) | Political Science & Spanish
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- Honors: B.A. Summa Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Silver Medal of The Royal Society For Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, London, England.
- Activities: Elected Student Senator & Vice President For Legislative Affairs, Universiy Student Government.
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- Attorney At Law, Managing Member
- Barnhart Law PLC
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- Partner
- Holland & Knight LLP
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- Attorney
- Coudert Brothers and private practice, New York, New York and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, TX and London, England
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- Associate Attorney
- Leonard, Street & Deinard and Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association
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- Judicial Law Clerk to The Hon. Walter Rogosheske, Justice
- Minnesota Supreme Court
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- Opportunities In Sweden & Norway For U.S. Strategic Buyers: Part II – Norway
- The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
- Opportunities In Sweden and Norway For U.S. Strategic Buyers: Part I -- Sweden
- The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
- Silver Medal Recipient and Fellow 1974 to date.
- Royal Society For The Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, London England.
- The Florida Bar
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- New York State Bar # 2150670
- Member
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- Association of The Bar of The City of New York (New York City Bar Association)
- Member
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- Activities: Member and Officer, Committees on Corporation Law, Securities Law, Inter-American Affairs, and Lectures and Continuing Education.
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- Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce
- Member
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- International Bar Association
- Member
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- Texas State Bar
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- Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce
- Member
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- Minesota State Bar Association & Hennepin County Bar Association
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- American Bar Association
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- Activities: Member, International Law Section, Business Law Section, Cyberlaw Committee.
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- Florida
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- Minnesota
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- New York
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- Texas
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- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Intellectual Property
- International Law
- Human Rights, Imports & Exports
- Danish: Spoken
- English: Spoken, Written
- Norwegian: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Swedish: Spoken
- Website
- Website