Heather L. Marx
Heather Marx represents a variety of business clients, including corporations and individuals, as well as a number of banks in legal matters requiring complex business and commercial litigation.
Ms. Marx is involved in all aspects of litigation, from initial pleadings, through discovery, motion practice, negotiated resolution, and trial.
Examples of her areas of professional experience include litigation involving: commercial and private loans; business liquidation distribution; lease obligations; contractual enforcements; receivership appointments; real estate transactions; and insurance claims.
Ms. Marx’s experience in all facets of litigation gives her perspective on how best to achieve her clients’ goals in a cost-effective and successful manner.
Ms. Marx joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in July 2007 with a group of seven attorneys from the law firm of Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A., where she was an associate. Prior to that, Ms. Marx was a litigation associate for five years with the law firm of Eckman, Strandness & Egan, P.A. in Wayzata, Minnesota.
During law school at Georgetown University Law Center, Ms. Marx clerked with the Board of Professional Responsibility of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., where she assisted the Board in matters involving enforcement of attorney ethical obligations and necessary attorney discipline.
During her undergraduate studies, Ms. Marx worked for Gustavus Adolphus College for four years in the Development Office, where she worked to increase annual and alumni fund donations. During her final year, she was also the academic department assistant for the Political Science Department.
Ms. Marx’s current professional memberships include the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Hennepin County Bar Association.
In 2008 and again in 2009, Minnesota Law & Politics magazine named Ms. Marx to its Rising Stars list. Recipients of this award have practiced law for less than 10 years or are 40 years old or younger.
Ms. Marx’s publications include, “Conversion and the Dilemma of Mandatory Sanctions,” published in the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Summer 2001.