Our Practice

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For over 25 years, Suzanne Kvas has assisted generations of families with estate planning. Her estate planning practice includes everything from drafting wills and trusts to the probate of estates, the administration of trusts as well as assisting families who have children or adults with special needs to establish specific trusts, conservatorships and guardianships. Suzanne has the litigation experience to be an effective advocate in the courtroom if a dispute arises in a probate or trust proceeding.

In addition to her estate planning and probate work, Suzanne's experience includes representing injured parties and insurers on insurance coverage issues and related litigation. She has appeared before and drafted numerous briefs to the Minnesota Court of Appeals and the Minnesota Supreme Court. As a testament to her skills, for over 15 years her peers have presented her with the highest rating possible for her ethics and legal abilities, an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Suzanne complements her traditional practice in many ways. She has dedicated hundreds of hours of service as a volunteer attorney with the Children’s Law Center of Minnesota, representing children who are in foster care or wards of the state. She lectures at various client seminars and for continuing legal education programs in her practice areas. As a member of the panel of arbitrators with the American Arbitration Association, Suzanne is routinely selected by parties to act as their arbitrator and was appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court to the Standing Committee for No-Fault Arbitration. Suzanne is known as a thoughtful and effective legal counselor by her peers and former clients.

• Estate Planning, including Wills, Trusts, Health Care Directives, Powers-of-Attorney and Transfer on Death Deeds.
• Probate & Trust Administration
• Personal Injury

• Minnesota
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 
• U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota

• William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota
  • J.D.
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • B.A., History

• Minnesota State Bar Association
• First Judicial District Bar Association
• American Arbitration Association, Arbitrator Panel

• Lutter, Gilbert & Kvas, P.A 2013 to 2020 
• Lehmann & Lutter, PA, Attorney, 2010 to 2013
• Stringer & Rohleder, Ltd., Partner, 1987 to 2010

Partners in marriage for over 30 years, it only made sense to partner in practice as well.  With over 30 years as a national trial attorney, Bill brings that expertise to Kvas Law.  Click here to learn more.

P.S.  An added bonus, we did not have to change the firm stationery....

Mo has over 25 years of paralegal experience in a wide range of practice areas.  She is often the first contact for our clients  and assists with document drafting and file management. Lydia, our legal assistant, is a new addition to the firm, bringing with her years of experience in real estate and related matters.