Bob Abdo is Executive Vice President of Lommen Abdo Law Firm. He brings a wide variety of background and experience, giving him a practical and substantive perspective to advise clients. He acts as general outside counsel to a variety of businesses. Bob represents start-up, emerging and growing private and publicly held businesses. He provides legal, transactional, estate and family planning, business strategy and long-term planning, counseling and advice to varied businesses, organizations and individuals. His practice consists of securities, real estate, estate planning and business and corporate law matters, including entity formation and related agreements, private and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, employment, deferred compensation plans, Collateral and Endorsement Split Dollar Insurance Agreements, 457(f) Plans, contracts, venture and other financing. Bob is rated AV Preeminent® for the highest level of professional excellence by Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He has been included on the Minnesota Super Lawyer lists in the categories of Small & Privately Held Business Law, General Business and Business/Corporate. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice area of Entertainment Law – Music. He is involved in community affairs including as former trustee and six-term mayor of the City of Minnetonka Beach, President of the Minneapolis Athletic Club and President of Lafayette Club. He has been a member and/or chair of many community and private committees, commissions and boards. He was a First Lieutenant, USAR and Chief Finance Officer and Assistant Personnel Officer of the 5501 U.S. Army Hospital unit.
Lawyer Profile
Robert P. Abdo
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Recognized Since:2013
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Recognized in:Entertainment Law - MusicReal Estate Law
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Law School:University of Minnesota
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Location:International Centre, Suite 1000920 Second Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55402
Bob Abdo is Executive Vice President of Lommen Abdo Law Firm. He brings a wide variety of background and experience, giving him a practical and substantive perspective to advise clients. He acts as general outside counsel to a variety of businesses. Bob represents start-up, emerging and growing private and publicly held businesses. He provides legal, transactional, estate and family planning, business strategy and long-term planning, counseling and advice to varied businesses, organizations and individuals. His practice consists of securities, real estate, estate planning and business and corporate law matters, including entity formation and related agreements, private and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, employment, deferred compensation plans, Collateral and Endorsement Split Dollar Insurance Agreements, 457(f) Plans, contracts, venture and other financing. Bob is rated AV Preeminent® for the highest level of professional excellence by Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He has been included on the Minnesota Super Lawyer lists in the categories of Small & Privately Held Business Law, General Business and Business/Corporate. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice area of Entertainment Law – Music. He is involved in community affairs including as former trustee and six-term mayor of the City of Minnetonka Beach, President of the Minneapolis Athletic Club and President of Lafayette Club. He has been a member and/or chair of many community and private committees, commissions and boards. He was a First Lieutenant, USAR and Chief Finance Officer and Assistant Personnel Officer of the 5501 U.S. Army Hospital unit.
Lawyer Bio
Education:
- University of Minnesota, J.D., graduated 1970
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, B.A., graduated 1967
Bar Admissions:
- Minnesota, Minnesota State Bar Association
- United States, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
- United States, U.S. Supreme Court
- United States, U.S. Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:
- Entertainment Law - Music
- Real Estate Law
Awards:
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America
- Included on the Minnesota Super Lawyer list
- Rated AV Preeminent® for the highest level of professional excellence by Martindale-Hubbell.
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Firm Details
Lommen Abdo, P.A.
http://www.lommen.com
Headquarters
International Centre, Suite 1000
920 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55402
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Lawyer Case History
Edina State Bank v. Mr. Steak, Inc., et al., 487 F2d 640 (10th Cir 1974), Cert Denied 419 US 883, 95 S Ct 150, 42 L Ed 2d 123
§ 8-204 of the Uniform Commercial Code that a restriction on transfer imposed by the issuer is ineffective unless conspicuously noted on the security, except against a person with actual knowledge of the restriction.The absence of a requirement for a notation of the restriction in the federal statute does not overrides § 8-204 under the doctrine of preemption of the Securities Act of 1933.
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