Pearson Christensen, PLLP

Pearson Christensen, PLLP is a Grand Forks, North Dakota law firm serving individuals and businesses across a broad range of legal matters. Founded in 1958, the firm handles business and commercial law, civil litigation, criminal defense, family law, estate planning, insurance matters, personal injury, real estate, employment, and appellate work. Its attorneys practice in local, state, and federal courts in North Dakota and Minnesota, providing counsel for transactions, disputes, planning matters, and courtroom proceedings.

Pearson Christensen, PLLP approaches legal matters with practical guidance, professional service, and a focus on maintaining long-term client relationships. The firm’s attorneys work together across practice areas when cases involve overlapping business, financial, family, property, or litigation concerns. Its litigation team represents clients through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, trial, and appeals. The firm emphasizes understanding client objectives and developing cost-conscious strategies designed to resolve disputes while protecting important personal and commercial interests.

Pearson Christensen, PLLP assists businesses with entity formation, contracts, employment matters, commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, business sales, succession planning, and tax-related concerns. Its estate planning practice handles wills, trusts, probate, powers of attorney, and health care directives. Real estate services include purchases, sales, leases, financing, title disputes, easements, foreclosures, and related litigation. The firm provides criminal defense, family law representation, personal injury advocacy, insurance defense and coverage counsel, civil litigation, and appellate representation.

Pearson Christensen, PLLP has grown from a one-person tax litigation practice into a multidisciplinary firm with experienced trial attorneys. Its lawyers bring knowledge from private practice, teaching, community leadership, and courtroom work to the matters they handle. Some attorneys have served as professors at the University of North Dakota School of Law or held elected community positions. Through broad legal capabilities, collaborative representation, and longstanding regional experience, the firm helps clients address complex disputes, transactions, planning needs, and legal risks.