Bryan Zlimen

Bryan Zlimen is a Minnesota partner whose practice focuses on small business law, collections, probate administration, and estate planning. He helps business owners and individual clients address legal matters involving operations, unpaid accounts, estate administration, planning documents, and personal legal needs. His work reflects a practical approach shaped by direct experience with small business challenges, client service, and problem-solving.

Zlimen earned a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law in 2007. While in law school, he received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award and the Minnesota Justice Foundation Volunteer Service Award. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Communication Arts in 2002. His education supports careful legal analysis, client counseling, writing, and practical guidance for business, collections, probate, and estate planning matters.

Zlimen has experience as a current and former small business owner, which helps him understand the issues entrepreneurs and business clients face. Before becoming an attorney, he spent nine years working in residential construction and landscaping. His legal work includes advising clients on collections, business practices, probate administration, estate planning, and other matters requiring organized planning, clear documents, and practical legal strategy.

Bryan Zlimen is admitted in Minnesota state courts, the US District Court for the District of Minnesota, and South Dakota state courts. He is a co-author of the Minnesota Practice Series Collections Handbook and has written on collections, business practices, and probate administration. His professional associations include the Minnesota State Bar Association, Ramsey County Bar Association, and Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association. Zlimen helps clients approach business and personal legal matters with practical judgment and clear communication.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Canopy Business Law
• Member, Ramsey County Bar Association
• Member, Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association

• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Minnesota
• South Dakota

Education

• William Mitchell College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Wisconsin
  Graduated