Heidi A. Carpenter

Heidi A. Carpenter is the Chief Executive Officer and a shareholder at Fafinski Mark & Johnson in Minnesota. She is a commercial, business, and mergers-and-acquisitions attorney who represents closely held businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, and middle-market companies. Heidi focuses on corporate governance, business transactions, executive compensation, and employment-related matters, helping clients manage growth, structure deals, and address day-to-day legal needs with practical business judgment.

Heidi earned her J.D. from Hamline University School of Law and her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her education supports a practice built on careful legal analysis, business planning, and problem solving. This foundation helps her advise owners, executives, buyers, sellers, investors, and lenders on transactions, compliance issues, and strategic decisions affecting company operations.

Heidi has handled a wide range of corporate and M&A matters, including stock and asset purchases, business sales, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and strategic investments. Her transaction experience includes acquisitions and sales involving manufacturing, healthcare development, private equity, banking, insurance, and other industries. She also serves as outside general counsel, assisting companies with entity formation, contracts, shareholder and operating agreements, succession planning, and employment issues.

Heidi A. Carpenter is recognized for her work as a Minnesota corporate, business, and M&A attorney and for her leadership at FMJ. Her honors include recognition by Minnesota Super Lawyers, Chambers and Partners, Forbes America’s Best-in-State Lawyers, The Legal 500 Minneapolis Elite, and Minnesota’s Top Women in Law. She also provides pro bono employment counsel and mentors attorneys and business professionals, reflecting a practical, service-focused approach to legal practice.

Law Office Affiliations

• CEO, Fafinski Mark & Johnson, P.A.
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Minnesota

Education

• Hamline University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Wisconsin
  BA in Political Science

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