Katie A. Perleberg

Katie A. Perleberg is a shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. in Fargo, North Dakota whose practice focuses on trusts and estates, estate planning, tax planning, probate, and trust administration. Perleberg works with individuals, families, fiduciaries, farmers, ranchers, and family business owners on wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, tax planning, probate, trust administration, and business succession planning. The practice is grounded in the specific legal and business issues reflected in those matters, with attention to the governing law, the client’s objectives, and the practical steps required to move a matter forward.

Perleberg’s education includes a J.D. from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in 2011, cum laude, and a B.A. from Concordia College in 2004, cum laude. She later clerked for Judges John H. Scherer and Frederick L. Grunke in Minnesota’s Seventh Judicial District. This background supports careful legal analysis, research, writing, and problem solving in the matters handled in practice. It also provides context for evaluating legal risk, explaining available options, and connecting technical rules to the real-world decisions clients need to make.

Perleberg’s experience includes planning for estate and transfer tax minimization, preparing revocable and irrevocable trusts, assisting fiduciaries after death, and structuring farm, ranch, and family business succession matters. Perleberg also advises on real estate and entity formation or restructuring when those issues are connected to estate planning and multi-state planning. These matters have involved estate plans, probate proceedings, trust administrations, family business transitions, and planning involving North Dakota, Minnesota, and Florida.

Katie A. Perleberg has also been recognized for Justice for All Lawyer and North Star Lawyer recognition, along with continued professional involvement in estate-planning organizations. Through her pro bono work and service in state and local bar associations, Perleberg remains engaged with the professional and practical issues that affect this area of law. Clients benefit from advice that is tied to the facts of the matter, the applicable legal framework, and the business or personal considerations that influence how a legal issue should be addressed.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
• Member, State Bar Association of North Dakota
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Member, The Florida Bar
• Member, Cass County Bar Association
• Member, Clay County Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Red River Valley Estate Planning Council
• Pro Bono Attorney, Minnesota Assistance Council – Veterans (2013-Present)

Licensed State

• North Dakota
• Minnesota
• Florida

Education

• University of St. Thomas School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) in St. Paul, Minnesota Cum Laude
• Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) Cum Laude

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