Michael G. Halvorson

Michael G. Halvorson is an attorney at Halvorson Legal in Buffalo, Minnesota. His current work emphasizes alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration, early neutral evaluation, and parenting time expediting. He handles personal injury lawsuits and disputes. His broader career includes litigation experience across multiple areas of law, and he has developed a particular focus on helping individuals and families resolve disputes through structured processes designed to evaluate issues and move cases toward resolution.

Halvorson earned a juris doctorate from Hamline University School of Law and a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from Concordia College in Moorhead. During law school, he clerked with the Dakota County Public Defender’s Office, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, and a private construction litigation firm. These experiences exposed him to public defense, prosecution, and civil litigation before he entered private practice and later developed his dispute-resolution work.

Halvorson was admitted to the Minnesota state and federal bars after law school. He joined Johnson, Larson, Peterson & Halvorson as an associate and later became a partner before forming a new firm that ultimately became Halvorson Legal. His current professional work includes mediation, early neutral evaluation, arbitration, parenting time expediting, and personal injury. His litigation background helps inform a practice centered on evaluating disputes and guiding parties through alternative resolution processes.

Michael G. Halvorson is a member of the Tenth District Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, Minnesota Association for Justice, and American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators. He has served as Chair of the 18th District Ethics Committee and on the Wright County Early Neutral Evaluation steering committee. His practice combines litigation experience with formal dispute-resolution roles, giving clients access to mediation, arbitration, evaluation, and selected personal injury representation from the Buffalo office.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Halvorson Legal
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Member, Tenth District Bar Association
• Member, Minnesota Association for Justice
• Chair, 18th District Ethics Committee
• Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association
• Member, Wright County Early Neutral Evaluation steering committee

Licensed State

• Minnesota

Education

• Hamlin Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Concordia College, Moorhead
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology and Sociology

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