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Cindi Spence Matt

 

Cindi Spence Matt was born and raised in Minnesota.  Cindi went to Omaha, Nebraska for college, earning a business degree (with an accounting major) from Creighton University in 1993.  She then returned home for law school, earning a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota School of Law in 1996. After law school Cindi's first job in the legal field was in Buffalo, Minnesota, clerking for Wright County District Court Judge Bruce R. Douglas. When her clerkship ended, Cindi began practicing law in Buffalo, Minnesota at Johnson, Larson, Peterson & Matt, P.A., becoming a shareholder after four years.  Cindi has 15 years of courtroom experience, in a wide variety of areas, including guardianships and conservatorships, civil litigation, family law, probate, personal injury, business transactions and estate planning.  When not in the courtroom, Cindi is likely to be found spending time with her husband and two children or on the streets training for her next marathon.

 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Johnson, Larson, Peterson & Matt, P.A., Buffalo, MN (Jaunuary 1998 - June 2010)
  • Sherburne County – court appointed counsel in guardianship/conservatorship cases, Elk River, MN (January 2010 - present)
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Bruce R. Douglas, Buffalo, MN (August 1996 -  January 1998)

EDUCATION

  • University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN, J.D. cum laude, May 1996
  • University of San Diego Institute on International & Comparative Law, Paris, France, Summer 1994
  • Creighton University, Omaha, NE, B.S.B.A., Major:  Accounting, summa cum laude, May 1993,
  • Hill Murray High School, Maplewood, MN, summa cum laude, May 1989

BAR ADMISSIONS, PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Minnesota, 1996
  • United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1998
  • Rising Star, Minnesota Law & Politics, 2004 & 2005

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

  • Rotary Club of Buffalo (2010 - present)
  • Toys For Tots, Buffalo, Minnesota - Local Coordinator (2011 - present)
  • 18th District Bar Association (President 2009-10; Vice President 2008-09; Treasurer 2007-08; Secretary 2006-07)
  • Wright County Legal Advice Clinic, volunteer, 2007 – 2010
  • Volunteer Attorney Coordinator for MSBA Civic Education Committee Lawyers in the Schools Program for Buffalo High School
  • Volunteer judge, MSBA High School Mock Trial Competition
  • Volunteer teacher at Buffalo High School for Minnesota Supreme Court oral argument, MSBA Civic Education
  • Crisis Nursery of Wright County, Advisory Committee, member
  • Minnesota Women Lawyers, member
  • MAGiC (Minnesota Association of Guardianships & Conservatorships), member
  • Minnesota State Bar Association, member
  • The John E. Simmonet American Inn of Court, former member
  • Tenth Judicial District Law Clerk CLE Committee, former member

OTHER INTERESTS_AND ACTITIVES

  • North Saunders Lake Homeowners Association, past president
  • Shirley Hills Primary School and Grandview Middle School, volunteer
  • Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church, Victoria, MN, member
  • Word of Peace Lutheran Church, Rogers, MN, former member and Sunday School teacher
  • Running - Cindi will be running her 8th marathon (Twin Cities) in October of 2011.