Kristy A K Rodd

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Family law is complex and can be a maze of intricate details. Place your trust in us, we can guide you to the finish.

Our Family Law attorneys combine personal sensitivity with specialized practical advice to provide effective, caring resolution to our clients' problems. Our diversity in perspective and experience enables us to suggest creative solutions to disputes in this area, from the simplest to the most complex. We are devoted to keeping simple cases simple, and bringing innovative solutions and techniques to complex and unusual cases.

Our client’s interests are paramount; we maintain their privacy and confidences. We are sensitive to the pain associated with divorce. Client concerns are not minimized, and we strive to achieve the client’s overall goals with the utmost discretion. Because of our reputation, our clients include prominent figures or their spouses—leaders in the business world and professions, celebrities, and professional athletes. In most cases we are able to keep their problems from public view while quietly resolving their cases.

Our Family Law attorneys' primary goal is reaching a reasonable settlement without going to trial. But when a trial is necessary to resolve client problems, our Family Law clients benefit from having aggressive, effective trial attorneys supporting them in the courtroom.

Family law disputes are increasingly being resolved through alternative dispute resolution techniques such as mediation and early neutral evaluations. Our Family Law attorneys regularly assist parties using these alternative techniques to negotiate favorable settlements without going to trial.

Few other law firms have our breadth and depth of experience in family law problems. Our attorneys in this area are thorough economic and financial planners, well-seasoned negotiators and accomplished litigators. Our most senior Family Law attorney has been selected by his peers to list in the BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA. He also served as an adjunct professor of Family Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, where he taught a seminar in negotiating complex matrimonial settlements. Among the most sophisticated in the field, our Family Law lawyers are supported by excellent paralegals and staff members.

Clients also benefit from our Family Law attorneys' ability to use the wider resources of the firm to resolve their problems. The group draws on the knowledge and experience of attorneys in the firm's Business & Tax Law, Estates & Trusts, Real Estate, Compensation Planning and Employee Benefits, Corporate, and Bankruptcy groups.

Family Law Services
- Divorce
- Annulment and Legal Separation
- Spousal Maintenance
- Business and Property Valuation and Division
- Child Support
- Child Custody (Including Interstate and International)
- Visitation / Parenting Time
- Tax & Financial Planning
- Negotiation, Settlement & Trial of Disputes
- Post-Dissolution Matters
- Review and Appeal
- Alternative Dispute Resolutions: Practical advice to individuals seeking to mediate or utilize alternatives to the court system
- Parental Child Abduction (Kidnapping, including Interstate and International cases under the Hague Convention)
- Domestic Abuse Proceedings
- Pre-Marital and Post-Marital Agreements
- Change of Name
- Paternity
- Adoption
- International Matrimonial Issues

Kristy A K Rodd
Fredrikson & Byron PA
200 S 6th St #4000
Minneapolis MN 55402-1425
Tel: 612 492-7000
Fax: 612 492-7077
E-mail: krodd@fredlaw.com

Practice Areas
- Family Law, Chair
- Litigation

Kristy chairs Fredrikson & Byron’s Family Law Group. She focuses her practice on issues involving marital relations and family law.

Kristy specializes in complex divorce cases, involving the valuation and analysis of large marital estates and those involving closely held businesses and professional practices. Kristy was a math major in college, and is adept at thinking outside of the box when structuring settlements. Kristy is deeply aware of the emotional and psychological turmoil associated with divorce proceedings. As a result, she provides a professional environment where the client’s needs are respected and addressed.

The Fredrikson & Byron Family Law Group sets itself apart from other firms, based upon our knowledge of multiple areas of the law, extensive courtroom experience, stellar negotiation skills, and efficiency. We have skilled attorneys in other firm practices that provide advice on specialized areas such as business and real estate valuation, trusts, and taxation. We work diligently and assign projects in the most cost-effective manner, while providing prompt, personal service – in fact, Kristy answers her own phone.

Kristy regularly represents clients utilizing mediation and early neutral evaluation to resolve Family Law issues. Various forms of alternative dispute resolution are increasingly used in resolving some or all of the issues presented in marriage dissolution cases. Kristy is experienced with the most frequently used methods, including mediation, early neutral evaluation, arbitration, and working with a consensual special master.

Kristy is often asked why she practices in the area of family law, and the answer lies in her clients. They come for assistance when they are at the most difficult crossroads in life, with choices to make that can dramatically alter their future. This is a time where Kristy can have a significant and positive impact by helping her clients move forward toward a better future.

In 2007, Kristy was inducted to fellowship in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). AAML Fellows across the United States are recognized by judges and attorneys as preeminent family law practitioners with a high level of knowledge, skill and integrity.

Kristy is a speaker at continuing legal education programs and has written and presented on topics relating to Family Law. She is also a Rule 114 certified neutral.