James T Hanvik - Bassford & Hanvik, PLLC Dishonest Attorney - Stay Away, Disciplinary Action Minnesota Supreme Court St. Louis Park Minnesota
Google search title: In re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against James T Hanvik.
IN RE: Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST James T. HANVIK, an Attorney at Law of the State of Minnesota.
Attorney's misconduct in misappropriating client funds, making false statements, and failing to maintain proper trust account records warrants an indefinite suspension from the practice of law without leave to apply for reinstatement for two years.
mn.gov/web/prod/static/lawlib/live/archive/supct/0004/c399815.htm
caselaw.findlaw.com/mn-supreme-court/1060593.html
lprb.mncourts.gov/LawyerSearch/casedocs/PetitionsStipulations/HanvikJames-PDA05131999.pdf
James Hanvik has one review on record. He is very deceptive. He informed me, as his client, that we had a case for civil action and without even doing the caselaw research to determine if we could prove damages as well as the validity of the contract in question, proceeded to draft a complaint. The complaint was very brief and generic in nature. It was done prematurely and prior to establishing the fact finders and it cost me several thousand dollars.
I was also concerned as to how he was maintaining the trust fund records. He hired an attorney who he asserted was a specialist in caselaw research and informed me that this attorney, Timothy Nipper, nipperlaw@yahoo.com, had also been disbarred and was an alcoholic. I ended up throwing approximately $8k down the toilet by hiring Jim Hanvik.
I would not use his services ever again and do not recommend him.