The firm assisted a health benefit plan client with the design and implementation of innovative primary care clinics for plan participants. The clinics were established to change the orientation in the delivery of health care by being patient wellness oriented, with extended physician consultations, no co-pays, out of packet costs, and no billing paperwork to […]
The firm served as counsel for a client in the acquisition, zoning, construction financing, and other issues related to the development of a major new truck sales facility in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The facility is one of the largest new truck sales facilities between Chicago and Los Angeles.
The firm successfully defended a client sued by a service dealer who was terminated when the service dealer switched its allegiance to a competing engine manufacturer. The case raised a number of questions of first impression in Minnesota and was litigated successfully at the trial court, court of appeals and Minnesota Supreme Court. The case […]
The firm provided advice and assistance to facilitate a client’s acquisition of a golf club in St. Paul. Over a year after the acquisition, the firm continues to provide general advice on a variety of contract and other issues related to the operation of the golf course and its clubhouse, including obtaining city licenses, analyzing zoning […]
H&McK has conducted environmental due diligence for a leading cellular telecommunications provider at hundreds of properties in six states across the Upper Midwest. We have provided review and opinions on Phase I Environmental Site Assessments on all types of property in urban and rural settings. We have assisted with the development of plans for Phase […]
Our client owned property that included an existing drainage ditch which emptied into a corn field. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) thought the property owner, a housing developer in outstate Minnesota, was required to obtain a permit, build a new stormwater pond and re-route the water drainage in the area to the pond. When the property owner refused, the […]
H&McK served as Common Counsel for a diverse group of clients, including Fortune 100 companies, small businesses and units of local governments, who were each named by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) as responsible parties in a Superfund cost recovery action at a large scrap yard site in the Twin Cities. We represented the [...]
H&McK represented a client that ended up at the end of the new runway built at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. In a dispute that lasted over a decade and included a series of administrative, legislative and litigation matters, the firm successfully arranged for the City of Bloomington and the Metropolitan Airports Commission to [...]
Our firm founders counted the Green Giant himself as one of their early clients. Maurice Hessian, Sr. hailed from LeSueur, Minnesota and represented its leading business, the Minnesota Valley Canning Company, which later became the Green Giant Company. This client relationship lasted decades, a trait common to many of the firm’s client relationships. The iconic brand remains […]
Hessian & McKasy was involved in the original zoning work which led to the building of Metropolitan Stadium, the original home of the Minnesota Twins. This work was rooted in Maury Hessian, Jr.’s love of sports, including the Twins and the Minneapolis Millers.
