Jay Donald Jerde

Mr. Jerde concentrates his practice in the areas of energy law, municipal law, and business transactions.  He graduated magna cum laude from Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota.  His research has been published in Hamline Law Review, where he also served as Notes and Comments Editor.  Previously, Mr. Jerde served as law clerk to the Hon. Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks, Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals, from 2006 to 2007.

Areas of Practice:

Energy law, municipal law, and business transactions

Professional:

• Joined Wheeler Van Sickle & Anderson, S.C. as associate attorney in 2007
• Admitted to practice in the state courts of Wisconsin (2007) and Minnesota (2006) and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (2007)
• Law Clerk to Hon. Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks, Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2006 – 2007

Education:

• Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2006, magna cum laude
• Hamline Law Review, Board of Editors, Notes and Comments Editor
• University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, B.A., Communication, 1990, summa cum laude
• George and Margaret Starcher Undergraduate Thesis Award, 1991

Publications:

• “Learning to Sell Grandmother: Why City of Sherrill, New York v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York Should Be Upheld to Preserve Tax-Free Status of Tribal Real Estate Acquisition,” Volume 28, Number 2, Spring 2005, Hamline Law Review