Articles And Presentations

Kirstin E. Helmers

• Hot Topics in Trust and Estate Litigation in 2025, Probate and Trust Section Conference, June 16, 2025
• Trust and Estate Litigation in Minnesota Deskbook and Seminar, Minnesota CLE, December 4, 2024 (co-editor and course chair)
• Trust and Estate Litigation in 2023 – We Are Not Alone, Minnesota CLE, March 28, 2023 (course chair)
• May the Fourth Be with You: Practice Pointers from the Hennepin County Probate Bench, Probate and Trust Section Conference, June 14, 2022 (moderator)
• Litigating Probate and Trust Disputes in 2022 – Let’s Get Technical, Minnesota CLE, March 29, 2022 (course chair)
• Litigating Probate and Trust Disputes in 2021 – A Brave New World, Minnesota CLE, March 18, 2021 (course chair)
• Just, Fair, Reasonable, and Necessary: The Current Landscape of Attorneys’ Fees in Probate Court Proceedings and Legal Quick Sheet, Probate and Trust Section Conference, October 16, 2020 (moderator and author)
• Probate Litigation Lessons for Real Estate Lawyers, Minnesota Real Estate Institute, November 1, 2019
• Just, Fair, Reasonable, and Necessary: The Current Landscape of Attorneys’ Fees in Probate Court Proceedings, Minnesota State Bar Association Probate and Trust Section, October 24, 2019 (moderator)
• Probate and Trust Disputes: The Litigator’s Guide to the Galaxy, November 28, 2018 (course chair)
• Homestead Sweet Homestead: A Guide to a Surviving Spouse’s Exempt Property Rights under the Minnesota Probate Code, Minnesota Real Estate Institute, November 1, 2018
• The Complete Estate, Probate, and Trust Lawyer book and seminar, Minnesota CLE, September 25, 2018 (co-author and presenter)
• Beneficiary Designations: Uses and Abuses, Probate and Trust Section Conference, June 4, 2018
• Special Proceedings and Probate, Minnesota CLE Webcast, May 7, 2018
• Protecting the PR’s Assets: An Overview for Lawyers, Minnesota State Bar Association Solo-Small Section, April 24, 2018
• Undue Influence and Capacity Issues in Real Estate Conveyances, Minnesota Real Estate Institute, November 3, 2017
• Beneficiary Designations: Uses and Abuses, Ramsey County Bar Association, October 12, 2017
• The Capacity Panel – Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Capacity but Forgot to Ask, Minnesota Probate and Trust Section Conference and Legal Quick Sheet, June 12, 2017 (co-author and panelist)
• Balancing Rights of Inheritance: Exempt Property, Family Allowances, Premarital Wills, and other Legislative Changes in 2016, Ramsey County Bar Association, March 29, 2017
• The Complete Estate, Probate, and Trust Lawyer book and seminar, Minnesota CLE, March 28, 2017 (co-author and presenter)
• When Family Love Turns to Family Feud: The Judges Speak, MSBA Probate & Trust Law Section Litigation Committee CLE, February 14, 2017 (moderator)
• Important Considerations for End-of-Life and Incapacity Planning panel, Minnesota Probate and Trust Section Conference, June 7, 2016
• Trusts 101: Ethical Considerations, National Business Institute, May 17, 2016
• Powers of Attorney: Uses and Abuses, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Planning and Drafting for Small Estates Seminar, December 1, 2015

Emily Valentine-Grimm

• Of Prenups and Probate: Probate Litigators Discuss How to Advise Clients Through Love, Death and the Death of Love at the Planning & Drafting for the Small Estate seminar on January 9, 2020
• Understanding the Available Powers of Attorney: “A-N” and Beyond at the Planning & Drafting for the Small Estate seminar on August 17, 2022
• MSBA Probate & Trust Law Section Litigation Committee CLE: When Family Love Turns to Family Feud: The Judges Speak with panelists: Referral Danielle Mercurio, Judge Sara Grewing, Judge Martin Fallon on March 9, 2022
• New Lawyer Panel- Advice, Dos and Don’ts, Helpful Resources, and Q & A at the 2023 Probate & Trust Law Section Conference
• New Lawyer Panel- Advice, Dos and Don’ts, Helpful Resources, and Q & A at the 2024 Probate & Trust Law Section Conference
• New Lawyers Panel- Advice, Dos and Don’ts, Helpful Resources, and Q & A at the 2025 Probate & Trust Law Section Conference
• Exempt Assets, Augmented Estate and Elective Share Explained at the 2025 Probate & Trust Law Section Conference
• Guest lecturer at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Law School, Spring 2025 and Fall 2025
• Minnesota Trust Administration Deskbook, 2023 and 2024
• Minnesota Trust & Estate Litigation Deskbook, 2025