Elizabeth
M.
Brama
Shareholder; Business Litigation
Liz is a shareholder and the treasurer for the firm of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association. She is a member of the Business Litigation Section. She practices primarily in the following areas:
- Financial and accounting disputes
- Energy industry litigation and regulation
- Breach of contract and fraud
- Merger and acquisition disputes
- General complex commercial litigation
- Appellate law
- Labor and employment litigation
Liz is a skilled, persistent business litigator, who brings her experience as a Certified Public Accountant (Inactive) to the commercial disputes she handles. Liz was selected as a 2009 "Woman to Watch" by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, has been included in "Minnesota Rising Stars" (as seen in Minnesota Law & Politics), and was named one of Minnesota Lawyer’s 2006 "Up and Coming Attorneys."
Liz received her B.A. in accounting and political science summa cum laude from the University of St. Thomas where she was also an Aquinas scholar. She successfully completed the Certified Public Accountant Examination in the State of Minnesota. She received her law degree magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota School of Law, where she was lead note and comment editor of the Minnesota Law Review, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Liz clerked for the Office of the General Counsel, University of Minnesota, during law school and for the Honorable Kathleen A. Blatz, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, after graduation.
Prior to joining Briggs in 2002, Liz served as legal counsel for the 2001-2002 Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel. She advised a five-judge panel on law relevant to redrawing state legislative and congressional districts, relevant procedural law, election processes, and demographic issues. She also drafted possible redistricting plans and analyzed potential and final district maps.
Liz participated in a national Redistricting Reform Conference that resulted in the November 2005 report "The Shape of Representative Democracy." She co-authored "Should Judges Get Out of Redistricting?" with Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Thomas J. Kalitowski for the March 2004 issue of Bench & Bar of Minnesota. In 2003, she contributed "Erlandson v. Kiffmeyer: Minnesota’s Absentee Voting Laws Following the Sudden Death of Incumbent Candidate Paul Wellstone" to the William Mitchell Law Review.
Liz is admitted to the Minnesota state court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of the Minnesota State and Hennepin County Bar associations and has been appointed to the Minnesota State Bar Association Professionalism Committee. She is also a member of Minnesota Women Lawyers.In the community, Liz has provided pro bono services as a Hennepin County guardian ad litem since 2001. As a guardian, she is appointed by the court to advocate for the best interests of children subjected to abuse and neglect. In addition, Liz serves on the board of directors for the Sexual Violence Center and is the organization’s past president. She recently joined the advisory board for the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Law and Politics.