About Ronald M.
Ronald M. Otten began his academic path in Minnesota. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Minnesota State University, Moorhead and later acquired his Juris Doctor from Hamline University School of Law. Those degrees led him right into a professional legal career that has run through personal practice, firm work and public service work.
His résumé indicates early entrepreneurial steps. In 1990 he listed himself as proprietor of Ronald M Otten Lawyer at Law. Five years later he worked as an associate at Henningson and Snoxell, Ltd., and by 2004 he was a senior affiliate at Kalina, Wills, Gisvold & Clark, P.L.L.P. The chronology suggests a lawyer relaxed shifting between roles in order to practice and to advise clients throughout different settings.
Otten’s experience intersects closely with guardianship and property matters. He has served at the Hennepin County 4th District Guardianship/Conservatorship Lawyer Panel since 2007. That panel work places him in direct touch with courts, families and guardianship procedures. It also informs his approach to estate-related problems that require both legal information and an understanding of nearby court practice.
Beyond courtroom and workplace responsibilities he has stayed active in civic and nonprofit circles. He holds memberships in Rotary and the Kiwanis Club. Since 2008 he has been at the Development Committee of Opportunity Partners. Since 2007 he has also contributed to the Resource Development Committee of the Ridgeview Foundation at Ridgeview Medical Center. These roles indicate an ongoing presence in network organizations that intersect with elder care and development services.
Across many years of practice Otten has worked both as a firm attorney and as a solo practitioner. That variety has exposed him to different client bases and case types. It has additionally intended continuous work advising individuals on property planning, estate administration matters and the procedures that arise when a person wants a conservator or guardian.
He now practices under the call Estate Planning Solutions. His current work concentrates on property planning, guardianship and associated household and estate administration things. He keeps involvement in county panels and nonprofit committees whilst managing a practice that serves clients throughout Minnesota.
