Joshua A. Dorothy

Joshua Dorothy advises the owners and managers of businesses regarding their most consequential decisions and their day-to-day issues. He assists with starting an enterprise, including forming legal entities and putting in place the major documents regarding the relationship among owners and how the business will be operated. When a business is operating, Joshua provides counsel regarding employment, real estate, financing, major contracts, and managing risk. He advises businesses regarding protecting their intellectual property, including copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. He assists both buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions, and provides counsel regarding multi-generational transfers of ownership and operations. Joshua advises enterprises of all sizes and types, including small start-ups, multi-state businesses with hundreds of employees, not-for-profit organizations, and municipal-owned enterprises.

In addition, Joshua provides estate planning and probate administration services, primarily to business owners and their families.

Before joining the firm, Joshua was a judicial law clerk at the Minnesota Court of Appeals for Judges Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks and Louise Dovre Bjorkman. Before becoming a lawyer, he worked for the Minnesota State Senate.

Joshua also counsels insurance carriers in coverage disputes regarding management liability policies, financial institution bonds, commercial crime policies, general liability policies, and commercial property policies.

Joshua is an active patron of the performing arts. He currently serves as pro bono counsel to a theater company that creates, develops, and produces original works. He is a member of the Guthrie Theater’s Corporate Council, an exclusive cohort of brand ambassadors who raise awareness of the Guthrie Theater’s artistic and community programs, identify prospective corporate contributors, and gain behind-the-scenes access to the theater and its leadership team.