Brian Varland is an attorney with the Minneapolis law firm of Coleman, Hull & van Vliet, PLLP. His practice includes business and construction law, real property, mechanics’ lien and mortgage foreclosure, contract and employment litigation, title insurance defense, governmental affairs, and environmental law. Outside of his practice, Brian authored a law review article on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Eighth Amendment jurisprudence, 28 Hamline L. Rev. 311 (2005), and co-edited the North Dakota chapter in the State-By-State Guide to Construction Contracts and Claims (Michael Dodd & J. Duncan Findlay eds. 2006). Brian graduated in the top 10% of his law school graduating class.

Client Services:
Business Litigation
Construction Litigation
Real Property Litigation
Contract Litigation
Employment Litigation

Admitted to Practice:
Minnesota
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Professional Activities:
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
Member, Ramsey County Bar Association

Representative Cases:

• S.M. Hentges & Sons, Inc. v. Mensing, __ N.W.2d __, 2009 WL 67106 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009) (addressing the mechanic’s lien statute’s pre-lien notice exception for multiple single-family lots in a wholly residential development)
• P.H.T. Systems, Inc. v. Tropical Flavors, Inc., 2006 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 563 (Minn. Ct. App. May 30, 2006) (addressing the doctrine of law of the case and post judgment remedies under Minnesota’s Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act)
• Digital Angel Corp. v. Corporativo SCM, S.A. de C.V., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27948 (D. Minn. May 8, 2006) (addressing the scope and reasonableness of a contract’s private limitations period)

Awards and Recognition:

• Rising Star, Minnesota Law & Politics magazine
• Best Brief Award (Hamline University School of Law Class of 2004)
• CALI Award for Legal Research and Writing (Hamline University School of Law, 2002)
• Distinction (Saint Olaf College Political Science Department, 2000)

Undergraduate:
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Saint Olaf College, 2000

Law School:
Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, Hamline University School of Law, 2004
Member, Phi Alpha Delta (Law Fraternity)
Managing Editor, Hamline Law Review