Katherine Bloomquist Freitag

Attorney

Ms. (Bloomquist) Freitag has focused her career on helping small businesses. Through her legal representation and community efforts she has been a consistent advocate to small business in numerous manufacturing and service industries. From creating the business to litigating for the business, she is a powerful, energetic ally to the small business.

She is also recognized as a leader in animal law and equine law. She has handled equine litigation in numerous state and federal courts across the country. She is a consistent participant since the mid 90’s and frequent speaker at the National Equine Law Conference in Kentucky, and has significant published articles on equine law. Ms. Freitag authored a chapter in the American Bar Association book "Litigating Animal Law Disputes: A Complete Guide for Lawyers" on the use of expert witnesses in equine litigation and she was the first speaker on equine law at the American Bar Association in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Freitag was the chair of the Animal Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar for two consecutive years and chaired the first ever Animal Law Conference sponsored by the Minnesota State Bar Association.

Ms. Freitag is also heavily active in civic matters. She is a past president of Christmas in May, a past president of Chaska Rotary, and currently active in Park Rapids Rotary and Board of Trustees for the Minnesota Chapter of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.

She received her B.A. degree in 1986 from the University of Minnesota and her J.D. degree from the University Of Oregon School Of Law in 1989. She was a member of the National Moot Court Team, earning recognition as the top regional female oral advocate.

Experience: Litigation and Corporate

Ms. Freitag has a combination of litigation and corporate counsel experience, which provides her with a unique and expansive view of matters. She has litigated matters involving commercial, contract, equine, employment, corporate, tax, police excessive force, prosecution, and officer director liability.

Her litigation experience involves frequent jury trials in state and federal court, court trials, appeals, arbitrations, administrative law and ADR proceedings. She has managed litigation as an in-house corporate attorney. Ms. Freitag has handled diverse corporate and transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and a variety of commercial contracts.

She has also handled numerous governmental and regulatory investigations, international advertising, employment, and contractual matters. She established innovative in-house counsel guidelines, litigation budgets and value billing fees, policies, and procedures.

Reported cases include the precedent setting case on expert testimony: Gross v. Victoria Station Farms, 578 N.W.2d 757 (1998).

Bar Memberships

• Admitted to the Minnesota Bar 1989

• Admitted to the U.S. District for Minnesota 1989

• Admitted to Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1989

Accolades

Avvo Top Rated Lawyer
Recognized as Top-Rated Attorney Rating by the Legal Community, 2018, 2019

Board of Trustees, Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Minnesota Chapter
Trustee, executive committee, Vice Chair, 2015 to present

Leukemia Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year candidate
Man Woman of the Year candidate 2018, raised over 50,000 Grant named

Service Award
Awarded for chairing the Minnesota State Bar Animal Law section from 2005-2007, Founding the Animal Law Section Animal Law Conference

Rotary Club of Park Rapids
Rotary Dragon Boat Chair, 2019 to Present

Rotary Club of Minnesota President
Served as President of the Rotary Club of Minnesota from 2002-2003

Distinguished Service Citation
Awarded on April 11, 2003 by the Rotary Club of Chaska

Paul Harris Fellow
Named as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

Dedicated Leadership Award
Recognized for her dedicated leadership and service to St. Francis Health Care Foundation from 1996-1998

Outstanding Service Award
Awarded from Minnesota Circuit Riders

Personal: Katherine Freitag is a three time Ironman Triathlete, married with two children and four step children, one deceased. She has competed extensively in the horse world in both the eventing discipline and the western sorting and penning world.