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Dana Kathryn McKenzie

Licensed for 36 years

Mediation Lawyer at Burnsville, MN
Practice Areas: Mediation

740 Southcross Dr W Ste 105, Burnsville, MN

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Licenses

Licensed in Minnesota for 36 years

State: Minnesota

Acquired: 1989

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No misconduct found

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Cheney-Hatcher & Mckenzie

740 Southcross Dr W Ste 105, Burnsville, MN, 55306-7916

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Dana Kathryn McKenzie's Reviews

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3.5 /5.0

19 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | October 12, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Concerned Parent

Terrible experience with her. She completely tore apart any chance of a relationship that I could have ever had with my daughter. I had an extreme case of parental alienation with my daughters mother. She had been putting things in her head about me her whole life. I found this out in all of the text...s they exchanged over the years. I had all of the documentation and proof to show her that this had been happening for years. She did not look over any of my documentation and took the words of a severely manipulated 15 year old girl. I wanted therapy so we could work through our issues and Dana insisted it was too late. She couldn't help our situation because my daughter was too old in her opinion. She took 3-6 months to get back to us with her responses if ever. Please, for your family do not use this women. I have lost everything because of her. I thought she was going to be the solution to help my family but that was not the case at all.

Posted by anonymous | November 08, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Contracts & Agreements

Wonderful!

Dana was great to work with. Very friendly and had efficient timing. She made sure everything was needed in my contract. Things I never would of thought about. And she is very experienced. She was wonderful to work with.

Posted by Pam | September 30, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Contracts & Agreements

Highly recommended for surrogacy contract

I worked with Dana to review a surrogacy contract and she was excellent. She was prompt to respond or get things moving, and she was very thorough in her review and was able to make a lot of great recommendations. She made the process very easy!

Posted by Lexi | August 13, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Family

AMAZING!

I am a surrogate and Dana came highly recommended by many others. After my experience with her, I have recommended her to others and will continue to do so. Due to Covid, we met via Zoom, which I don’t always love doing. Dana was so personable and welcoming that it felt like I was talking to a frie...nd. I had mentioned it was my birthday during our meeting and had flowers at my doorstep from her the next week. That was totally unexpected but SO appreciated. Dana is always willing to go that extra step to show how much she truly cares. She is also extremely level headed and always tells me her honest, professional opinion. I am a very impatient person but never have to worry about that with Dana. She ALWAYS gets back to me within the same business day of sending an email to her — sometimes even within MINUTES. Thank you so much for all of the hard work you do, Dana! As a surrogate, having a great attorney is extremely important. I am so grateful to have you to represent me.

Posted by anonymous | January 12, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Never chose this person

Worst and best PC depending on if you can become her favorite or not. Mrs. McKenzie has an extreme bias towards one parent. Regardless of reason, frivility, logic or truth she will make every decision in favor of that one parent, no matter what proof or evidence you may have to the contrary. Every... decision no matter how small will benefit the favored parent and punish the non-favored parent. Childrens best interests are never considered only the favored parents best interests are considered. Mrs McKenzie requires that both parents attend a Co-Parenting course before she works with them; but does nothing to enforce the favored parent to use anything learned in the course in an attempt work out a solution, nor hold the favored parent accountable prior to her making a decision.

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John Guzik

Mediation lawyer | Aug 05

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"I would highly endorse this lawyer as an excellent mediator. Ms. McKenzie is great at helping sort out complicated matters and getting both sides to compromise and reach an agreement. She knows the law and is able to use that knowledge to help parties come up with creative solutions that serve not only the parties' welfare, their children's best interests."

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Jennifer Macaulay

Mediation lawyer | Aug 05

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