Allan Witz

Allan Witz is an attorney, mediator and arbitrator who practices in the Rochester, Minnesota office of Witz Law P.A. He is licensed to practice law in Minnesota, Florida and Michigan. Allan previously practiced in South Africa from 1986 until 2001, when he immigrated to the USA.

Allan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (UCT), a Bachelor of Laws degree (Rhodes), and a Master’s degree in Commercial Law (Company Law and Income Tax) (UCT). He also has a Master’s degree for International Lawyers and a Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, (class rank 7th of 197) from Hamline University School of Law.

Allan’s principal practice areas are business law, estate planning, and immigration law. Allan also undertakes special projects for local and international clients requiring the research, interpretation and strategic application of complex national and international laws and regulations.

Allan is an Early Neutral Evaluator (SENE /FENE) and a qualified neutral under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. He has extensive experience in family and civil mediations. He received a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from Hamline Law School’s Dispute Resolution Institute.  At law school he received a CALI award for Excellence in Dispute Resolution.

Allan is currently a member of the Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board, following his appointment by the Minnesota Supreme Court. He serves as President of Mediation & Conflict Solutions, a non-profit organization providing civil, family and school mediation services, and is Vice-Chair of the Olmsted County Human Rights Commission. Allan volunteers for the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Legal CORPS Business Law Clinic.

Allan is a former member of the Minnesota State Bar Assembly; was President of the Third District Bar Association, and was President of the Olmsted County Bar Association. He has also served on the Council of the Minnesota State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, and has served as the Chair of the Third District Bar Association Fee Dispute Resolution Committee. He is a former member of the Third District Bar Association Ethics Committee and has been the Chair of the Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association, a non-profit organization providing services to refugees and immigrants. Allan also served as the Chair of the Rochester Police Policy Oversight Commission. 

Allan has been a guest speaker on law and ethics at the University of Minnesota Rochester UMR Connects lecture series, and moderated a public debate on the proposed 2012 Minnesota Voter ID constitutional amendment. He also moderated the public forum of the Rochester Police Policy Oversight Commission as part of the Commission’s outreach to obtain public comment on the proposed body camera policy for the Rochester Police Department.

Allan has written and presented continuing education courses for lawyers and mediators, and for insurance and real estate professionals. As an adjunct instructor, Allan has taught courses in law, business and ethics in the United States. He has also presented workshops on international business and international business law to MBA students in China, and has lectured in ethics and leadersship in Vietnam.