Fritz Knaak has been practicing law for over 45 years in Minnesota and 30 in Wisconsin and Colorado. He has tried cases and argued appeals throughout the country in both State and Federal Courts, primarily in the area of real estate development and finance. For nearly that whole period he has been a City Attorney. Past clients include the Minnesota cities of Fridley, Maplewood, Lake Elmo, Newport and Afton. He is currently the city attorney for Ramsey and Taylors Falls, Minnesota, and continues to represent private clients on a variety of matters, especially involving situations requiring interaction between local governments and developers, as well as state and federal election law. He also has considerable experience in litigation involving title insurance claims and title insurance. Fritz served ten years in the Minnesota Senate, representing a district in the northeastern suburbs of the Twin Cities. He was Special Counsel to the Minnesota Secretary of State in redistricting litigation and was lead counsel on the Senator Norm Coleman election recount. He is a frequent commentator on Twin City news programs on political matters and is a frequent guest political panelist of the Twin Cities Public Television Almanac program. He also regularly teaches in national seminars on municipal and development law and has published a number of essays and articles on various topics. His article “Using Development Agreements to Further Environmental Ends: A Case Study” was just published this summer in the ABA’s Probate and Real Property Section magazine.
Fritz has 5 adult children, four sons and one daughter.
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