Lesley B Foss

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Moving you forward. Experienced family, divorce, custody and support attorney.

Experience: 17 years

Family Law and Divorce

Minnesota and North Dakota

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Experience 17y

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Lesley is committed and dedicated to helping her clients through what can be one of the more challenging times in their lives. Lesley focuses her legal practice almost exclusively in family law, and represents clients through all stages, aspects, and phases of family law proceedings, including divorce, custody, post-judgment modification or enforcement proceedings, parenting time disputes, prenuptial agreements, child support, guardianships, and name changes. Lesley is also a trained guardian ad litem, is a parenting investigator in North Dakota, and is a qualified neutral mediator in family law proceedings. Before joining Fremstad Law, Lesley represented the State of North Dakota at the Fargo Regional Child Support Unit, where she was responsible for all aspects of paternity, child support, and medical support legal actions

Lesley graduated with distinction from the University of North Dakota School of Law and served as Managing Editor for the North Dakota Law Review. She had a case comment published in the North Dakota Law Review (82 N.D. L. Rev. 1 (2005)), which was awarded the Outstanding Note or Case Comment Award from the North Dakota Bar Foundation. Lesley graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor’s Degree from the Walsh School of Foreign Service, majoring in Foreign Policy & Policy Process.

Lesley is a member of the Cass County Bar Association, the Family Law Section of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, and the Minnesota State Bar Association. Lesley volunteers as a Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program interviewer for prospective Georgetown students.

Lesley grew up on a small grain farm near Devils Lake, North Dakota. Lesley enjoys riding and showing American Quarter Horses, is active in the North Dakota Quarter Horse Association, and currently has an AQHA registered horse named Simon. Lesley enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her son, siblings, and extended family.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Minnesota

Since 2015

North Dakota

Since 2006

Professional Experience

2010 - 2014

Fargo Regional Child Support Unit

Attorney

2008 - 2010

Minnesota 9th Judicial District - Judge Tamara Yon

Law Clerk

2007 - 2008

Private Law Firm - Minot, North Dakota

Attorney

2006 - 2007

Minnesota 9th Judicial District - Judge Michael Kraker

Law Clerk

Education

2006

University of North Dakota

J.D. (2006) | Law

Honors: Graduated With Distinction; Winner of North Dakota Bar Foundation Outstanding Law Review Note/Case Comment Award

2000

Georgetown University

B.S. (2000) | International Politics, Foreign Policy and Policy Process

Awards

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Outstanding Note/Case Comment Award (North Dakota Law Review)

North Dakota Bar Foundation

Contacts

Attorney at Law 3003 32nd Avenue S., Ste. 240 Fargo ND 58103 Telephone: (701) 478-7620

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Lesley B Foss Moving you forward. Experienced family, divorce, custody and support attorney.

Experience: 17 years

Website: Open

Phone: (701) 478-7620

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

German: Written

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