Larry Wertheim is a shareholder of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, and practices primarily in the real estate area.
Larry is experienced in commercial and residential real estate matters including acquisition, development and sale transactions, financing, loan defaults, leasing, title matters, subdivisions, and common ownership. He also assists municipal lawyers in the firm on real estate matters, and assists on real estate-related litigation as well. Larry is certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a Real Property Law Specialist. His clients include the developer of the Avienda multi-use development in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
In 1971, Larry earned an A.B. degree from the University of California-Berkeley, majoring in history, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1973, he attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, receiving a M.A. in American History. Larry attended the University of Minnesota Law School, where he earned a law degree and graduated magna cum laude in 1976. He started working during law school for the predecessor firm to Kennedy & Graven, and he learned the practice of law, among other things, under the guidance of the late David Graven.
Education University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota Juris Doctor magna cum laude – 1976
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Master of Arts – 1973 Major: American History
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California Bachelor of Arts – 1971 Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Major: History
Bar Admissions Minnesota, 1976 U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1976
Professional Associations and Memberships Minnesota State Bar Association, Member Hennepin County Bar Association, Member American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Member
Representative Clients Developer of Avienda Multi-Use Project, Chanhassen, Minnesota City of Bloomington, Minnesota
Classes/Seminars Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Transactions; Law and Literature, William Mitchell College of Law Adjunct Professor, Law and Literature, Hamline University School of Law Lecturer, Real Estate Matters, Real Property Law Specialist Certification Exam Lecturer, Real Estate Matters, Minnesota CLE Annual Institute
Published Works Author and Editor, Real Estate Law, Vol. 25 Minnesota Practice Series Author, “Minnesota Rebalances Long-Standing Contract-for-Deed Law,” 51 Mitchell Hamline Law Review 1 (2024). https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/mhlr/vol51/iss1/1/ Author, Law, Literature, and Morality in the Novels of Charles Dickens, 20 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 111, 1994
