Banking & financial obligations
Business debt & personal guarantees.
Why a company’s debt and an owner’s obligations need separate analysis.
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Our guides address questions that arise in lending relationships, business disputes and financial distress. Each guide is general information; the documents, facts and applicable law need to be reviewed before it is used to make a decision.
Case result · September 17, 2026
Dismissal secured
for Haley Kalil.
MJB Law secured dismissal with prejudice of all claims against Haley Kalil. The September 17, 2026 ruling addresses privacy, social media and the right to discuss one’s own life.
Read the case resultCommercial litigation
Preparing for a commercial dispute.
Organize the documents, chronology and business objectives before an initial discussion with counsel.
Read the guideAgricultural collateral
Grain fronting and agricultural collateral disputes.
What grain fronting is, why a lender’s security interest can follow the grain to the buyer, and which records decide the dispute.
Read the guideFarm bankruptcy
Chapter 12 and farm bankruptcy in Minnesota.
Who may qualify, whether the operation can continue, and how land, equipment, secured debt and seasonal income are treated.
Read about Chapter 12Selected representations
Agricultural litigation in the appellate courts.
Published opinion · 2021
Lighthouse v. Oberg Family Farms.
A grain-bin fixture test and competing claims to farm-asset proceeds.
Explore the caseNonprecedential opinion · 2024
Star Bank v. Anderson.
Enforcing a lender’s security interest in corn sold through grain fronting.
Explore the caseRecognition and media
Recognition and media.
Minnesota Lawyer profiled MJB Law Firm, PLLC in its “Up & Coming Law Firms 2026” feature on March 23, 2026, describing the firm’s banking, workout, agricultural finance and restructuring practice.
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