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Michael Sampson Receives Prestigious Gene Daly Award from the Minnesota State Bar Association
June 13, 2024
Maslon is pleased to announce that Partner and Estate Planning Chair Michael Sampson has received the prestigious Gene Daly Award from the Minnesota State Bar Association's Probate, Trusts and Estates Section.
Named for the late Eugene P. Daly Jr., the award acknowledges those who have gone above and beyond in devoting time, energy, and talent to the section and the estate planning and probate practice in general. The award was presented June 10 by the MSBA's Probate, Trusts and Estates Section.
"I am so very honored to receive this award," Mike said. "It is a privilege to be associated with, and participate in, an organization such as the Probate and Trust Section that is continually striving to find ways to help us improve ourselves as attorneys and practitioners, and to become good community servants. The Section helps us to better our profession as a whole."
Mike's legal practice focuses on high-end estate and tax planning, estate and trust administration, charitable planning, and business succession planning. He is a fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is ranked Band 1 in Minnesota, the highest ranking, for Private Wealth Law in the 2018-2023 editions of the Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) guide.
Mike has served on the Probate, Trusts and Estates Section council for 12 years, including as chair in 2022. He has also been a member of the Legislative Committee since 2008, and served on the special subcommittee that wrote the Minnesota Trust Code, which was enacted in 2015. That year, Mike helped shepherd the bill through the legislature, testifying before several house and senate committees.
In addition, Mike is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars and has served as an adjunct professor at both Hamline and Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul and the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis.
The Gene Daly Award is not given every year. Previous winners have included Maslon Partner Susan Link, who received it in 2012.
