200 Wells Fargo Center, 406 Main Ave., PO Box 2686

Fargo, ND 58108-2686; Phone: 701-293-9911, Fax 701-293-3133

Paul M. Hubbard is a principal of the firm. The principal focus of Paul’s practice is real estate. Within that broad category, Paul advises and assists lending clients with loan structuring and all required loan documentation, including loan agreements and their related security documents such as mortgages, as well as title insurance with loan disbursement features. Paul also handles real estate foreclosures, principally commercial, and the creation and enforcement of other real estate rights, such as installment land contracts and mechanic’s liens.

Paul also advises and assists real estate developers with: tax-deferred exchanges; tax increment financing; the creation and implementation of acquisition agreements, options, and development entities; the creation of agreements for development of the properties of others, including construction, project-management, leasing, marketing, brokering and financing, as well as related agreements with co-venturers and investors and others who are involved in real estate. Paul also acts as a consultant to clients and often to other attorneys, on many types of complex real estate problems.

Paul is listed as one of the three real property attorneys rated most qualified in Cass County, North Dakota by Best Lawyers in America, which rates attorneys by county, and is listed as one of the three first-tier real property attorneys rated most qualified in North Dakota by Chambers Legal Directory, which rates attorneys by state.

Paul earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Moorhead State University in 1966 and received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of South Dakota in 1973, where he was an editor of the Law Review. He has been with the firm since 1973.

Paul is licensed to practice law in the state and federal courts in North Dakota and Minnesota and is a member of the North Dakota and Minnesota State Bar Associations. He is also a certified Minnesota Real Property Specialist. He has been president of the Cass County Bar Association, and Chairman of the Real Property Section of the State Bar Association, as well as a continuing legal education instructor and legislative draftsman.