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Biographical Information

As shareholder and partner at Sheridan, Dulas, Hunstad & Kins, P.A., DeAnne L. Dulas represents clients throughout the state of Minnesota, including Eagan, the Twin Cities and the surrounding areas. She focuses her practice on family law cases that involve the following matters: divorce, alimony, property division, modifications, high net worth divorce, custody, child support, prenuptial agreements, and paternity.

For more than 28 years, Ms. Dulas has been dedicated to helping clients resolve family law matters. Taking a comprehensive approach to every case, she understands that the process and needs for each family are different. She provides sound guidance regarding each situation and she advocates for her client’s best interests. Whether she is litigating on her clients’ behalf or working with them outside the courtroom. Ms. Dulas focuses her practice on making sure her clients have all of the information they need to make informed decisions about their options and the pros and cons of those options in the context of their short-term and long-term goals. Ms. Dulas strives to empower her clients to make informed decisions that will benefit them now and in the future.

In her early career, Ms. Dulas was Minnesota Law & Politics magazine recognized Ms. Dulas on its Rising Stars list multiple times. Ms. Dulas became a fellow with the National Association of Distinguished Counsel in 2019, and became a member of that organization recognized as Nation’s Top One Percent for attorneys in the United States in 2024.

Active in the legal community, Ms. Dulas was a longstanding member of the First District Ethics Committee for more than twelve years and served a full term as the Committee Chair from 2014 to 2020. Ms. Dulas has also served on the Board of Legal Assistance of Dakota County since 2001, serves on its executive committee and is a five time past-president.

Ms. Dulas has been a presenter at continuing legal education forums on topics including, but not limited to, child support, pre-nuptial agreements, and legal ethics.

Ms. Dulas was featured in Attorney at Law Magazine, November 2016 issue of Women in the Law. Ms. Dulas was featured in Minnesota Monthly’s Top Lawyers in Minnesota 2023. Ms. Dulas was also honored and named one of the 2023 Top Women in Law in the State of Minnesota.

She also hosted a monthly radio show on family law issues to educate the public on family law topics on My Talk 107.1.  Recordings are still available of those shows online.

Admission Dates & Jurisdictions

Minnesota State Bar Association, October 27, 1995

United States District Court, April 26, 1996

United States Appellate Court, April 29, 1996

United State Supreme Court, July 21, 2014

Education

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University of Minnesota-Duluth

 

Professional Experience

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  • Strandemo & Sheridan, P.A.

  • City of Duluth, City Attorney’s office

Honors & Awards

  • Minnesota Law & Politics magazine recognized Ms. Dulas on its Rising Stars (multiple years)
  • Featured in Attorney at Law Magazine, November 2016 issue of Women in the Law
  • Fellow, National Association of Distinguished Counsel (2019-2023)
  • Minnesota Monthly’s Top Lawyers in Minnesota 2023
  • 2023 Top Women in Law in the State of Minnesota.
  • Member, National Association of Distinguished Counsel: Nation’s Top One Percent (2024)