About Donohue McKenney Ltd., Your Twin Cities Law Firm

Mr. McKenney often works with individuals on estate planning issues, including wills, irrevocable and revocable trusts, healthcare directives, powers of attorney, and other matters to carry out the client’s estate planning objectives. Mr. McKenney meets with individuals and works to ensure their wishes are known, clearly stated and carried out to avoid future conflicts and taxes.

Mr. McKenney also works in family law, including filing or responding to divorce petitions, child support and maintenance issues, custody and parenting time, and drafting antenuptial agreements. Mr. McKenney's focus is to try the path of least resistance, which often means first looking at mediation as he has not yet met a client who truly enjoys litigating disputes rather than trying to resolve them as quickly and cheaply as possible. However, if mediation is unsuccessful, Mr. McKenney will ensure his client’s interests are fully protected throughout the litigation process.

Mr. McKenney is admitted to practice law in all courts in the State of Minnesota, including the United States District Court for Minnesota and the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Further, Mr. McKenney is a member of the American Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, and LRIS. Chad is married to Lisa and they have two children. In his spare time, he enjoys cross-country skiing, running and cheering on Minnesota sports teams.

Mr. Hendrikson is proud to be an attorney with Donohue McKenney and has teamed with colleague Chad McKenney for over 25 years on complex motions, trials and appeals. He currently resides "south of the river" and is a native of Burnsville, MN. He attended college at Brown University in Providence, RI before transferring and obtaining his B.A. in Management from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. He got his J.D, cum laude, from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN . Mr. Hendrikson has helped write and teach legal classes on various subjects involving real estate and limited liability companies. He enjoys serving his family and community, coaching youth hockey and lacrosse, and still occasionally tries to contribute as a player on the Hennepin County lawyers hockey team in the annual Barristers Cup tournament when they travel to face their friendly foes from Thunder Bay north of the border. Mr. McKenney often works with individuals on estate planning issues including wills, irrevocable and revocable trusts, healthcare directives, powers of attorney and other issues to carry out the client's estate planning objectives. Mr. McKenney meets with individuals and works to ensure their wishes are known, clearly stated and carried out to avoid future conflicts and taxes.

Mr. Gunderson is admitted to practice law in all courts in the State of Minnesota, including the United States District Court for Minnesota and the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Ramsey County Bar Association. He is a graduate of the College of St. Thomas (University of St. Thomas) in St. Paul, MN, and William Mitchell College of Law (Mitchell Hamline School of Law) in St. Paul, MN. He lives in St. Paul.