Committed To Creating
The Outcomes You Need

Kennelly Business Law helps business owners handle the legal side of building, running, and protecting their companies. Our lawyers have practical insights into accounting, finance, and more, and we use our hands-on experience to help our clients make informed legal decisions that support long-term growth.

Who We Are

Legal Advice Grounded in Business Reality

Our legal team approaches every case we handle with a business mindset. Our attorneys work directly with owners, operators, and decision-makers to offer tailored and actionable advice. When you come to us for help, we look at your case from every financial and legal angle so we can help you make informed and intelligent decisions based on fact.

Our law firm includes attorneys with degrees in accounting, finance, and business economics. Some of us come from multigenerational business families. We’ve also spent decades advising small and mid-sized companies in Fargo–Moorhead and throughout North Dakota and Minnesota. That experience shapes the way we work.

We don’t waste your time with theory or guesswork. We focus on practical, legally sound solutions that line up with your goals and help you protect your investments. Our lawyers also understand the pace of business—if you need answers now, we respond quickly and clearly. We know how to balance risk with opportunity, and we’re ready to help you do the same.

Our Practice Areas

Kennelly Business Law In North Dakota And Minnesota

Business Law Support for Formation, Growth, and Change

We help business owners build strong foundations for their companies that prevent problems down the road. Our business lawyers work with new and established

Real Estate Guidance for Business Decisions

Real estate plays a key role in many business operations. Whether you’re buying, leasing, developing, or selling, our lawyers can help you close the deal the right way and protect your investment.

Protecting What You’ve Built Through Estate Planning

Our lawyers know how to draft clear, enforceable estate plans that reflect your wishes and work well in real life. We regularly help clients set up succession plans, transfer business interests

Experience You Can Rely On

Our law firm has handled hundreds of business transactions, formations, contracts, and disputes for owners across eastern North Dakota and northern Minnesota. Our attorneys bring decades of combined experience to the table and have all been recognized by Super Lawyers for our work. One of our partners is also AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has trained as a CPA.

Our lawyers have built their careers working with entrepreneurs, builders, lenders, and professionals who expect clarity and careful attention to detail, and many of our clients return to us year after year. That kind of trust doesn’t come from credentials alone—it comes from doing the work the right way and staying responsive. When legal issues arise, our clients never need to scramble for help. They already know who to call.

If you’re looking for a steady legal partner who knows what matters to your business, look no further.

Business Attorneys with Deep Local Roots

We’re not just lawyers in North Dakota. We’re from here. All of our attorneys were born and raised in this area. We’ve stayed here, raised families here, and built careers helping local businesses like yours grow and succeed. You’ll find us working in Fargo, Valley City, Wahpeton, Grand Forks, and towns across the Red River Valley. Many of our clients operate across the Fargo–Moorhead metro or have ties in both North Dakota and Minnesota.

We know the regional markets, the industries that drive them, and all the legal details that affect them. That local insight helps us give better, more practical advice. We also take pride in being part of the same communities our clients serve. Our lawyers are grounded in this region, and we’re here to support business leaders in our communities.

What You Can Expect When You Work with Us

When you contact our law office, you’ll speak directly with a lawyer, typically the same one who will handle your case from start to finish. During your initial consultation, we will set clear expectations, provide upfront pricing details, and offer straightforward advice. We don’t overcomplicate things or leave you in suspense. We know that most of our clients run businesses, manage people, and make decisions every day, so they don’t need legal jargon—they need answers they can use. That’s what we deliver.

You can count on us to take the time to learn how your business works so our advice actually lines up with what you do. You can also trust us to be responsive, honest, and easy to work with. If something falls outside the scope of our practice, we’ll say so. But if it’s in our wheelhouse, we’ll handle it with care. Our goal is to build lasting relationships, not run a churn-and-burn operation. We want to be your go-to legal resource whenever questions or opportunities arise.

Testimonials

Meet our Team

Our Attorneys Practice In North Dakota And Minnesota

Chris M. Kennelly

Attorney

Jeff Gunkelman

Attorney

Ben Williams

Attorney

Rooted In

Our Community

North Dakota is our home. Our families have been here for generations. Kennelly Business Law of Fargo focuses on business law and a select group of other areas of law. We can assist business owners in forming their companies, writing contracts, preparing for mergers and acquisitions, real estate purchases and sales, and litigating disputes. And although business law is in our name, we also represent hundreds of clients in estate planning matters.