Our Firm

With almost 50 years of combined legal experience, the Minneapolis law firm of Virnig & Gunther PLLC has the knowledge, experience and expertise to handle a wide variety of legal matters, including business litigation, commercial litigation, sales of small businesses and closely held corporations, franchise law, family law, auto accidents, personal injury claims, criminal defense and professional misconduct. Our specialized approach allows us to be personally responsive to each and every client.

Many people don’t know where to turn for legal services or can be overwhelmed by the complexity and expense of legal matters. Rick Virnig and Tom Gunther formed Virnig & Gunther to serve individuals, small businesses and companies in need of legal help in a personalized and cost effective manner.

Legal Experience

Both Rick and Tom have broad-based litigation experience. As a former prosecutor, private litigation attorney and criminal defense attorney, Rick has personally litigated over 45 civil and criminal trials to jury verdict in both state and federal court. For his extensive experience, Rick has been selected to serve as an instructor with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), teaching other lawyers litigation practice and techniques.

Tom has over 17 years of broad-based litigation and transactional experience representing small- and medium-sized businesses, companies and corporations. Tom has handled numerous commercial litigation matters, including business litigation, corporate organization, business break-ups and business dissolution, shareholder disputes, franchise litigation, business sales, business mergers, business finance, business restructuring and restructuring finance matters.