In the Community

Attorney Kay Biga gave a presentation for the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce this fall. Her topic was “Hospitality Ideas to Improve Your Business.” 

Biga previously taught law and management courses at the University of Wisconsin – Superior.  Two of her favorite classes were Hospitality Management and Event Management.

Attorney Patrick Spott will once again be teaching a class this fall at the College of St. Scholastica.

His class is conflict resolution, negotiation, and coaching for the MBA in Leadership and Change.

Spott Law Office joins in celebrating Rotary International’s World Polio Day on October 24, 2020. Thanks to years of effort by Rotary International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation the number of active polio cases throughout the world has been greatly reduced. Currently, Pakistan and Afghanistan are the last two endemic countries.

Attorneys Patrick Spott and Kay Biga are both members of the Duluth Superior Eco Rotary Club.

Biga is currently serving as the District Governor Nominee in District 5580 during 2020 – 2021 year.

The Spott Law Office offers video conferences with clients. Attorney Kay Biga said “In normal times we frequently use tools like Zoom, Skype or Face Time. Now that COVID 19 is changing the way that we all do business more and more clients of our clients are choosing this method.”

To make an appointment please call (218) 724-9325.

Attorneys Kay Biga and Patrick Spott understand the needs of their small business clients to have some certainty about what they will be billed.  Whenever possible a fixed fee is used so our clients are not surprised at the end.

Business attorney Patrick Spott taught a conflict resolution class in the MBA in Leadership and Change program in Summer 2019.

In addition, Spott was co-leader for the MBA in Leadership and Change Capstone in China in April 2019. Faculty and students traveled to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong and met with many business leaders doing business in China.

Business attorneys Kay Biga and Patrick Spott were the keynote speakers at the Solo and Small Firm Conference at the DECC on August 6, 2019.  Their topic was: Lessons Learned While Building Our Small Firm Practice – Marketing, Technology, Financial and Customer Service Ideas That You Can Implement NOW!

Biga was a panelist with Jon Schindel and Paul Floyd on the topic of Planning for Profitability – Financial Metrics, Processes, Billing, Staffing and Compensation on August 5, 2019. 

A note from an attendee:

“Thank you for presenting at the Solo and Small Firm Conference. I wanted to tell you BOTH how helpful and how informative I found your presentation! A lot of great ideas that I intend to put into my practice. Your presentations were very funny too!

Thanks again!

Attorneys Patrick Spott and Kay Biga recently completed the Social ENE raining and the Financial ENE training offered by Susan Stevens Chambers . They are now on the roster in the Sixth Judicial District for Early Neutral Evaluators, in addition to being Rule 114 Qualified Neutrals experienced in civil and family mediation.

Kay Biga presented on the topic of Law Office Technology: How Do We Make This Stuff Work at the February 12, 2019 meeting of the Minnesota Women Lawyers in Duluth, Minnesota

Kay Biga is serving as the team captain for the Eco 25 Dragons. It is a collaboration between the Duluth Superior Eco Rotary Club, Rotary Club # 25 and the Harbor City Roller Dames. The Dragon Boat Festival is held on August 25^th at Barker’s Island.