Sharkey Announced as General Counsel

Sharkey Announced as General Counsel to MFDA and Provides Legal Guidance for Members

New 2020 MFDA member benefit of mortuary law specific legal guidance available for all member funeral director staff. The Minnesota Funeral Directors Association (MFDA) has recently retained Michael D. Sharkey, Licensed Funeral Director and Attorney with Cousineau, Van Bergen, McNee and Malone as its General Counsel.

Beginning in 2020, Mr. Sharkey will serve as a resource to the association as well as our member funeral directors as a new member benefit. Those firms who need mortuary law specific legal guidance, (often on short or even emergency notice) can spend up to 30 minutes getting answers they need. If a call will take more than 30 minutes of guidance, the member will be advised to retain Mr. Sharkey privately. Please call 952-525-6990 to reach Mr. Sharkey’s office. The most important part of this arrangement is MFDA has budgeted an amount that will cover the cost of a call for our members. There are many benefits to this arrangement, but primarily Mr. Sharkey’s ability to troubleshoot mortuary law legal issues on a very short timeline and interfacing with difficult families so that the funeral home can maintain its reputation in the community. If you have any questions about this new member benefit, please contact MFDA Executive Director Darlyne Erickson at 763-416-0124 or info@mnfuneral.org.

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130th Annual MFDA Convention May 27-29, 2020 Mystic Lake Center Prior Lake Register at www.mnfuneral.org