Greg is a trusted advisor who leverages decades of litigation experience to support clients’ business objectives. Before founding Minana & Associates, he served more than 33 years at an AmLaw 100 firm, beginning as a summer law clerk and ultimately becoming an equity partner and department chair. Greg has extensive first‑chair jury trial experience in both state and federal courts and regularly handles complex, high‑exposure litigation.
Reunited a mother with her 3-year-old son, who had been wrongfully withheld from her for more than a year. The client was a Canadian woman who lived in northern Saskatchewan on a reserve, similar to a Native American reservation in the United States. She had allowed her son’s paternal grandparents to take the boy to the grandparents’ home in the United States for a visit. However, the grandparents soon refused to return the boy and then cut off all contact. Thereafter, the grandparents filed state court proceedings to be appointed the boy’s legal guardian, claiming that the mother had “abandoned” the boy and that the whereabouts of the mother were unknown. The mother’s attempts to obtain assistance through local Canadian attorneys were unsuccessful. The grandparents then ignored a request from the Canadian government that the boy be returned. The client was referred through the U.S. State Department. A petition for return of the child was filed under the International Child Abduction provision of The Hague Convention. After expedited discovery and a two-day trial in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, the court granted the mother’s petition and ordered that the grandparents return the boy. Mother and son were reunited a few days later.
Greg enjoys spending time with his wife, children and new grandson, traveling, outdoor activities, classic films, and music from the Motown and jazz eras.
