He primarily represents contractors, subcontractors, owners and suppliers in mediations, arbitrations, and district court actions regarding construction related disputes, including construction and design defects, mechanic’s liens, bonds, delay and disruption, payment, insurance and other disputes.

Trout also has experience representing clients at the appellate court level, including the successful appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court in Peggy Rose Revocable Trust v. Eppich, C3-00-1163, 640 N.W.2d 601 (Minn. 2002), a matter involving construction defects, fraud and arbitration. Prior to becoming an attorney, Trout owned and managed a commercial concrete restoration business.

Licensed to practice law in the state and federal courts in Minnesota, Trout is a member of the Hennepin County Bar Association and is active in the Construction Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. He is a member and former director of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Concrete Institute, and a member of the Minnesota Concrete Council and the Minnesota Concrete and Masonry Contractors Association. He presents numerous seminars to construction industry professionals and attorneys, and is a frequently published author on the topics of construction law and mechanic's liens and bonds.

Trout obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. He completed his undergraduate studies at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.