Edgar Filing: Dolan Media CO

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â Winton David Michael

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/01/2007

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Dolan Media CO [DM]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O WINTON PARTNERS,Â 1300 US TRST BUILDING, 730 SECOND AVE S.

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

MINNEAPOLIS,Â MNÂ 55402

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	29,347 ⁽¹⁾	I	By David J. Winton Trust ⁽²⁾
Common Stock	54,094 ⁽¹⁾	I	By Parsnip River Company, L.P. ⁽³⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Series C Participating Convertible Preferred Stock	Â ⁽⁴⁾	Â ⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	3,710 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	$ 0 ⁽⁴⁾	I	By David J. Winton Trust ⁽²⁾
Series C Participating Convertible Preferred Stock	Â ⁽⁴⁾	Â ⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	3,710 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	$ 0 ⁽⁴⁾	I	By Parsnip River Company, L.P. ⁽³⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Winton David Michael C/O WINTON PARTNERS 1300 US TRST BUILDING, 730 SECOND AVE S. MINNEAPOLIS,Â MNÂ 55402	Â X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ David M. Winton		08/01/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Does not reflect a 9 for 1 stock split, which the Issuer intends to effect through a dividend of 8 shares of its common stock for each share of its common stock outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering.
(2)	The reporting person is the income beneficiary of the David J. Winton Trust and has sole investment and voting power over the securities owned by the David J. Winton Trust.
(3)	The reporting person is the managing general partner of Parsnip River Company, L.P.
(4)	The series C participating convertible preferred stock is convertible into common stock at any time at the holder's election on approximately a 1 to 14.84 basis, and has no expiration date. The Issuer has exercised its right to require the conversion of these shares. Therefore, each outstanding share of series C participating convertible preferred stock will convert into approximately 14.84 shares of common stock upon the consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering.

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