Overview » Extensive experience in mass tort and class action litigation » Represents clients in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, asbestos litigation, RSI litigation, toxic tort litigation, and antitrust class actions » Considerable appellate work in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest Representative Experience » Represented clients in cases involving implantable medical devices, including G.D. Searle in the Copper 7 IUD Litigation and American Medical Systems in the penile prosthesis litigation » Acted as national coordinating counsel in products liability cases involving repetitive stress injury claims and cases involving transit buses » Served as national counsel, regional counsel and local counsel for numerous manufacturers and retailers of a variety of products including cars and trucks, building supplies and components, hand tools, chemicals, asbestos-containing products and fire suppression systems » Represented clients in product safety counseling matters relating to product recalls, product labeling and instructions and overall product safety issues Recognition Minnesota Law & Politics » "Super Lawyer" The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers » 2010 Associations & Pro Bono American Bar Association Minnesota State Bar Association Hennepin County Bar Association Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC) International Association of Defense Counsel » Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee, Amicus Committee, and Defense Counsel Journal Board of Editors Defense Research Institute (DRI) Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA) Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School » Trial Advocacy Adjunct Professor at William Mitchell College of Law » Advanced Advocacy NITA Faculty Member |