Top best Litigation Lawyers Near me in ZIP 55101

With 15 years of complex litigation experience, Bryden Law Firm specializes in employment litigation, business litigation for small businesses, and consumer protection. You won't find higher quality representation at more cost-effective rates.

Wil Fluegel is a Minneapolis attorney practicing in plaintiff’s personal injury trials and appeals in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He is a board certified civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and Minnesota State Bar Association and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Million Dollar Roundtable, and is featured in Best Lawyers in America and Minnesota Super Lawyers in personal injury trials and in appeals. He was president of the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association in 2005-2006, and served from 1999-2007 on the Minnesota Supreme Court’s No-Fault Standing Committee, and on the state’s Campaign Finance & Public Disclosure Board from 1998-2005. He served on the executive committee of the Quie Commission studying means to promote judicial integrity from 2004-2007 and was a founding member of the Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society. He is a frequent presenter at CLEs and has authored chapters in eight texts, over 50 legal periodicals and more than 200 seminars. He is the recipient of two Member of the Year awards for 1997 and 2007 and one Public Service Award from MTLA/MAJ in 1994 and the 2009 Award of Professional Excellence by the MSBA as well as the 2005 Attorney of the Year Award by Minnesota Lawyer.

Steven M. Cerny is a partner at Santi Cerny, PLLC, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Steve provides services to clients in the areas of litigation, employment law, and business law, in addition to providing outside general counsel services to companies in a variety of industries. Steve has been recognized as a top-rated attorney by his peers and SuperLawyers® for the past nine years.. LITIGATION. Steve represents clients in virtually every type of employment-related case, including discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, overtime, misclassification, non-competition, non-solicitation, medical leave, and trade secrets. Steve also represents clients in business disputes, including member and shareholder disputes, and contract disputes. Steve has a unique focus in handling matters that involve temporary restraining orders and injunctions.. EMPLOYMENT LAW. Steve partners with business owners and human resources professionals to provide advice and counsel on all aspects of the employer/employee relationship, on compliance with federal, state, and local laws, and on taking preventative measures to minimize the risk of litigation. Steve also works with companies to prepare employment agreements and HR policies and procedures. Steve has conducted internal corporate investigations and provides training for managers and human resources professionals. Steve also advises individuals on employment law matters.. BUSINESS LAW. Steve provides a variety of business and corporate law services to clients, including entity selection, incorporation, contract drafting and negotiation, owner and investor agreements, mergers and acquisitions, protection of intellectual property, succession planning, and general business matters.. GENERAL COUNSEL. Steve serves as outside general counsel to clients providing a comprehensive approach to managing the legal needs of a business, identifying and mitigating risks, integrating and collaborating with senior management, and providing insightful and strategic advice and counsel. Steve works with clients in a variety of industries, including information technology, professional services, manufacturing, printing, retail, lodging, transportation, healthcare, and restaurant and food services.. Steve graduated from William Mitchell College of Law with honors, served as an Assistant Editor of the William Mitchell Law Review, participated in moot court where he won regional and national awards, and he has since taught at Mitchell Hamline School of Law as an Adjunct Professor.

Scott A. Neilson provides superior representation to large corporations, small businesses and individuals in litigation, with a trial, arbitration, and appellate practice, including litigation of business, products liability, contract, fraud, negligence, shareholder, employment and real estate matters. Scott provides practical, proactive, and cost-effective advice to achieve favorable results for his clients prior to suit. Scott is a proven problem solver, which is why clients seek his advice and assistance on a wide variety of matters.

Rob Shainess is a trial lawyer with a particular focus on resolving real estate, construction, and business disputes. Rob’s clients range from individual property owners to national banks, and everyone in between. Rob is proud to have been named a Rising Star in 2012 and 2013 by Super Lawyers Magazine, and to be the author of an award-winning blog focused on Minnesota real estate disputes.. Before founding Capstone Law, Rob spent seven years as a real estate and construction litigator with one of Minnesota’s largest elite law firms. In 2011, Rob set out to start his own firm, believing that he could offer his clients better value if he shed the bloat associated with large firms.. Rob grew up in Connecticut, and received his undergraduate degree from Ithaca College in upstate New York. After college, Rob moved to Minnesota to attend law school at the University of Minnesota. While attending law school, Rob met his wife, a Minnesota native. They now live in the Twin Cities with their daughter and twin sons.. Rob has handled many real estate, construction, and business disputes. Information about specific real estate disputes that Rob has handled can be found here. And, look here for information about Rob’s construction experience.

Pete Gregory focuses his civil litigation practice on professional liability defense.  Peter defends lawyers against legal malpractice claims and long term care facilities against medical negligence claims.  He also has significant commercial litigation experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of business-related disputes.. Pete received his undergraduate degree from Wheaton College and his J.D. cum laude from the University of St. Thomas Law School in 2007 where he was a member of the moot court team.  He served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Matthew Johnson of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Nicholas N. Sperling is a business litigation, nonprofit, technology and real estate attorney licensed in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and regional Federal Courts. Nicholas has over a decade of courtroom, transactional, and client counseling experience.

My background as a psychology student at the top-rated University of Minnesota Clinical Psychology Ph.D program served me well when dealing with the medical and psychological aspects of injuries.  I joined Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben in 1980 and have been practicing personal injury law exclusively since then.

Megan is a dedicated and passionate attorney who believes in fighting tirelessly on behalf of her clients.  As a member of Nichols Kaster’s Consumer Class Action Team, she advocates for consumers who have been victimized by unfair, deceptive and unlawful trade practices.. Prior to joining Nichols Kaster in 2013, Megan practiced at a private law firm in Minneapolis where she was dedicated to representing a variety of organizational clients in a variety of complex matters including commercial, professional liability, products liability and commercial contract litigation matters.  During law school, Megan was a member of the Minnesota Law Review and participated in the Asylum Law Project helping recent immigrants receive legal asylum in the United States.

Matthew Lawlyes is an associate attorney at Wilson Law Group, where he serves the diverse business, employment, construction and personal needs of his clients. Matthew is licensed to practice before the Federal District Court in Minnesota and the State Courts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. Prior to joining Wilson Law Group, Matthew represented national and international clients in insurance disputes, with an emphasis on the coverage afforded by insurance policies for commercial disputes, environmental contamination, construction defects, professional malpractice, and SEC violations. Matthew has also represented clients in criminal matters. During law school, Matthew served as a student-certified attorney for the Tenth Judicial District Public Defender’s Office. Prior to law school, Matthew worked for the Innocence Project, where he investigated claims of innocence submitted by prisoners who had been convicted and sentenced to prison for the most serious of crimes.. Matthew graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he served as the managing director of the Maynard Pirsig Moot Court, competed on the American Bar Association negotiation competition team, helped create the first student-taught course offered at the law school, and joined the Community Practice and Policy Development Clinic. Matthew earned his bachelors’ degree from the University of Illinois Springfield, where he studied issues relating to poverty and substance abuse.Bar Admissions:Minnesota State BarNorth Dakota State BarWisconsin State BarUnited States District Court for the District of MinnesotaEighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Memberships & Professional Development:Minnesota State Bar AssociationWisconsin State Bar AssociationNorth Dakota State Bar AssociationDefense Research Institute. Education:University of Illinois Springfield, Bachelors of ArtsUniversity of Minnesota Law School, Juris Doctor, magna cum laude. “Good legal representation begins with making the law accessible. It is the job of all attorneys to see to it that the client understands the law. Only then can the client and attorney effectively work together to solve the problem at hand.”

Marty Chester is a trial lawyer who specializes in complex business disputes. His practice focuses on non-compete and trade secret litigation, securities and financial services litigation, and other commercial disputes.. Before becoming a lawyer, Marty worked as a legislative assistant to Congressman Martin Olav Sabo of Minnesota.. Non-Compete and Trade Secrets Litigation. Marty has won non-compete cases in front of a jury, at the injunction stage and on appeal. He helps clients protect their trade secrets by enforcing non-competes and similar restrictive covenants in litigation nationwide, and by counseling clients on how to use non-compete agreements effectively. He also defends against claims of violating restrictive covenants, and disputes involving misappropriation of trade secrets.. Marty has particular experience seeking and defending against motions for injunctive relief and winning injunctions to enforce non-compete and non-solicit agreements for his clients. He is a chapter author on using non-competes to protect trade secrets and good will in the acclaimed book The Secrets to Winning Trade Secret Cases (Thomson West 2009).. Securities & Financial Litigation. Marty tries cases before FINRA arbitration panels throughout the country, defending broker-dealers and their registered representatives from claims of unsuitability, churning, unauthorized trading, selling away, inadequate supervision, and alleged violations of state and federal securities laws involving securities and insurance products. Marty also represents broker-dealers in industry disputes with their former representatives involving claims of wrongful termination, Form U-5 defamation and breach of promissory notes, as well as in "raiding" disputes between broker-dealers.

Marta is an attorney in the litigation group at Barnes & Thornburg LLP. Marta assists businesses at all stages of the litigation process, including pre-litigation counsel, discovery, alternative dispute resolution, trial, appeal and settlement. She focuses her legal practice on representing, counseling and protecting clients in business and commercial litigation matters, inclusive of, but not limited to, vendor and dealer disputes, regulatory compliance, shareholder derivative suits, antitrust, product liability, unfair competition matters, government and public utility commission investigations, insurance recovery, and breach of contract actions. Marta collaborates with clients from a range of industries--manufacturing, power sports, agriculture, grocery, healthcare, insurance, retail, marketing and others. Marta is active in a number of civic and professional organizations, including Twin Cities Diversity in Practice, the Federal Bar Association, the Minnesota State, Wisconsin State, Federal, American, and Hispanic Bar Associations. She is the former chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association's Diversity Committee where she created the Minnesota Minority Clerkship Program, as well as implemented the Class Action program with the Minneapolis Public Schools and Hazelden.

Marcia Miller, a partner at SiebenCarey, works closely with the trial attorneys to prepare and respond to legal memoranda and briefs and argue motions at all levels of litigation through the appellate process. Our clients benefit from Marcia's thorough analysis, vast legal research and writing experience, and perspective on complex issues. Prior to joining the firm in 2009, Marcia was the assistant director of the nationally-ranked Health Law Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. She also taught Legal Research and Writing at Hamline University School of Law, practiced appellate law at Rider Bennett LLP, and clerked for Judges Minge, Shumaker, and Wright at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. She is admitted to the Minnesota State Bar, United States District Court, District of Minnesota, and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. As an adjunct professor for over ten years, Marcia has enjoyed teaching international foreign exchange and LL.M students, as well as students in Hamline University's Master in the Study of Law program. She has also presented at continuing legal education courses regarding motion practice, appellate issues, and teaching legal research and writing to international law students.

Kyle Mansfield, managing partner of the firm's Minneapolis office, has a strong business background and nearly 30 years of legal experience as one the the nation's top litigators. Kyle focuses his practice in the areas of toxic torts and mass litigation, product liability, environmental law, insurance coverage and litigation, construction law, and general liability and civil litigation. Kyle oversees the firm's extensive asbestos defense work for dozens of clients across the country. He has successfully resolved numerous asbestos cases and has tried cases to verdict in state and federal courts in both Minnesota and North Dakota. In addition to asbestos-related cases, he has tried cases involving construction defect, personal injury, and toxic poisoning. Kyle brings outstanding negotiating skills to his clients’ defense, directing the firm’s attorneys in seeking cost-effective resolution of client matters. He and the firm’s attorneys often bring parties together to resolve claims before they evolve into expensive, time-consuming legal battles. He provides clients with exceptional legal strategies and defense, with the experience and knowledge to try cases to a successful conclusion. A Rule 114 Qualified Neutral, Kyle also heads FM Settlement Lawyers (www.fmsettlementlawyers.com), providing mediation services for business and commercial, personal injury, product liability, construction defect, and toxic and mass tort disputes. His experience in extremely complex areas of the law provides Kyle with a deep understanding of the many issues faced by those embroiled in disputes, and it has shaped his mediation approach accordingly – in short, assisting parties in their negotiations by identifying areas of agreement and developing strategies to overcome obstacles to settlement. Kyle excels at helping parties clarify their real objectives, and in facilitating the consideration of alternatives that might be overlooked by opposing attorneys engaged in battle. Under Kyle's leadership, Foley & Mansfield has succeeded in becoming one of the nation's leading litigation law firms, serving clients ranging in size from multi-million dollar corporations to small businesses and their owners

Kim is a partner at Lindquist & Vennum and practice group leader in the Firm's Business Litigation Practice Group. An experienced litigator, Kim regularly represents institutions and individuals in complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters, including guardian/conservator/trust litigation, financial fraud, securities, contract, fiduciary duty, corporate governance, licensing and retailer issues, and other business disputes.. She is licensed to practice law in both Minnesota and California.. Active in pro bono work, Kim presently serves as a conciliation court referee for the First Judicial District Court, and is honored to have received the Leonard Lindquist Pro Bono Award for her expungement work for pro bono clients.. Kim is also active in the community: WIth two children playing rugby (a son and a daugher), she is an avid rugby fan, and serves as an officer of Hopkins Royals Rugby Football Club.. Specialties: financial litigation, trust/probate litigation, commercial and contract disputes, securities, retailer & licensing

Joseph T. Dixon Jr.’s distinguished legal career has focused extensively on the successful resolution of business disputes involving individuals and businesses. He currently is a leading provider of commercial litigation ADR services as both a mediator and arbitrator. In addition, as a long time litigator he represents both plaintiffs and defendants in resolving these same types of claims. His substantive areas of focus include a wide panorama of specialties within the business and commercial litigation arena.

John N. Bisanz, Jr. advises and represents individuals and businesses in a variety of commercial disputes. His experience includes representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation matters including contractual disputes, construction litigation, and creditor disputes.

Joe Janochoski is a trial attorney dedicated to providing clients with creative, effective litigation strategies and compelling trial presentations. He focuses his practice on complex business and health care litigation and brings a practical approach to nuanced legal issues to help clients achieve their business goals, no matter how large or small the dispute. Joe has appeared at every stage of litigation in state and federal court, as well as in arbitration, and has represented clients in pre-suit evaluations, case initiation, discovery, motion practice, mediation, and trial. Prior to litigating, Joe served as a law clerk to Justice Paul Thissen on the Minnesota Supreme Court, and Judge Susan Richard Nelson at the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Joe uses his extensive experience in complex litigation, persuasive advocacy, and in-depth legal research to help clients build, execute, and ultimately win their cases, no matter where, or in what forum, the case takes place.. Joe attended law school at the University of Minnesota, where he graduated magna cum laude with a concentration in civil litigation. While in law school, Joe served on the Minnesota Law Review and competed both regionally and nationally with the school’s mock trial team. In addition to representing clients in complex litigation, he currently serves as an adjunct professor of law for the mock trial team at the University of Minnesota Law School.

Jillian M. (Pearson) Flower practices in Henson & Efron’s business litigation group which represents corporations, partnerships, limited liability partnerships and individuals in a wide range of complex civil and commercial litigation matters. Jillian assists in all types of cases, including arbitrations, administrative actions, multi-district and multi-state litigation, governmental regulatory, and a variety of state and federal court actions. While in law school, Jillian gained professional experience working as a clerk with the Minnesota Disability Law Center, and as a student attorney at the University of Minnesota’s Workers’ Rights Clinic. Jillian also served as a judicial extern for Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge David Minge.. As a litigation associate, Jillian possesses an understanding of trade secret protection from her experience working on multiple cases dealing with claims of misappropriation from both plaintiff and defendant perspectives.  She is familiar with case and statutory laws that set out the qualifications required to establish and preserve trade secrets in Minnesota and across the nation.

Jason represents a wide array of clients throughout Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, collection and workouts, corporate planning and transactions, transportation law and business resolution. In addition to an expansive practice area, Jason is the co-editor of KWGC's bi-annual News Brief and enjoys speaking to private groups and associations on various business litigation and corporate planning topics.Jason currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Epilepsy Foundation. He regularly provides pro bono assistance and counseling to various non-profit organizations including Farm Rescue and LegalCORPS. Jason has also been recognized as a "Rising Star" by Minnesota Law & Politics. He takes special pride in ensuring that his clients receive the type of effective and efficient representation they deserve.Jason's clients appreciate his practical views on complex matters, as well as his ability to keep their business needs in mind when considering legal issues. His previous sales experience serves him well and provides him with a solid understanding of how businesses work.

In 1974, I founded what is now Minnesota's largest law practice specializing in personal injury litigation.  Along with my partners, we lead a team of 18 attorneys and over 45 employees who are committed to achieving fair and swift compensation for our clients.

I've been in private practice since 1995 and provide representation in Minnesota, Iowa or where needed. My current focus is in the areas of railroad law, construction law, envrionmental and land use law, and related regulations in all those areas.

I started out as a law clerk at Schwebel Goetz & Sieben before I graduated from law school.  I enjoy giving back to the community as it gives me a unique perspective when dealing with people injured in serious accidents.

I represent injured victims of automobile and motorcycle collisions, defective products, and poorly constructed or maintained premises.  I have been championing the rights of injured victims since 1973.

I joined Schwebel Goetz & Sieben in 1987 and now specialize in representing accident victims and their families in personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, and complex insurance cases.