Firm: Fluegel Law Office
Practice Areas: Litigation
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.
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Firm: Jones Day
Practice Areas: Litigation
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Firm: Fafinski Mark & Johnson, P.A.
Practice Areas: Litigation
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Firm: Jardine Logan & O'Brien Pllp
Practice Areas: Litigation
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Firm: Rimas Law Firm PLLC
Practice Areas: Litigation
Attorney Vytas Rimas, the founder of Rimas Law Firm, is licensed in Minnesota and California and AV-Rated. His legal work and litigation has been on behalf of clients ranging from start up entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 Companies in diverse industries and technical fields, including financial services, and computers and semi-conductors, consumer goods, medical devices, building agricultural products, sports equipment, entertainment and housing. He has been selected as an expert and a mediator by appointment from the U.S. District Court.
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Firm: Stinson Leonard Street
Practice Areas: Litigation
Recognized in 2013 as an “Attorney of the Year” by Minnesota Lawyer magazine, Wade Davis litigates complex business and employment disputes and counsels clients on employment and labor issues. Wade is an experienced litigator and strategic counselor. His track record of success before judges and arbitrators gives him an edge in the courtroom, and his commitment to understanding his clients’ businesses has led him to become a trusted advisor. Wade recognizes that the business objectives, risk tolerance and public relation issues are unique to each case. He partners with his clients to pursue and obtain the best result for each situation and, when appropriate, litigates aggressively. With versatility, good judgment and a commitment to his clients’ objectives, Wade is a go-to litigator and advisor for businesses and individuals throughout the region.. Wade is a board certified employment law specialist who frequently prosecutes and defends claims for breach of contract, non-competition agreements, whistleblowing and trade secrets. He regularly and vigorously represents employers defending claims for harassment, discrimination, whilstleblowing and defamation. He also provides thoughtful counsel and training on a range of employment matter areas such as hiring, discrimination and harassment prevention, discipline and termination, and compliance with state and federal law.. Wade is a go-to litigator for civil matters including:
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Firm: Ballard Spahr, LLP
Practice Areas: Litigation
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Firm: Hellmuth & Johnson PLLC
Practice Areas: Litigation
Plaintiffs and defendants alike count on Bill Farrell for clear communication and compelling advocacy across the spectrum of civil litigation in areas ranging from insurance subrogation and property and casualty insurance coverage, to land use, antitrust, class action, construction, commercial litigation and more.. “Good litigators excel both at crafting persuasive legal argument and at communicating it to all parties, including clients, judges, juries, mediators, opposing counsel and others,” explains Bill. “To do that, I have to be well-prepared, nimble on my feet and succinctly articulate in my communication, both oral and written. And I have to do it in a compelling, cogent way for every case, for every client.”. Bill has demonstrated his ability to do just that in a wide variety of cases. Among his successes, he has:. Whether representing individuals or institutions, Bill relies both on his analytical and interpersonal skills to understand all sides of a dispute. “No two situations are the same, or any two clients,” he says. “The more keenly I can understand the nature of the dispute and the perspectives of all involved, the more powerful my advocacy will be.”
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Firm: Rock Hutchinson Pllp
Practice Areas: Litigation
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William Kvas, a partner in the firm, is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who has devoted his legal career to assisting injured individuals, appearing as counsel in 22 states. Many attorneys throughout the country have referred cases to him because of his experience and reputation.. Over 2,000 railroaders have asked him for assistance with injury claims. He pioneered occupational disease litigation for railroad workers, trying several of the first cases for noise induced hearing loss in the 1980s.. In 1998, Kvas obtained the then largest verdict for carpal tunnel syndrome to be upheld on appeal for a railroad worker. In 2002, he obtained verdict of over one million dollars for an Amtrak engineer. The verdict followed a hard fought battle where he proved that Amtrak had falsified documents to cover up the cause of the accident. In 2005, Kvas obtained a verdict of $700,000 for a CSX engineer who suffered smoke inhalation while operating a locomotive and a verdict in Denver for a fireman and oiler whose case set precedent on the railroad’s liability for off property injuries. More recently, he was victorious in back to back trials against CSX – a verdict of $628,000 in Syracuse for a maintenance of way mechanic and $750,000 in Huntington, West Virginia for an engineer who was exposed to a chemical leaking from a tank car. He also represented over 30 Amtrak passengers who were injured in the derailment and crash of Amtrak’s auto train in Florida.. Kvas has taught trial strategy and courtroom skills to other lawyers as a lecturer for continuing legal education classes. He graduated from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law School. He is member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Kvas possesses an A/V rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible ranking for both legal ability and ethics. In 2003, he was elected by fellow attorneys to the list of “Best Lawyers in America.”. In 2012, Kvas was inducted as a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, an honor society limited to the world’s outstanding trial lawyers.
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Firm: Yaeger & Jungbauer Barristers, Plc
Practice Areas: Litigation
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Firm: United States Attorney's Office
Practice Areas: Litigation
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Firm: Robins Kaplan LLP
Practice Areas: Litigation
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Firm: American Family Insurance
Practice Areas: Litigation
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Firm: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Practice Areas: Litigation
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Practice Areas: Litigation
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Firm: Forsgren Fisher Mccalmont Demarea Tysver LLP
Practice Areas: Litigation
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Firm: Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson, P.A.
Practice Areas: Litigation
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