Honors and Awards:

• Top 100 Super Lawyer, Minnesota Law & Politics, MPLS.ST.PAUL Magazine and Twin Cities Business Monthly, 2002 and 2004,  Best Personal Injury Attorneys, Minnesota Law & Politics, 2001, The Best of the Best, Leading Super Lawyer Vote-Getter, as Best Personal Injury Attorney, Minnesota Law & Politics, 2001,  Top 25 Super Lawyer, Minnesota Law & Politics, 2000  Leading Minnesota Attorneys, American Research Corporation, 1997 - 2004 Super Lawyer, Minnesota Law & Politics, 1998 - 2008, Top Lawyer, MPLS.ST.PAUL Magazine, 1998 - 2007, Super Lawyer, Twin Cities Business Monthly, 1998 - 2008, Member, American Board of Trial Advocates  The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Highest Rating (AV)

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Qualified Neutral Under Rule 114, Minnesota General Rules of Practice

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Minnesota, 1983, U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1983 Wisconsin, 2001, Hennepin County Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Lecturer, Defending the Premises Liability Case, 1994, Co-Speaker, The Insolvent Insurer: Alternative Sources of Recovery and Issues Relating to Excess, Uninsured and Guaranty Fund Coverage, Insurance Law Institute  Speaker, A Minnesota Guide to Claims Evaluation; Premise Liability: Preparation and Trial of a Difficult Case in Minnesota  Catastrophic Injuries, Defense and Evaluation, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, 1996,  Soft Tissue Injuries: Cross Examination of Neurologists, Claims Education Seminar, 1996,  Accident Reconstruction: Principles and Nuts & Bolts, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, 1998, The Insolvent Insurer: Alternative Sources of Recovery and Issues Relating to Excess, Uninsured and Guaranty Fund Coverage, (Co-Author with Dale M. Wagner), Insurance Law Institute  A Minnesota Guide to Claims Evaluation; Premise Liability: Preparation and Trial of a Difficult Case in Minnesota Is That Your Final Answer?  Are Insureds Entitled to Insurance Coverage for Trademark Infringement?  23 Hamline Law Review, 25th Anniversary Edition, Spring, 2000

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Wondra v. American Family Ins. Group, 432 N.W.2d 455 (Minn. App. 1988).  Zachman v. Kunin, 1989 WL 5606 (1989 Minn. App. LEXIS 75). Thorp v. Price Bros. Co., 441 N.W.2d 817 (Minn. App. 1989). American Hoist & Derrick Co. v. Employers' of Wausau, 454 N.W.2d 462 (Minn. App. 1990).  Tower Ins. Co., Inc. v. Judge, 840 F. Supp. 679 (D. Minn. 1993).  American Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Lindsay, 500 N.W.2d 807 (Minn. App. 1993).  Hoglund v. Herrmann, 1993 WL 120663 (1993 Minn. App. LEXIS 426).  Time Ins. Co. v. Opus Corp., 519 N.W.2d 470 (Minn. App. 1994).  Berg v. Nelson, 559 N.W.2d 722 (Minn. App. 1997).  Pool v. Mavco, Inc., 1999 WL 10219 (1999 Minn. App. LEXIS 40). North Star Mut. Ins. Co. v. Midwest Family Mut. Ins. Co., 634 N.W.2d 216 (Minn. App. 2001). Thao v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., 2004 WL 1488860 (Minn. App. July 6, 2004).

Representative Clients:

• Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, Badger Mutual Insurance Company, Midwest Family Mutual Insurance Company

Educational Background:

• William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, J.D., 1983, St. John's University, Collegeville, MinnesotaB.S., 1978, Honors: Cum Laude