Honors and Awards:

• Super Lawyer, Minnesota Law & Politics, 2003-2011, Top Lawyer, MPLS.ST.PAUL Magazine, 2003-2011, Super Lawyer, Twin Cities Business Monthly, 2003-2011, Rising Star, Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine, 1999-2002

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Minnesota, 1992 Iowa, 1999, Wisconsin, 2006, U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1992,  U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1994, American Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, Member, Health Section, Hennepin County Bar Association, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, Iowa State Bar Association, Minnesota Society of Healthcare Risk Management

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Armstrong Traveling Basketball Coach 2007 - Present, Wings Soccer Club, Board of Directors, 2005 - 2008, Vice President 2007 - 2008, Youth Baseball, Coach, 2001 - Present, Edina Senior High School, Mock Trial Coach, 1992 - 1997

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Mock Trial, Minnesota Society for Healthcare Risk Management Spring Seminar, June 3, 2011; Panel Member (with Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota General Counsel Maria Christu and Allina Health System General Counsel Elizabeth Truesdell Smith), Crisis Management – What to do when…? Minnesota State Bar Association, Health Law Section, September 16, 2009; Author, A Survivor's Guide to Larson v. Wasemiller: An Aid to Eliminating Reversible Error in Managing Negligent Credentialing Claims Under Minnesota Law, 1 Wm. Mitchell J.L. & Prac. 2 (2008); Speaker, Negligent Credentialing as a Civil Cause of Action:  Surviving Larson v. Wasemiller, Minnesota, Minnesota State Bar Association, Health Law Section October 19, 2007, Speaker, Poor Nursing Documentation: How to Turn Good Nursing Care Bad Without Even Trying, HealthEast DREAM Day Nurses' Training, St. Paul, Minnesota, November 2, 2006 Speaker, Marketing Partner Panel: Marketing Strategies, Legal Marketing Association-Minnesota Chapter, November 2, 2006, Speaker, Negligent Credentialing and Civil Liability for Failing to Report Suspected Child Abuse: Recent Developments in Minnesota Courts, Minnesota Medical Association Board of Trustees, July 8, 2006, Speaker, Negligent Credentialing as a Potential Cause of Action in Minnesota: The Legal Implications of Larson v. Wasemiller, Minnesota State Bar Association, Health Law Section, December 9, 2005, Speaker, Negligent Credentialing as a Potential Cause of Action in Minnesota: The Legal Implications of Larson v. Wasemiller, Minnesota Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, December 6, 2005, Speaker, The Minnesota Adverse Health Event Reporting Act--An Experiment in Health Care Cooperation and Patient Safety, Medical Malpractice Conference sponsored by Hennepin County Bar Association, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association and Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, April 21, 2005, Speaker, Treatment Rights and the Minnesota Commitment Act: Legal Issues Impacting Physicians, Hospitals and Mental Health Care Professionals, The Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society 106th Spring Convention and Scientific Seminar, April 23, 2004, Keynote Speaker, Government Regulations Arising Out of Patient Grievances, Minnesota Association of Patient Representatives' Meeting, February 28, 2002, Speaker, Department of Health Investigations: A Chill on Patient Safety? Minnesota Executive Session on Patient Safety, November 2001, Speaker, Help!! It's HCFA!! Practical and Legal Strategies for Surviving Government Investigations, Minnesota Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, May, 2001, Frequent Lecturer on Topics Pertaining to Medical Record Release, Issues, Trends and Developments in Medical Malpractice Litigation, and on Recent Developments in Peer Review by Health Care Providers Speaker, Recent Developments in Peer Review, Minnesota Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, July, 1998, Speaker, Legal Issues Pertaining to Emergency Room Searches, Minnesota Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, February, 1995 Speaker, Legal Issues in Responding to Purchase Requests for Proposals in Healthcare Series, National Health Lawyers Association Convention, April, 1994, Speaker, Recent Developments in the Law of Medical Malpractice, Northfield Hospital Executive Committee Retreat, Help!  I've Been Sued - A Guide to Surviving a Physician's Nightmare, Minnesota Medicine, June, 2005, Navigating Minnesota's Vulnerable Adult Act:  Understanding Reportable Neglect and Why it Matters, Minnesota Society of Healthcare Risk Managers Quarterly Report, May, 2002, Decisions of the Supreme Court and DHHS Continue to Expand Hospital Liability Under EMTALA, The Health Lawyer, A Publication of the Health Law Section of the American Bar Association, Vol. 11, No. 3, April, 1999, Legal Issues in Responding to Purchase Requests for Proposals for Healthcare Services, National Health Lawyers Association, April, 1994, Partial Settlements: Insurance Coverage, Minnesota Defense, Spring/Summer, 1993, Denying Scholarship Athletes Workers' Compensation: Do Courts Punt Away A Statutory Right? 76 Iowa L. Rev. 763 1991

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Cunningham v. HealthEast St. Joseph’s Hospital, 2010 WL 2486319 (Minn. App. June 22, 2010); M.G.L. ex rel. D.L. v. Zabezhinsky, 2010 WL 1753313 (Minn. App. May 4, 2010); Kolosky v. Woodwinds Hosp., 2009 WL 4251139 (Minn. App. Dec. 1, 2009); D.N.N. v. Berestka, No. 27-CV-04-001585, 2008 WL 3131898 (Minn. App. 2008) rev. denied April 15, 2008. Larson v. Wasemiller, et al., 718 N.W.2d 461 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006). Hemmerlin-Stewart v. Allina Hospitals & Clinics, 2005 WL 2143691 (Minn. App. Sep. 6, 2005). Mason v. Minnesota State High School League, No. Civ. 036462 (D. Minn., Dec. 30, 2003). Mellett v. Fairview Health Services, 634 N.W.2d 421 (Minn. 2001). Anderson Marketing, Inc. v. Maple Chase, Inc., 241 F.3d 1063 (8th Cir. 2001). Mellett v. Fairview Health Services, 2000 WL 1376544 (Minn. App. Sep. 26, 2000). Porter v. Children's Health-Care Minneapolis, 1999 WL 71470 (Minn. App. Feb. 16, 1999). Schroeder v. State, 1998 WL 1033270 (Minn. App. April 6, 1998). K-Mart Corp. v. Clean Sweep, 1997 WL 666088 (Minn. App. Oct. 28, 1997). Lindquist & Vennum v. F.D.I.C., 103 F.3d 1409 (8th Cir. 1997). Wildman v. K-Mart, 556 N.W.2d 10 (Minn. App. 1996). Hasnudeen v. Onan Corp., 552 N.W.2d 555 (Minn. 1996). Hasnudeen v. Onan Corp., 531 N.W.2d 891 (Minn. App. 1995). Koch v. Mork Clinic, P.A., 540 N.W.2d 526 (Minn. App. 1995). Kay v. Fairview Riverside Hosp., 531 N.W.2d 517 (Minn. App. 1995). Jeffries v. Metro-Mark, Inc., 45 F.3d 258 (8th Cir. 1995). K.L. v. Riverside Medical Center, 524 N.W.2d 300 (Minn. App. 1994). MNVA R.R., Inc. v. John Aldren Life Ins. Co., 507 N.W.2d 15 (Minn. App. 1993). Butler v. Leadens Investigations and Sec., Inc., 503 N.W.2d 805 (Minn. App. 1993).

Representative Clients:

• Allina Health System, Ansul, Inc., Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Fairview Health System, HealthEast Care System, Minnesota State High School League, National Specialty Insurance Company, SimplexGrinnell, The Travelers Companies, Inc., Tyco International

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Bassford Remele Chief Operating Officer/Managing Partner, 2008

Newsletters:

• Co-Author, New NLRB Rule Requires Posting of Right to Unionize, Fall 2011; Update, NLRB Postpones Deadline for Posting of Rights to Unionize, Fall 2011, Bassford Bulletin - Employment Law, Employment

Educational Background:

• University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, J.D., 1992, Honors: With Distinction, Honors: Moot Court Board of Directors; President, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity Law Review: Iowa Law Review Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, B.A., Economics and Business, and Speech Communication, 1989, Honors: Magna Cum Laude,  Varsity Basketball, 4-Year Letter Winner, Academic All-Conference, 1989, Honors: Varsity Golf, 2-Year Letter Winner, Team Captain 1987-1988, 1988-1989