Construction, Real Estate, and Financial Services

• Represented contractors, developers, design firms, property owners, lenders, real estate management companies, and non-profit groups in hundreds of disputes involving:
  • defective design, defective construction, and delay claims;
  • insurance coverage claims involving property damage arising from defective construction, remediation, business interruption, and loss of use;
  • mechanic's liens claims and surety bonds;
  • government contractor claims;
  • land use and zoning;
  • annexations;
  • landlord-tenant disputes;
  • partitions, easements, conservation easements, and boundary lines;
  • property tax appeals;
  • eminent domain proceedings; and
  • commercial foreclosures, receivership actions, and loan workouts.
• Represented international bridge design firm in $80+ million dispute arising from claims made by bridge’s general contractor for additional compensation due, in part, to alleged design defects.
• Represented Fortune 500 company in $15+ million dispute arising from defective design and construction of data center's underground electrical feeder system.
• Represented national REIT in litigation regarding termination of purchase of agreement of real estate located in San Jose, California valued at $30+ million. 
• Represented international engineering, procurement, and construction company in multi-state jurisdiction insurance coverage and bad faith litigation that resulted in successful recovery of damages arising from $100+ million design and construction dispute.
• Defended international design-build firm in several disputes arising from an allegedly defective design and construction of ethanol plants.
• Defended major commercial aggregate and ready-mix concrete supplier in disputes regarding alleged concrete defects, insurance coverage, and land use and zoning.

• Represented major U.S. railroad in various real estate litigation matters throughout Minnesota and North Dakota, including right-of-way disputes, administrative law proceedings, quiet title actions, condemnations, land use, and lease disputes.

• Represented food company in contract dispute with international food additive supplier involving product recall and application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
• Represented food manufacturers and restaurateurs in litigation involving contract, construction, commercial leases, and class action lawsuits alleging violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA).
• Advised client on product recall and obtained multimillion-dollar jury verdict for client to recover recall costs and other consequential damages from supplier.
• Represented drug research and development corporation in contract dispute with service provider.
• Represented major medical device company in disputes to enforce non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreements against former officers and employees.
• Assisted in obtaining injunction for minority shareholder to prevent controlling shareholders from taking actions to freeze out client from medical device manufacturing company, which ultimately resulted in multimillion-dollar buy-out settlement.

• Helped establish important legal precedent for healthcare industry on the admissibility of administrative disciplinary agreements in medical malpractice cases.
• Represented healthcare professionals in fraud investigations, licensing matters, contract disputes, non-competition agreement disputes, and misrepresentation claims involving the sale of medical practices.
• Represented healthcare service company in breach of fiduciary duty and fraud claim filed by minority shareholder.

• In re Petition by Qwest Corporation for Resolution of a Dispute with BNSF Railway Company Over the Use of Railroad Right-of-Way Under Minn. Stat. § 237.045, 918 N.W.2d 578, (Minn. Ct. App. 2018)
• The Shaw Group, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 2014 WL 6610010 (M.D. La. Nov. 20, 2014)
• Reed v. Insituform Tech., Inc., 2014 WL 359333 (D. Minn. Feb. 3, 2014)
• TheMLSonline.com, Inc. v. Regional Multiple Listing Service of Minnesota, Inc., 840 F. Supp. 2d 1019 (D. Minn. 2010)
• State v. Lombardo Bros. Mason Contractors, Inc., 90 A.2d 983 (Conn. Super. 2009)
• CFMOTO Powersports, Inc. v. NNR Global Logistics USA, Inc., 2009 WL 4730330 (D. Minn. Dec. 4, 2009)
• In re Buckmaster, 755 N.W.2d 570 (Minn. Ct. App. 2008)
• Dingxi Longhai Dairy, Ltd. v. Becwood Tech. Group, LLC, 2008 WL 2690287 (D. Minn. July 1, 2008)
• Aaron v. Crooks, 2006 WL 91454 (Minn. Ct. App. Jan. 17, 2006)
• Afremov v. Amplatz, 2004 WL 77851 (Minn. Ct. App. Jan. 13, 2004)
• State v. Windish, 2003 WL 22952735 (Minn. Ct. App. Dec. 16, 2003)
• Watkins, Inc. v. Lewis, 346 F.3d 841 (8th Cir. 2003)
• In re Foley Trust, 671 N.W.2d 206 (Minn. Ct. App. 2003)
• United States v. Ellis, 57 M.J. 375 (C.A.A.F. 2002)
• United States v. Oliver, 57 M.J. 170 (C.A.A.F. 2002)
• United States v. Williams, 57 M.J. 1 (C.A.A.F. 2002)
• United States v. Smith, 56 M.J. 271 (C.A.A.F. 2001)
• United States v. Adams, 65 M.J. 552 (N.M.Ct.Crim.App. 2006)
• United States v. Bell, 60 M.J. 682 (N.M.Ct.Crim.App. 2004)
• United States v. Starling, 58 M.J. 620 (N.M.Ct.Crim.App. 2003)
• United States v. Dezotell, 58 M.J. 517 (N.M.Ct.Crim.App. 2003)
• United States v. Quiroz, 57 M.J. 583 (N.M.Ct.Crim.App. 2002)
• United States v. Lilyblad, 56 M.J. 636 (N.M.Ct.Crim.App. 2001)
• United States v. Santiago, 56 M.J. 610 (N.M.Ct.Crim.App. 2001)