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• Served as outside litigation counsel handling all tort litigation for national building-products distributor. • Recognized as a"Super Lawyer"from 2000 to 2003,and as one of Minnesota's Top 40 appellate-law lawyers in 2002 and 2003 by MINNESOTA LAW&POLITICS. • Chairperson of the firm's Appellate practice group,2007—present. • Chairperson of the finn's Knowledge Management and Library Committee,2008—present. • Insurance Recovery practice group Co-Chairperson,2007-2009. ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW SEPTEMBER 2000 TO MAY 2003,SEPTEMBER 2004 TO MAY 2006 William Mitchell College of Law Minneapolis, MN • Taught Writing,Representation,Advice and Persuasion class to first-year law students. • Developed writing assignments and provided instruction and constructive criticism on legal writing,conducted legal-writing workshops,and lectured on legal-writing subjects. • Graded written and oral legal-advocacy projects. ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY SEPTEMBER 2002 TO DECEMBER 2005 Lindquist& Vennum P.L.L.P. Minneapolis, MN ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY SEPTEMBER 1995 TO JUNE 1998,JULY 199910 SEPTEMBER 2002 Arthur, Chapman, Kettering,Smetak&Pikala,P.A. Minneapolis, MN • Extensive experience as a civil litigator in the areas of insurance-coverage litigation,complex litigation,commercial litigation,and appellate practice. • Chair of the firm's Appellate practice group. • Co-chair of the firm's Insurance Coverage croup. • Well-established billable-hour track record of more than 2,000 hours per year,along with significant nonbillable administrative and marketing efforts. • Drafted two petitions for review by the Minnesota Supreme Court where the Court granted review and summarily reversed the lower court result without additional briefing or oral argument. ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY JUNE 1998 TO JULY 1999 Oppenheimer Wolff&Donnelly LLP Minneapolis, MN • Developed litigation expertise with the Commercial Law, Banking& Bankruptcy practice group. • Primarily responsible for discovery and motion practice for a multimillion-dollar breach-of-contract dispute, including design and management of a state-of-the-art document and deposition management strategy that facilitated more than 20 depositions. • Extensively involved in nationwide,multimillion-dollar bond-default litigation. • Successfully obtained probate court approval of a bankruptcy trustee's settlement;successfully litigated one motion to dismiss,two motions to compel discovery,and two motions for summary judgment. • Managed client's national litigation efforts. 2 Doc#2360007\2