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Richard A. Lind | Partner/President | |
| phone | (612) 333-3637 |
| fax | (612) 333-1030 |
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Richard A. Lind specializes in insurance coverage disputes, insurance defense litigation, commercial litigation, professional negligence defense litigation, products liability litigation, shareholder disputes and construction litigation. He is a frequent lecturer on insurance coverage issues and trial practice, a certified trial specialist, a mediator, an arbitrator, a Special Master and a receiver.
1998 - 2008 Super Lawyer (Top 100 Super Lawyer 2004 - 2007)
Rick is a shareholder and the President of Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A. Rick is a trial lawyer with over 25 years of experience in all types of civil trials and alternative dispute resolution matters. Rick is a member of the American Arbitration Association and often serves as a mediator and arbitrator. Rick and his partners can be retained for arbitration and mediation services through ADR114, at www.adr114.com
Rick is a member of the Board of Directors of Business Counsel, Inc. a nationwide network of business lawyers www.businesscounsel.org.
- Areas of Practice:
- Commercial Litigation (Shareholder Disputes, Non Compete Agreements, Contracts)
- Insurance Coverage Disputes
- Casualty Defense
- Professional Errors & Omissions Litigation
- Professional Negligence Litigation
- Securities Litigation & Arbitration
- Employment Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Special Master
- Certification/Specialties:
- Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1990-Present
- Civil Trial Specialist, Minnesota State Bar Association, 1998-Present
- Bar Admissions:
- Minnesota, 1976
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1976
- Education:
- Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
J.D., Magna Cum Laude (1976)
Honors: Order of the Coif - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
B.S.B. Business Administration, Cum Laude (1971)
- Published Works:
- Insurance Coverage Issues Presented by Y2K Problem, Minnesota Lawyer, 1999
- Confidentiality of Settlements, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association Release Handbook, 1998
- The Legal Rights of Tribal Entities in Minnesota, Minnesota Defense, 1998
- Representative Cases:
- Charson v. Israel, 419 N.W. 2d 488 (Minn. 1988)
- Odegard v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 449 N.W. 2d 476 (Minn. Ct. App. 1989)
- O'Neil v. Pofahl, 1991 WL 144832 (Minn. Ct. App. 1991)
- Pletan v. Gaines, 494 N.W. 2d 38 (Minn. 1992)
- Roeglin v. Wetterlin, 1993 WL 377099 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993)
- CPT Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 515 N.W. 2d 747 (Minn. Ct. App. 1994)
- Coolidge v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 523 N.W. 2d 5 (Minn.Ct. App. 1994)
- Dahlstrom v. Associated Hosts of Minnesota, Inc., 1997 WL 729134 (Minn. Ct. App. 1997)
- Day v. Miner, 1998 WL 279229 (Minn. Ct. App. 1998)
- Zehrer v. Helland, 1998 WL 346651 (Minn. Ct. App. 1998)
- Representative Clients:
- St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company
- Burnet Realty Inc. d.b.a. Coldwell Banker Burnet
- Good Year-Dunlop Tire Company
- Miracle Steel Structures, Inc.
- Arch Insurance Company
- Carlisle Syn Tec Systems
- OMSNIC Insurance Company
- Fortress Insurance Company
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- References:
- Archie Mrkvicka, Claim Manager, St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company
- Robin Peterson, President, Coldwell Banker Burnet
- Michael Duhig, V.P., Counsel, Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate
- John Clifton, General Counsel, Carlisle Syn Tec Systems
- Thomas Dougherty, General Counsel, Miracle Steel
- Martin L. Holton III, Senior Vice President/General Counsel, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- The Complete Law of Releases, 1998
- Dram Shop Liability, St. Paul Companies, 1997
- Insurance Fraud, St. Paul Companies, 1996
- Insurance Coverage, MILE, 2000
- Honors and Awards:
- Super Lawyer, Minnesota Law & Politics and Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine, 1998 - 2008
- Top 100 Super Lawyer, Minnesota Law & Politics and Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine, 2004 - 2007
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, 1985 - Present
- - Board of Directors (1993-2001)
- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, 1997 - Present
- Defense Research Institute, 1985 - Present
- American Bar Association, 1980 - Present
- Minnesota Bar Association, 1979 - Present
- Hennepin County Bar Association, 1979 - Present
- Minnesota District Judges Association Committee on Jury Instruction Guides - Civil, 2005 - 2006
- Minnesota Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, 2005 - 2006
- Business Counsel, Inc., 1997 - Present
- - Board of Directors
- Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota
- Past Employment Positions:
- Crow Wing County Attorney, Assistant County Attorney, 1977 - 1978
- St. Louis County Attorney, Assistant County Attorney, 1978 - 1979
- Coulter, Nelson, Sullivan & Frevert, P.A., Associate Attorney, 1979 - 1980
- Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A., Partner, Associate, 1980 - 1991
- Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson, P.A., Partner/President, 1991 - Present
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Delta Tau Delta
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