Attorney Profiles

Richard A. Lind 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Partner/President
phone (612) 333-3637
fax (612) 333-1030
email Email Me

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 - 2007 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 - 2007
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