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Thomas D. Jensen | Shareholder | |
| phone | 612-333-3637 |
| fax | 612-333-1030 |
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Thomas D. Jensen, civil trial lawyer who has tried to jury verdicts more than 100 civil trials and uses state-of-the-art courtroom graphics and video evidence presentation software to drive client advocacy at trial.
- Areas of Practice:
- Products Liability Defense
- Professional Liability Defense
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Environmental Litigation
- Mediation
- Civil Litigation Defense
- Certification/Specialties:
- Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1999
- Civil Trial Specialist, Minnesota State Bar Association, 1988
- Bar Admissions:
- Minnesota, 1978
- North Dakota, 1999
- Wisconsin, 1999
- Education:
- William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota
J.D., Cum Laude (1978) - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
B.S., Business Administration, With Distinction (1974)
- Published Works:
- Realtor E & O: Decade in Review, Professional Liability Defense Quarterly, Winter, 2010
- An e-Discovery Primer, Professional Liability Defense Quarterly, Winter, 2010
- Chiropractic Malpractice: The Defense Template, Professional Liability Defense Quarterly, Fall, 2009
- Discovery and Admissibility of Plaintiff's "Fault" in Investment Loss Litigation, Professional Liability Defense Quarterly, Fall, 2009
- Making the Case for Directive Mediation, For the Defense (Defense Research Institute), August, 2009
- Preparing In-House for Investment Market-Collapse Litigation, In-House Defense Quarterly (Defense Research Institute), Summer, 2009
- Civil Special Masters: Aid in an Era of High Court Caseloads and Low State Budgets, ADR Choices (Defense Research Institute), Spring, 2009
- Policy Limit: $ Infinity: Asbestos Coverage Litigation, For the Defense (Defense Research Institute), July, 2006
- Insurance Coverage for Invasion of Privacy Claims, The Hennepin Lawyer, March/April, 2004
- A New Mass Tort: Silica Litigation, The Hennepin Lawyer, April, 2003
- Mold Litigation: The Next Growth Industry for Lawyers?, The Gavel, March, 2003
- ADR Five Years Later: A Review of the Evidence, Minnesota Lawyer, April 19, 1999
- Sexual Harassment by Consultants, Contractors and Customers: Are Employers Liable?, The Hennepin Lawyer, February, 1998
- Representative Cases:
- Dahlheimer v. Smith-Sharpe-Co., 2005 WL 1106697 (District Court 2005)
- Milwaukee Mutual Ins. Co. v. Deere & Co., Inc., 58 U.C.C. Rptr. Serv. 2d 121 (D. Minn. 2005)
- Winkler v. S.I.R. Webbing, Inc., Civil No. 98-CV-280 (Portage Co. Circuit Court 1998)
- Vicknair v. Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc., 2009 ND 113, 767 N.W2d 671 (North Dakota 2009)
- Thomas v. Hallberg Construction & Supply, Inc., 1989 WL 12426 (Minn. App. 1989)
- Westling v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co., 581 N.W.2d 39 (Minn. App. 1998)
- Matter of Dougherty, 482 N.W.2d 485 (Minn. App. 1992)
- Steiner v. Beaudry Oil & Service, Inc., 545 N.W.2d 39 (Minn. App. 1996)
- Rector v. Karlstad Farmers Elevator, 2008 WL 3287910 (Minn. App. 2008)
- Marshall v. Inn on Madeline Island, 631 N.W.2d 113 (Minn. App. 2001)
- Trevino v. Miller, 1999 WL 787595 (Minn. App. 1999)
- Employers Reinsurance Co. v. Superior Court, 161 Cal. App. 4th 906, 74 Ca. Rptr. 3d 733 (App. 2008)
- Wakefield Pork, Inc. v. RAM Mutual Ins. Co., 731 N.W.2d 154 (Minn. App. 2007)
- St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co. v. Northern States Power Co., 2005 WL 3529139 (Minn. App. 2005)
- In re Silicone Implant Insurance Coverage Litigation, 667 N.W.2d 405 (Minn. 2003)
- Reinsurance Association of Minnesota v. Timmer, 641 N.W.2d 302 (Minn. 2002)
- In the Matter of the Chiropractic License of Curtis L. Cich, D.C., 2008 WL 4909757 (Minn. App. 2008)
- Jensen v. Duluth Area YMCA, 688 N.W.2d 574 (Minn. App. 2004)
- Sutton v. Viking Olds Nissan, 2004 WL 26595 (Minn. App. 2004)
- Honors and Awards:
- Treasurer-elect, Hennepin County Bar Association, 2010 - 2011
- Secretary, Hennepin County Bar Association, 2009 - 2010
- Martindale-Hubbell rating: AV (Peer Reviewed) (20 years), 1990 - Present
- William Mitchell Law Review, 1976 - 1978
- Elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, 1974
- Minnesota Super Lawyer, 2011
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Defense Research Institute, 2008 - 2010
- - Vice Chair
- Douglas K. Amdahl Inn of Court, 2005 - 2006
- - President
- Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota
- - Treasurer (2007-08), Secretary (2008-09), Dean-elect (2009-10)
- Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin State Bar Associations
- National Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues (www.fetti.org)
- Past Employment Positions:
- Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, 1981 - 1991
- Hanft, Fride, O'Brien & Harries, 1978 - 1981
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