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| | Address | | 8009 34th Avenue South, Suite 200 | | Minneapolis, Minnesota 55425 | | (Hennepin Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 952-896-3700 | | Fax: 952-896-3717 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.erstad.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Erstad & Riemer, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Specializing in the Defense of Individuals, Insurers and Corporations in Civil Litigation and Appellate Practice in all Federal and State Courts, Insurance Defense. Employment Law, Workers' Compensation, Subrogation, Municipal Law, Civil Rights, Environmental and Toxic Torts Liability, Professional Liability, Products Liability, Surety and Automobile Liability, Insurance Law and Coverage, Land Use and Construction Law. | | Firm Size: 13 | Representative Clients:
AIG; Allstate Insurance Co.; American Home Assurance Co.; Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co.; Auto Owners Insurance; Berkley Risk Administrators Company; Broadspire; Crawford and Company; Crum & Forster; EMC Insurance Companies; GAB; Gallagher-Bassett; Hanover Insurance Company; Integrity Mutual Insurance Company; Lexington Insurance; Mendota Insurance; Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust; The Hartford Insurance Company; Nationwide Insurance Co.; Safeco Insurance Company; Secura Insurance Company; Sedgwick Claim Management, Inc.; Travelers Insurance Co.; St. Paul Public Schools; T.E. Doherty; Zurich North America. |
REPRESENTATIVE CORPORATIONS: All-City Asembly; Allina Health Systems; Binder-Edelstein Companies; BTR, Inc.; Catholic Health Initiatives; Chicago Bridge & Iron Corp.; Electrolux; Skelgas, Inc.; Tyler Limited, P.A.; White Consolidated Industries, Inc. | Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | Leon R. Erstad (Member) born Tyler, Minnesota, August 3, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Minnesota; 1977, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A. and B.S., 1969); Temple University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Fulbright Scholar, Moldova State University, 2002-2003. Member, Temple Law Quarterly, 1975-1976. Author: Note, "Freedom of Information Act," 49 Temple Law Quarterly 238, Fall, 1975; "International Law and Dependent Territories: The Case of Micronesia," 50 Temple Law Quarterly 58, Fall, 1976; "Are You Covered? Developments in Environmental Insurance Coverage Law," Minnesota Defense, Spring 1994. Adjunct Instructor, Civil Trial Practice, William Mitchell College of Law, 1984-1994. Lecturer, Numerous Seminars on Insurance Law and Litigation. Member: Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (President, 2003-2004; Member, Executive Council, 2000-2005). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Law; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Leon R. Erstad | | Richard Riemer (Member) born Albert Lea, Minnesota, December 19, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Minnesota; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1976). Assistant Clinical Professor, Workers Compensation, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1980-1981. Member: Minnesota State Bar Association; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law. Email: Richard Riemer | | Jeffrey B. Nelson (Member) born Fort Worth, Texas, April 15, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Minnesota; 1973. U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1968); University of Minnesota (J.D., 1972). Gamma Eta Gamma. Member: Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Workers Compensation Law. Email: Jeffrey B. Nelson | | Lawrence J. Skoglund (Member) born Sioux City, Iowa, October 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Minnesota; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: University of South Dakota (A.B., cum laude, 1971); Duke University (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Author: "The Reasonable Expectations Doctrine in Minnesota," Minnesota Defense, Fall, 1987. Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, 1975-1978. Member: Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Liability; Construction Litigation. Email: Lawrence J. Skoglund | | George C. Hottinger (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Minnesota; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1975); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., 1980). Member: Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Law; Products Liability; Construction Litigation; Dram Shop Liability; Automobile Liability. Email: George C. Hottinger | | James R. Andreen (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Minnesota; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1983); Hamline University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Member, 1984-1986 and Primary Editor, 1985-1986, Hamline Law Review. Author: "Religious Accommodation in the Workplace," Minnesota Defense, Spring 2008; "Disability Discrimination," Minnesota Defense, Winter, 2002. Member: Hennepin County (Member, Civil Litigation and Labor and Employment Committees) and Minnesota State (Member, Sections on: Civil Litigation; Public Law; Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (Director, 2005-2009; Member, Government Liability Committee; Chair, Employment Law Committee). Reported Cases: Kind v. Frank, 329 F.3d 979 (8th Cir. 2003); Belton-Kocher v. St. Paul School District, 610 N.W.2d 374 (Minn. Ct. App. 2000); Greiner v. City of Champlin, 152 F.3d 787 (8th Cir. 1998); Wilde v. County of Kandiyohi, 15 F.3d 103 (8th Cir. 1994); Hewitt v. Montrose, 488 N.W.2d 5 (Minn. Ct. App. 1992). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Civil Rights; Employment Law; Governmental Liability; Land Use Litigation. Email: James R. Andreen | | Thomas H. Schaefer (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 20, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Minnesota; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: College of St. Thomas (B.A., 1988); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., 1992). Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Subrogation; Construction Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Law; Automobile Liability. Email: Thomas H. Schaefer | | Nicole B. Surges (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 16, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Minnesota; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1990). Law Clerk to Judge P. Hunter Anderson, Isanti County District Court, 1992-1993. Staff Attorney to Judge Richard C. Hefte, Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, 1993-1994. Member: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (Current Member and Former Co-Chair, Workers' Compensation Committee; Member, Employment Law Committee); Minnesota Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers' Compensation; Employment Litigation. Email: Nicole B. Surges | | Patrick D. Reilly (Member) born 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Minnesota; 2000, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota and Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th and 8th Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A.,1971); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D.,1976). Member: Ramsey, Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Products Liability; Construction Law; Fire Loss; Wrongful Death. Email: Patrick D. Reilly | | Inger Christine Hansen-Corona (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, March 31, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Minnesota. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., History and Sociology, with high distinction, 1994); University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member: Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Inger Christine Hansen-Corona | | —————————— | | Christie D. Ahern (Associate) born Bismarck, North Dakota, May 1, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Minnesota. Education: North Dakota State University (B.A., Architecture; B.S., 1989); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., 1992). Dean's List. Member: Hennepin County, Ramsey County and Minnesota State Bar Associations; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Christie D. Ahern | | Kyle T. Kustermann (Associate) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 8, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 2001, South Dakota. Education: University of St. Thomas (B.A., 1997); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Employment Litigation; Workers Compensation. Email: Kyle T. Kustermann | | Nicholas Jakobe (Associate) born Blue Earth, Minnesota, April 9, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Minnesota; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management (B.S., 2001); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: Minnesota State Bar Association; Minnesota Defense Lawyer Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Construction Litigation; Dram Shop Liability; Automobile Liability. Email: Nicholas Jakobe | | Andrea C. Smith (Associate) born Golden Valley, Minnesota, December 22, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota (B.S., 2003; M.Ed., 2004); St. Thomas School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Minnesota State Bar Association; Minnesota Defense Lawyer Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Insurance Defense. Email: Andrea C. Smith |
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