Michael W. Unger
Principal
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Civil Practice; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA); Union Labor Law; Employee Rights; Premises Liability.
Admitted: 1981, Minnesota; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2000, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Law School: University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1981
College: University of Minnesota, B.E.S., summa cum laude, 1977
Member: Hennepin County (President, 2006-2007), Ramsey County, Minnesota State (Past-Chair: Rules of Professional Conduct Committee; Court Rules Committee), Federal and American Bar Associations; Minnesota Association for Justice (Board of Governors, 2006-); American Association For Justice (Member, Railroad Law Section); Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota (Dean, 2006-2007). Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Biography: Recipient, "Professional Excellence Award" by Minnesota State Bar Association, 2009. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Diana Murphy, District of Minnesota, 1981-1983. Past Chair, United State Magistrate Judge Selection Panel. Member, Minnesota Lawyers' Board of Professional Responsibility and Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure. Named, The Best Lawyers In America, (2010 Ed. Woodward/White). Recipient, Attorney of the Year, Minnesota Lawyer, 2003 and 2006. Named, Top Forty Personal Injury Super lawyers, Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine, 2005-2009. Past President: Minnesota Justice Foundation, Hennepin County Bar Foundation, Minnesota Alumni Association. Past Member, Board of Directors, Greater Twin Cities United Way. Regent Emeritus, University of Minnesota. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. (Civil Trial Specialist Certified by the Civil Litigation Section, Minnesota State Bar Association)
Born: Des Moines, Iowa
ISLN: 901888950
