2009 | 2008
August 10, 2009
Patrick M. Biren was featured in an article in the Sunday, August 9, 2009 St. Paul Pioneer Press in connection with his representation of First Student, Inc., the bus company whose school bus with 50 passengers fell during the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in August 2007. First Student’s case against URS Corp. was also featured in a front page Metro section article in the August 5, 2009 Minneapolis StarTribune.
June 1, 2009
Robert D. Brownson is a founding member of the Asbestos Liability Risk Assessment Group ("ALRA Group"). Asbestos litigation has bankrupted scores of otherwise viable companies. As this trend continues, investors need sound business advice. Members of the ALRA Group assist business, insurance, and financial clients to predict future asbestos liability. The ALRA Group has a proven track record in counseling companies about asbestos liability risk management strategies. Among other activities, the ALRA Group issues a series of highly-regarded and well- received annual reports concerning the number of asbestos case filings in key jurisdictions.
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February 1, 2009
Robert D. Brownson has become a Fellow of the ABOTA Foundation. The ABOTA Foundation is the charitable arm of the American Board of Trial Advocates whose mission is to preserve the constitutional vision of equal justice for all Americans and to preserve the civil justice system for future generations.
January 8, 2009
D. Scott Ballou and Patrick M. Biren have won a decision at the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirming an Order for summary judgment in favor of Brownson & Ballou, PLLP’s client, a Defendant against whom the Plaintiff made employment-related claims of assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violations of the state Whistleblower statute, and punitive damages, in the case of Johnson v. Independent School District #6067, et al.
The case is significant in employment law because of a lack of prior precedent dealing with claims of civil assault, here claims of threatening conduct. The Court held that the mere threat, without sufficient evidence of force, was insufficient. Also, the Court rejected a trend in other jurisdictions holding that individual supervisors may be liable under the Whistleblower statute.
January 1, 2009
Brownson & Ballou, PLLP has once again been named to the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers. The Bar Registry is limited to only those firms that receive the AV rating, the top rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law directory.
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December 31, 2008
Brownson & Ballou, PLLP, in furtherance of its policy of giving back to the community, made contributions to a number of charitable organizations in 2008, including:
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc.
Police Officers’ Federation of Minneapolis
Foundation of the American board of Trial Advocates
2008 Breast Cancer 3-Day
ALS Association of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association
Volunteers of America of Minnesota’s Operation Backpack
November 2008
Kristi K. Warner was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star 2008 by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine for her practice in the areas of Environmental Litigation and Civil Litigation Defense.
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