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John is an experienced trial lawyer practicing primarily in the areas of product liability and commercial litigation. He has represented manufacturers nationally in state and federal courts for over a decade, as well as financial institutions and other corporate clients in commercial and employment-related litigation. His experience includes defending severe-personal-injury and death cases, multimillion-dollar property damage claims, and a variety of other contractual and tort matters, and he has appeared in over a dozen states. John has particular skill in working with scientific and technical experts in the analysis of and reporting on expert issues, development of demonstrative testing and other evidence, and communication of expert issues to clients, judges, and juries.Before entering private practice, he clerked for the Hon. Jack Davies of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He has spoken at a variety of legal seminars and taught legal writing at the University of Minnesota. John serves as vice president of Springboard for the Arts, a nonprofit arts organization. He was also a co-chair of the 2007 Attractive Nuisance Tour, a benefit for the Minnesota Justice Foundation and the Hennepin County Bar Foundation, at which he plays guitar with his band every year. | 