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Bob is a trial lawyer with nearly 40 years of experience. During his career, he has handled a wide variety of matters, both civil and criminal, involving antitrust, securities fraud, energy regulation, employment litigation, accounting malpractice, medical malpractice, general contracts and personal injury. From 1975 to 1995, he served as special counsel for various deputy liquidators and rehabilitators for insurance companies for the state of Minnesota. In addition, he has successfully resolved various class actions while serving as lead counsel. It is this experience that informs his judgment about how to best achieve clients’ goals in the litigation process.In 2007, his colleagues demonstrated their regard for him as a trial lawyer by inducting him into the American College of Trial Lawyers, an honor bestowed on only a tiny fraction of lawyers in the United States. During the years of his practice, he has appeared on the Best Lawyers in America list (Woodward/White, Inc.) and in America’s Leading Business Lawyers (Chambers and Partners).Before joining Lindquist & Vennum in 1993, Bob was a partner in the law offices of Hennessey & Mitchell. He has also been a shareholder in Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd., and served as the firm’s president from 1985 to 1986.Immediately following law school, Bob clerked for the Hon. Gerald W. Heaney in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He has a long-standing commitment to pro bono legal services, having served for more than 25 years on the board of the Fund for the Legal Aid Society (including two years as board chair). He has also been active at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota, and served as scholarship co-chair for the law school’s New Century Campaign. | 