Barbara Podlucky Berens - Minneapolis, MN

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1990
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Law Review: Minnesota Law Review, Managing Editor, 1989 - 1990

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Uppsala, Sweden
    Law School Classes
  • State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 1975
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: National Merit Scholarship
    Major: Philosophy
  • University of St. Thomas, St. Paul
    Psychology Counseling, M.S. course work

Current Employment Position(s)

• Majority Shareholder, President

Past Positions

• U. S. District Court for the District of Minnesota NFL/NFLPA Antitrust Litigation, Special Master, - 1993
• Hon. David S. Doty, U.S. District Judge, Law Clerk, 1990 - 1993
• U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota Advisory Committee on Local Rules, Assistant Reporter, 1989 - 1990
• U.S. District Court for the Minnesota Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, Consultant, - 1993
• Leonard, Street and Deinard, Associate and Shareholder, 1993 - 1998

Representative Clients

• National Football League Players Association (including during the 2011 NFL/NFLPA Antitrust litigation challenging the player lockout)

• VantageScore Solutions, LLC

• UnitedHealth Group Special Litigation Committee, Lead Counsel, 2006 – 2009 (examining claims involving the alleged backdating of employee stock options) 

• Regis Corporation Special Litigation Committee (examining claims of alleged excessive executive compensation)

• Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

• The Fox Group, LLC

• Flint Hills Resources

• Prudential Financial, Inc. and Prudential Insurance Company

• Homeownership Preservation Foundation (providing on-going counseling related to various matters, including a wide spectrum of employment issues)

• Modern Heating 

• KFC (assisted in defense of FSLA class action)

Published Works

Articles

• Author: "Defendants’ Right to Conduct Ex Parte Interviews with Treating Physicians in Drug or Medical Device Cases", 73 Minn. L. Rev. 1451 (1989)
  

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1990
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Advisory Committee on Local Rules, 1993 - Present (Member)
• Minnesota State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Vice-Chair of Immunities & Exceptions Committee of Antitrust Section)