Christopher W. Bowman - Minneapolis, MN

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2009
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Business: Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs
    Honors: Merit Scholarship (Equal to 75% of Annual Tuition)
    Honors: CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Torts I
    Law Journal: William Mitchell Journal of Law and Practice, Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Lawrence University of Wisconsin, Appleton, Wisconsin, 2006
    B.A., English and Government
    Honors: Dean’s List (2005-2006)

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder

Representative Cases

• Represented beverage wholesaler following in litigation following purported for-cause termination of distribution agreement by supplier, resulting in favorable settlement
• Crandall v. Hanson, A24-1054 (Minn. App. 2025) (appellate counsel for affirmance of spoliation finding and dismissal in favor of defendant)
• Quest v. Rekieta, No. A23-1337 (Minn. App. 2024) (affirmance of denial of Anti-SLAPP motion on choice-of-law question)
• Matter of MCEA for Commencement of an Environmental Assessment Worksheet, 980 N.W.2d 175 (Minn. 2022) (for amicus curiae Sierra Club for environmental appeal)
• Matter of NorthMet Project Permit to Mine Application Dated December 2017, 959 N.W.2d 731 (Minn. 2021) (for amicus curiae Sierra Club for environmental appeal)
• State of Minnesota v. J. Alexander Kueng, No. A20-1225 (Minn. App. 2021) (appointed special appellate counsel for State of Minnesota for pretrial appeal under Section 611.21 of the Minnesota Statutes)
• N.H. v. Anoka-Hennepin Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 11, 950 N.W.2d 553 (Minn. App. 2020) (for amicus curiae Minnesota State Bar Association on civil rights litigation)
• In re Application of J.M.M. o/b/o Minors for Change of Name, 937 N.W.2d 743 (Minn. 2020) (appointed appellate counsel by Minnesota State Bar Association to ensure full development of the arguments on appeal)
• Thornton v. Bosquez, 933 N.W.2d 781 (Minn. 2019) (appointed appellate counsel by Minnesota State Bar Association to ensure full development of the arguments on appeal)
• Wooten v. BNSF Ry. Co., 387 F.Supp.3d 1078 (D. Mont. 2019) (successful prosecution of FELA and FRSA whistleblower retaliation claim, leading to the then-largest ever verdict under the FRSA statute)
• Grimes v. BNSF Ry. Co., 746 F.3d 184 (5th Cir. 2014) (appellate reversal of summary judgment in favor of defendant railroad on FRSA whistleblower case)

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 2009
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2013
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2018
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2013
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2013
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2013
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2014
• Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2016

Other Affiliations

• Minnesota State Bar Association (“MSBA”)
• MSBA Appellate Practice Section (Section Chair, 2022-2023; Section Council, 2018-Present)
• Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society
• Hennepin County Bar Association