Charles A. Bird - Rochester, MN

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1970
    B.S.
    Major: Business Finance
    Major: Accounting

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founding Partner, since 1987

Representative Cases

• Siewert v. Northern States Power Co.
  • Citation: 793 NW 2d 272
  • Court: Minn
  • Year: 2011
• Martin ex rel. Hoff v. City of Rochester
  • Citation: 642 NW 2d 1
  • Court: Minn.
  • Year: 2002
• Vikse v. Flaby
  • Citation: 316 NW 2d 276
  • Court: Minn
  • Year: 1982
• Schmidt v. Northern States Power Co.
  • Citation: 305 Wis. 2d 538, 742 N. W. 294
  • Court: Wis.
  • Year: 2007
• Kronebusch v. M.V.B.A. Harvestor System, Inc.
  • Citation: 488 NW 2d 490
  • Court: Minn. Ct. App.
  • Year: 1992

Published Works

Articles

• Medicaid Liens: Martin, Ahlborn & Beyond
  
• Minnesota Trial Magazine, Volume 32 (1) Winter, 2007
  

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin, 1975
• Minnesota, 1973
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1973
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1975
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1975
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1995
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1996

Specialties and Certifications

• Civil Trial Specialist, NBTA (1993) / Minnesota State Bar Association (1991)

Other Affiliations

• Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers, 1991 - Present (Dean Emeritus)
• Minnesota Association for Justice, 1979 - Present (Member Amicus Committee)
• Minnesota State Bar Association, 1974 - Present (Member (ongoing) / Chair, Civil Litigation Section (2013-2014))
• Minnesota Supreme Court, 2005 - 2013 (Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure)
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Federal Bar Association, 2005 - Present
• American Association for Justice
• State Bar of Wisconsin
• Olmsted County Bar Association