Michael L. Weiner - Roseville, MN

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1981
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1977
    B.Elec.St., Bachelor of Elected Studies

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Yaeger, Jungbauer and Barczak, Partner, 1993 - 2013
• Weiner & Kvas, Partner, 1991 - 1993
• DeParcq, Hunegs, Stone, Koenig & Reid, Associate, 1981 - 1991

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
  
• Frequent Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Programs

Representative Cases

• Reichel v. Wendland Utz, LTD, 11 N.W.3d 602, 617 (Minn. 2024)
• Huseth, et al., d/b/a Clay View Dairy, LLP v. Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association, (Minn. App. March 11, 2024)
• Peterson v. W. Nat'l Mut. Ins. Co., 946 N.W.2d 903 (Minn. 2020)
• Kedrowski v. Lycoming Engines, 933 N.W.2d 45 (Minn. 2019)
• Simondet v. Enga, A19-0058 (Minn. App. Sep 16, 2019)
• Wirtz v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., A17-0635 (Minn. App. Dec 26, 2017)
• Wilbur v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 892 N.W.2d 521 (Minn. 2017)
• Kissoondath v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 620 N.W.2d 909
  • Court: Minn. Ct, App.
  • Year: 2001
  • Serial Number: 2001081153
• Short v. Dairyland Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 334 N.W.2d 384
  • Court: Minn.
  • Year: 1983
  • Serial Number: 1983124628
• Kulavic v. Chicago & Illinois Midland Ry. Co.
  • Citation: 1 F.3d 507
  • Court: C.A.7 (Ill.)
  • Year: 1993
  • Serial Number: 1993150697
• Forster v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  • Citation: 437 N.W.2d 655
  • Court: Minn.
  • Year: 1989
  • Serial Number: 1989054478
• Pikop v. Burlington Northern R. Co.
  • Citation: 390 N.W.2d 743
  • Court: Minn.
  • Year: 1986
  • Serial Number: 1986139538
• Garcia v. Burlington Northern R. Co.
  • Citation: 818 F.2d 713
  • Court: C.A.10 (Colo.)
  • Year: 1987
  • Serial Number: 1987051520
• Stevens v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co.
  • Citation: 915 F.2d 1565 (Table, Text in WESTLAW), Unpublished
  • Court: 4th Cir
  • Year: 1990
  • Serial Number: 1990143687
• Melin v. Burlington Northern R. Co.
  • Citation: 401 N.W.2d 418
  • Court: Minn. Ct. App
  • Year: 1987
  • Serial Number: 1987027261
• Myers v. John Deere Ltd.
  • Citation: 683 F.2d 270
  • Court: C.A.8 (N.D.)
  • Year: 1982
  • Serial Number: 1982132880
• Foss v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (as Amicus Curiae)
  • Citation: 1996 Minn. App. LEXIS 1286
  • Court: Minn. Ct. App.
  • Year: 1996
• Lindsey v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. (as Amicus Curiae)
  • Citation: 775 F.2d 1322
  • Court: 5th Cir.
  • Year: 1985
  • Serial Number: 1985154694
• Lundman v. McKown (as Amicus Curiae)
  • Citation: 530 N.W.2d 807, cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1092 (1996)
  • Court: Minn. Ct. App.
  • Year: 1995
  • Serial Number: 1995080032
• Granville v. Minneapolis Public Schools
  • Citation: 732 N.W. 2d 201 (Minn. 2007)

Published Works

Articles

• Constitutional Limitations on Punitive Damages, MAJ Magazine, Winter 2009
  
• Medicare Set-Asides: Uncertainty and Confusion, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Magazine, Winter 2007
  
• Tax Traps in Settlement Agreements, MTLA Magazine, Summer 2006
  
• A Preemptive Strike against Federal Preemption, MTLA Magazine, Winter 2006
  
• Basic Concepts in Scientific Evidence on Night Vision, MTLA Magazine, Spring 2001
  
• Right to Punitive Damages in Minnesota in the Absence of a Personal Injury, 27 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev 1043, 2000
• Minnesota's New Products Liability Jury Instructions, MTLA Magazine, Fall 2000
• Unknown and Underutilized Statutes, MTLA Magazine, Winter 1999
• No-Fault Tort Thresholds, The Plaintiff's Perspective, 24 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 985, 1998
• TMJ Injuries, MTLA Magazine, Winter 1997
• Judges Speak Out, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Magazine, Spring, 1995
• Punitive Damages in Minnesota, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Magazine, Fall, 1995
• Meeting the Statutory Tort Threshold, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Magazine, Summer, 1994
• Legal Computer Operator Malpractice: A New Tort, Hennepin County Lawyer, Nov./Dec., 1986
• Weiner and Steenson, Products Liability, MTLA Cause of Action Manual, 3rd ed.

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1984

Other Affiliations

• Minnesota Association for Justice, Member of Board of Governors
• Minnesota Association for Justice, Publications Committee
• Minnesota Association for Justice, Amicus Committee