rick@schroederandmandel.com
www.schroederandmandel.comTHOMAS B. SCHWAY LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS B. SCH WAY 6230 10th Street North Suite 410 Oakdale, MN 55128 Tel: 651-731-6243 Fax: 651-731-4111 tschway@schwaylaw.com www.schwaylaw.com
RICHARD J.
SCHROEDER
SCHROEDER & MANDEL, PA
4525 Allendale Drive
White Bear Lake, MN 55127
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
ALTERNATIVE DISPU TE RESOLU TION
Mr. Schroeder has been named to Super Lawyers every year
since 2008, in recognition of his tireless, compassionate, and
strategic representation of clients in Minnesota and Wisconsin,
involving personal injury, workers’ compensation, and insurance
disputes. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Schroeder has worked with
or litigated cases with some of the Midwest’s best trial lawyers
and arbitrated insurance disputes and complex personal
injury claims. A former insurance claims adjuster, he is an
active member of the Minnesota, Wisconsin, and American
Associations for Justice, and a cum laude graduate of Hamline
University School of Law. A life member of Street Legal
Motorcycle Club, he is frequently contacted to represent injured
motorcyclists. Mr. Schroeder writes articles addressing unique
aspects of motorcycle insurance, injuries, and safety measures.
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ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
Thomas B. Schway is a trial lawyer with extensive experience
in the areas of personal injury, workers’ compensation, criminal
defense, and probate. A native of St. Paul, he graduated
summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota in 1977 and
achieved Phi Beta Kappa honors. He earned his Juris Doctorate
degree in 1981 from William Mitchell College of Law. For
30 years, he has assisted thousands of clients, maximizing their
results through skillful negotiation and aggressive litigation.
His law firm is located just outside St. Paul in Oakdale near the
94/494/694 interchange.
PROFESSIONAL LIABILIT Y: PLAINTIFF
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: PRODUC TS
Jim Sherburne has 30 years of experience in all areas of plaintiff
personal injury litigation, including automobile, premises
liability, wrongful death, product liability, and professional
malpractice. He has been in private practice since 1980 in
Minnesota and Iowa. Mr. Sherburne has been certified as a
Civil Trial Specialist since 1992 by the MSBA and presently
serves on the Civil Trial Certification Board of the MSBA. He
served as chairman of the State Board of Legal Certification
from 2007-2010. His solo practice has grown through referrals
of many satisfied clients. Mr. Sherburne also works closely
with many referring attorneys, preserving for them a client
relationship while at the same time providing the trial expertise
that certification signifies. Jim Sherburne is a member of the
MSBA, Minnesota and American Associations for Justice.
mtewksbury@tkz.com
www.tkz.comMARK VANDELIST 17850 Kenwood Trail Suite 215 Lakeville, MN 55044 Tel: 952-892-5572 Fax: 952-892-5159 vanandvan@aol.com
MICHAEL D.
TEWKSBURY
VANDELIST & VANDELIS T
TEWKSBURY & KERFELD, P.A.
88 South 10th Street
Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Tel: 612-334-3399
Fax: 612-334-5787
MARK A. HALLBERG 380 St. Peter Street Suite 715 St. Paul, MN 55102 Tel: 651-255-6810 Fax: 651-255-6820 mhallberg@hallberglaw.com www.hallberglaw.com
HALLBERG & MCCLAIN, P.A.
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
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PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: GENERAL
PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
Mike Tewksbury spent the first eight years of his career doing
insurance defense litigation with the Rider Bennett firm.
Following a stint at Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, Mr. Tewksbury
and Mr. Kerfeld opened their own firm in 1994. Mr. Tewksbury’s
practice focuses on the representation of injured people and
insurance coverage questions. His goal in representation of
clients is to obtain a good result in an as efficient and stress-free
manner for the client as possible. This approach, coupled
with having done both plaintiff and defense work, serves
Mr. Tewksbury well in his ADR practice. He is often called upon
to mediate claims or to serve as an arbitrator at the request of
other attorneys.
Mark Vandelist is a founding partner in the firm of Vandelist &
Vandelist. He is a Civil Trial Specialist who has specialized in
representing injured people for over 27 years. He received his
certification as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar
Association in 1993 and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
in 1995. Since that time Mark has obtained some of the largest
personal injury verdicts and settlements in Minnesota. He is
a frequent lecturer regarding trial advocacy and Minnesota
no-fault automobile insurance law. He also serves as a mediator
and arbitrator in a variety of civil matters.
Mark Hallberg realized during clerkships with personal injury
legends Clint Grose and Charlie Hvass Sr. that he has a
passion for plaintiffs’ personal injury law and is attracted to the
complexity and challenge of medical malpractice cases. For
the past 30 years Mark has been telling the stories of people
harmed by medical negligence, defective medical products,
and automobile negligence. He has tried over 70 cases to
verdict and has obtained several multimillion-dollar recoveries
for his clients. He is a member of ABOTA, ACTL, and AAJ, and
is certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by MSBA and NBTA. He has
held the position of Adjunct Professor at WMCL for the past 13
years. Mark regularly receives referrals from lawyers throughout
the Midwest to handle medical negligence and other personal
injury matters.
RISCHMILLER & KNIPPEL, LLP
333 South Seventh Street
Suite 420
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Tel: 612-339-7075
Fax: 612-339-9258
reidrischmiller@qwestoffice.net
www.rischmillerknippel.comMICHAEL K. JOHNSON PLLC 33 South Sixth Street Suite 4530 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Tel: 612-335-9961 Fax: 612-339-8168 mkjohnson@goldenberglaw.com www.goldenberglaw.com
REID G. RISCHMILLER
GOLDENBERG & JOHNSON, RICHARD A. Suite 200 Tel: 651-437-3148 Fax: 651-437-2732
LAVERDIERE
SIEBEN POLK, P.A.
1640 South Frontage Road
Hastings, MN 55033
rlaverdiere@siebenpolklaw.com
www.siebenpolklaw.com
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
Reid Rischmiller limits his practice to the aggressive
representation of plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful
death cases with special emphasis on medical and hospital
malpractice. He has won numerous verdicts and settlements
in excess of $1 million and is a member of the Minnesota
Million Dollar Round Table. He is nationally certified as a Civil
Trial Advocate by the NBTA and as a Civil Trial Specialist by
the MSBA. He is a member of the American Board of Trial
Advocates and also is a fellow of the International Society of
Barristers. Referrals are an important part of his practice.
PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: PRODUC TS
PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL DEVICE LITIGATION
CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS
In his nationwide plaintiffs’ products liability practice,
Michael primarily represents individuals injured by defective
pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Michael has been chosen
to sit on numerous leadership committees and has participated
in the negotiation and global resolution of multiple mass
tort litigations. Michael has battled major corporations in the
courtroom, before appellate courts, and up to the U.S. Supreme
Court in a generic pharmaceutical case, Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing.
He has also made numerous trips to Washington, D.C. with his
clients to meet with congressional leaders to discuss legislative
changes to current products liability law. Michael has been
invited to attend meetings with the FDA and the U.S. Solicitor
General to discuss issues in pharmaceutical litigation. Michael
was an Attorney of the Year in Minnesota Lawyer in 2009.
PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: PRODUC TS
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
A nationally Certified Civil Trial Specialist, Rick has represented
injured clients for asbestos-related injury, death, lung cancer
and mesothelioma. He has been honored on the Super Lawyers
list since 1995 and was on the Top 40 Personal Injury Super
Lawyers list in 2005. Since 2003, he has been recognized in The
Best Lawyers in America and selected as the 2011 Best Litigator
of the Year for product liability in the Minneapolis area. He is a
member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has won
20 million- and multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements.
In 2000, Minnesota Lawyer named him Attorney of the Year. A
member of The National Trial Lawyers, he is listed as one of the
Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Minnesota. He is past President of the
Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association.
