FRU TH, JAMISON & ELSASS,
PLLC
3902 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
jbreyer@fruthlaw.com
www.fruthlaw.comADAM A. GILLETTE PLLC 3902 IDS Center 80 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Tel: 612-344-9703 Fax: 612-344-9705 agillette@fruthlaw.com www.fruthlaw.com
K. JON BREYER
FRU TH, JAMISON & ELSASS, JOHN R. NEVE NEVE LAW, PLLC Suite 1080 Tel: 952-746-2400 Fax: 952-746-2401 jneve@nevelaw.com www.nevelaw.com
8500 Normandale Lake Boulevard
Minneapolis, MN 55437
Jon Breyer is a partner at Fruth, Jamison & Elsass, PLLC and an
MSBA Certified Civil Trial Law Specialist. He focuses his practice
on business litigation matters with a particular emphasis on
shareholder, employment, and complex business disputes,
and securities litigation. Many of these cases involve difficult
and fiercely litigated allegations against employees, officers,
directors, and shareholders of businesses. Jon represents clients
from many different industries in all types of commercial
disputes in the courts and before state and federal agencies,
including FINRA. He has extensive first-chair trial experience,
trying numerous cases to a successful verdict. Jon is a graduate
of Lehigh University and a 2000 graduate of William Mitchell
College of Law.
EMPLOYMENT & LABOR
SECURITIES LITIGATION
Adam Gillette primarily practices business litigation in
such areas as breach of contract and shareholder disputes.
Mr. Gillette also handles a variety of labor and employment
law cases including employment discrimination and retaliation,
sexual harassment, NASD arbitration agreements, and
breach of contract. Mr. Gillette has tried to verdict as first
or second chair many cases including breach of contract,
breach of fiduciary duty, sexual harassment, age discrimination,
failure to pay wages, defamation, and tortious interference
claims. Mr. Gillette is a former president and board member
of Minnesota NELA, the Minnesota affiliate of the National
Employment Lawyers Association.
GENERAL LI TIGATION
APPELLATE
John Neve focuses his practice on civil litigation, representing
businesses and individuals in a range of commercial,
employment, and real estate disputes in state and federal court
and arbitrations. He has successfully litigated claims involving
breach of contract, trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty,
tortious interference with contracts, securities fraud, bad faith,
misrepresentation, negligence, conversion, and foreclosure.
He also has extensive appellate experience, having argued
numerous cases before the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He
received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota, where he
now teaches advocacy and legal writing as an adjunct professor.
He is admitted to the state and federal courts of Minnesota,
the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States
Supreme Court.
JONATHAN D. WILSON
DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
50 South 6th Street
Suite 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Tel: 612-492-6651
Fax: 612-340-2868
wilson.jonathan@dorsey.com
www.dorsey.comE. MICHELLE DRAKE NICHOLS KASTER, PLLP 4600 IDS Center 80 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Tel: 612-256-3200 Fax: 612-338-4878 drake@nka.com www.nka.com
ADINA R. BERGSTROM 3500 American Boulevard West Suite 450 Bloomington, MN 55431 Tel: 952-844-9033 Fax: 952-844-0114 adina@hammarlaw.com www.hammarlaw.com
HAMMARGREN & MEYER, P.A.
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
ESTATE & TRUST LITIGATION
Jonathan Wilson has developed a reputation as an aggressive,
creative attorney who works with his clients to learn their
business so that he can help efficiently achieve their goals.
This team-oriented approach has spawned a client base
as unique and diverse as his legal practice. He represents
investors, entrepreneurs, partnerships, small businesses, and
closely held corporations as both plaintiffs and defendants in
contract matters, business tort actions, and ownership disputes.
He also regularly represents Fortune 500 companies and
publicly traded corporations with compliance matters, internal
investigations, and complex commercial litigation. In addition,
Mr. Wilson frequently handles probate and trust disputes,
property tax appeals, and white collar criminal cases for a wide
variety of sophisticated clients.
CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF
CONSUMER LAW
E. Michelle Drake represents consumers and employees in
both individual cases and class actions. Whether the claims
involve a mortgage or a false product representation at the
supermarket, Drake is committed to ensuring that corporations
follow the law. She handles fraud and unfair practices cases,
as well as cases arising under the Truth in Lending Act and
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act. Drake’s employment practice focuses on the Fair Labor
Standards Act and state law equivalents. Drake represents
clients in state and federal courts across the country. She
graduated from Harvard Law School in 2001 and received her
Master’s degree from Oxford University in 1998.
CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Adina R. Bergstrom is a senior associate attorney with
Hammargren & Meyer, P.A. Her construction law practice is
largely focused on first- and third-party insurance coverage
litigation and surety bond claims. Adina also represents
homeowners, associations, and commercial construction
owners, contractors, and subcontractors in all types of
construction litigation and transactional work. Adina is a
member of AWC, MWL, the MSBA’s Construction Law and
Civil Litigation Sections, and the ABA Tort and Insurance
Practice Section. She has presented at seminars on a variety of
construction and insurance-related topics. Adina received her
law degree cum laude from Hamline University School of Law
and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Augsburg College.
ALAN P. KING
GOETZ & ECKLAND P.A.
MARTINEAU, GONKO &
43 Main Street Southeast
Suite 505
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Tel: 612-874-1552
Fax: 612-331-2473
aking@goetzeckland.com
www.goetzecklandlaw.com
JENNIFER A. THOMPSON Suite 450 Fax: 952-844-0114
HAMMARGREN & MEYER, P.A.
3500 American Boulevard West
Bloomington, MN 55431
Tel: 952-844-9033
jennifer@hammarlaw.com
www.hammarlaw.comMARK L. VAVRECK VAVRECK, PLLC 401 North Third Street Suite 600 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Tel: 612-659-9500 Fax: 612-659-9220 mvavreck@mgvlawfirm.com www.mgvlawfirm.com
CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
EMPLOYMENT LI TIGATION: PLAIN TIFF
A partner with Goetz & Eckland P.A., Alan King practices
primarily in the areas of construction litigation, personal injury
defense, and employment disputes. He has achieved a number
of successful outcomes for his clients in state district courts
and no-fault arbitration proceedings. Mr. King is a graduate
of William Mitchell College of Law, the University of Southern
California (Master’s in counseling), and Winona State University.
He is licensed in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. Mr. King is
also a veteran, having served both in the U.S. Army and the
Minnesota and California Army National Guards for 14 years.
Alan lives in Burnsville with his wife and two sons.
CONSTRUC TION LITIGATION
REAL ESTATE
CONSTRUCTION/SURETY
Jennifer A. Thompson is a shareholder with Hammargren &
Meyer, P.A., where her practice is largely devoted to
representing homeowners and associations in all aspects of
the residential construction process – from contract formation
to post-performance claims and litigation. She also assists
associations with general business matters and has experience
representing owners, contractors, subcontractors, and sureties
in the commercial construction arena. Jennifer is actively
involved in trade organizations, including NAWIC, AWC, and
CAI, and is a council member on the MSBA’s Construction
Law Section. Jennifer was recently appointed as an attorney
Commissioner on the Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission,
where, among other things, she serves on the Contract
Compliance Committee.
CONSUMER LAW
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
EMPLOYMEN T LITIGATION: PLAINTIFF
Mark is a partner at Martineau, Gonko & Vavreck, PLLC. He
and his legal partners are dedicated to providing skillful and
innovative legal representation to individuals in the areas
of consumer law, personal injury, employment law, and civil
litigation. Mark is pleased to be an Adjunct Professor for the
William Mitchell negotiation program. He is honored to serve on
the Board of Directors of the Hennepin County Bar Association
and as a Co-Chair of the Debtor/Creditor Section. The Southern
Minnesota Regional Legal Services nominated Mark for a
certificate of recognition from the Minnesota Supreme Court for
his pro bono work in 2010. This is the fifth year Mark has been
named on the Rising Stars list.
