Special Litigation Commitees Under Minnesota Law

E-Mail: dwlarson@martinsquires.com
Direct Dial: 651-767-3746

As an experienced commercial attorney with Martin & Squires, Mr. Larson focuses his practice on legal issues that affect small and medium sized businesses. This includes involvement in business formation and acquisition; business sale and dissolution; buying, selling and leasing commercial real estate, and resolving disputes between owners and/or managers about business and ownership issues. He drafts and reviews contracts, advises on governmental compliance requirements, insures corporate formalities are observed and is frequently consulted on employment issues such as noncompetition agreements.

As a large part of his practice he is called upon to represent a business or insurer in litigation. Most commonly this is in the areas of minority shareholder claims, fiduciary issues, and employment issues. In the employment area he has tried age discrimination cases, sexual harassment cases, FMLA cases, disability, perceived disability and reasonable accommodation cases, contract cases, race and sex discrimination cases, religion and national origin cases, and a variety of other employment related suits. He has represented numerous businesses and insurers in administrative proceedings, arbitrations and trials in state and federal courts in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Business Transactions.
Business Organizational issues.
Civil Litigation, including shareholder and employment disputes.
Purchase, Sale and Leasing of Commercial Property.
Collection of non-consumer debts.
Professional Liability advice and litigation, including Directors and Officers and Fiduciary liability, Insurance Coverage Disputes, and Employment Practices liability.

Publications

Special Litigation Committees Under Minnesota Law- PLUS Journal, May, 2010

Jurisdiction of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 10, No. 4 (1984)

Zoning Variances May Become Easier to Obtain, Newsletter, April 1, 2011

Education

University of Minnesota (B.A. 1968)
University of Minnesota School of Law (J.D. 1974)

Professional Activities:

• Certified by Minnesota State Bar Association as Civil Trial Specialist.
• Rated “AV – Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell.
• Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU), 2002.
• Admitted to practice in Minnesota and Wisconsin State Courts; Minnesota and Wisconsin U.S. District Courts; U.S. Court of Appeals for Eighth Circuit; United States Supreme Court.
• Author- Special Litigation Committee Recommendation Held to be Unreviewable, PLUS Journal, Vol. XXIII, May 2010.

Member:
Minnesota and Wisconsin State Bar Associations;
St. Croix Valley Bar Association
Professional Liability Underwriters Society (PLUS);
Human Resource Professionals of Minnesota

Military Service:
First Lieutenant, US Army Infantry.