Year Joined Organization: 1982

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• General Civil Litigation
• Higher Education Law
• Employment Law
• Personal Injury
• General Business
• Estate Planning

Representative Clients

• Bethel University
• North Central University
• Lakeshirts, Inc.
• Anderson Trucking Service

Representative Cases

• Benda v. Girard, 592 N.W.2d 452 (Minnesota 1999)
• Scherger v. Northern Natural Gas Co., 575 N.W.2d 578 (Minnesota 1998)

West Practice Categories

Arbitration, Secured Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, Warranties, Civil Rights, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Freedom of Religion, Construction Law, Construction Contracts, Housing & Construction Defects, Education Law, Colleges & Universities, Private Schools, Special Education, Student Rights, Tenure, Employment Law -- Employee, Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Affirmative Action -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Whistleblower -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Estate Planning, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Animal Bites -- Plaintiff, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Recreational Products, Tobacco

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1977
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1982

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Minnesota Association for Justice, 1979 - Present (Member)

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1977
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1974
  B.A.
• Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1973

References

• Klein Bank

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

4200 County Road 42 West
Savage, MN 55378

Phones

651.968.8062
866.470.2431

Faxes

952.894.6421

Emails

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Websites

http://eschlaw.com
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