Law Firm Overview

Harper & Peterson, P.L.L.C. represents people involved in personal injury cases throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin and the United States. William Harper, a nationally recognized Certified Trial Specialist, is certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association, as a Civil Trial Specialist and also has been named a Minnesota "Super Lawyer" in each year of the survey. He has been recognized as a "Leading Attorney" in Minnesota by American Research Corporation. Paul Peterson has been named a "Rising Star" and since 1999 a Minnesota "Super Lawyer" by Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine. Paul is Certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a "Civil Trial Specialist."

The Firm tried numerous cases to a successful conclusion on behalf of injured people. It has handled numerous cases with verdicts or settlements in excess of one million dollars. We have experience in class action litigation and Bill served as one of the lead counsel in a class action suit in Duluth, Minnesota, resulting from the trial derailment of a benzene tanker that ended in a $2.6 million dollar class settlement and numerous individual settlements.

Areas of Practice

• Medical Malpractice
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law
• Wrongful Death - Plaintiff
• Animal Bites - Plaintiff
• Premises Liability - Plaintiff
• Construction Defects & Toxic Mold - Plaintiff

Published Works

• "Proving an Insurers Course of Conduct", Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association

West Practice Categories

Housing & Construction Defects, Premises Liability -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Toxic Mold