Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1985

Lawyer Overview

Alan S. Milavetz has been a trial lawyer for over 20 years.  His practice includes motor vehicle, wrongful death, medical malpractice, brain injury and spinal injury cases.  A graduate of William Mitchell College of Law, Mr. Milavetz is also a certified rule 114 arbitrator and a civil law mediator.  He is licensed to practice law in all Minnesota State and Federal Courts and is a member of the Minnesota and American Trial Lawyers Associations.  Mr. Milavetz is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a group of plaintiffs' lawyers who have achieved million dollar verdicts, awards, or settlements.  Mr. Milavetz is strongly committed to helping those in need, professionally and personally.  Mr. Milavetz is very active in the Jewish community.  He is a leadership award recipient and serves as a director on numerous boards.  He has participated in overseas humanitarian missions in the former Soviet Union and Israel and is an avid genealogist.  Mr. Milavetz and his wife Bonnie Resnick have four children.  Mr. Milavetz recently litigated the case of Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et. al. v. United States of America and obtained an order declaring portions of the Bankruptcy Act of 2005 unconstitutional.  Mr. Milavetz has also resolved thousands of claims arising out of wrongful death, automobile accidents, brain injuries, personal injury and medical malpractice. 

Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. is also proud to announce that Alan S. Milavetz has again been named as one of Minnesota's Superlawyers.  A Superlawyer is an individual who has been voted as one of Minnesota's top 5% of attorneys by other attorneys.

Alan Milavetz is rated AV by the respected, nationwide Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. The ratings are developed by obtaining confidential opinions from lawyer adversaries and judges before whom the lawyer has appeared. Ability rating categories are A, B, C, and no rating. An "A" rating is the "very high to preeminent" category, the highest rating possible. It signifies that the lawyer has reached the heights of professional excellence, recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity. The "V" rating is the highest for adherence to ethical standards, reliability, and diligence.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury - Plaintiff 75%
• Transportation Law 15%
• Workers Compensation 5%
• Employment 5%

Representative Clients

• Injury Victims from Minnesota & The Upper Midwest

West Practice Categories

Arbitration, Mediation, Bad Faith Insurance, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, Gay & Lesbian Rights, National Origin Discrimination, Police Misconduct, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, 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, Railroad Worker Injury/FELA, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Commercial Insurance, Insurance Malpractice, Insurance Subrogation, Motor Vehicle, Property & Casualty, Reinsurance, Complex Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Animal Bites -- Plaintiff, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Firearms, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Recreational Products, Dental Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Aviation, Mass Transit, Trucking, Federal Employees, State & Municipal Employees, Workers' Compensation Appeals, Workers' Compensation Defense, Workers' Compensation Fraud, Workers' Compensation Subrogation

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1985
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1985
• U.S. Tax Court, 1986

Certification/Specialties

• Arbitration - Rule 114, State of Minnesota, 1996
• Highest Attorney Verified Ranking, Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice (AAJ)
• Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA)
• American Bar Association, 1985 - Present (Member)
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2000 - Present (Member of advocates group who have achieved million dollar awards.)

Honors and Awards

• Minnesota Law & Politics Top 40 Personal Injury Attorneys, 2007 - Present
• Top Personal Injury Recoveries Minn. Law & Politics, 2007 - Present
• Dr. David Tennenbaum Young Leadership Award, 1995 - Present
• Multiple Appearances in Top Verdict of 2000 - Minnesota Law & Politics
• Minnesota Law & Politics Superlawyer, January 1, 1999 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• Mock Trial, Minnesota Mock Trial, 1990
• Geneaology Seminars

Pro Bono Activities

• Vice President, Friends of B' Nai Abraham, 2004 - Present
• Henry Sibley Debate Boosters - Vice President, 2005 - Present
• Cardozo Society Steering Committee Member
• United Jewish Fund Council President, 2004 - 2006
• United Jewish Fund Council Board Member, 1994 - Present
• Mt. Zion Congregation Trustee, 2001 - 2004
• Jewish Historical Society of Upper Midwest Board Member, 1995 - 1996

Education

• William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota, 1984
  Juris Doctorate
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, St Paul, Minnesota, 1980
  Bachelors of Arts
  Major: Speech - Communications

Address

6500 France Avenue South
Edina, MN 55435

Phones

(952) 236-4298
(866) 531-2705

Faxes

(952) 920-6869

Emails

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Websites

http://www.milavetzlaw.com
http://www.mnaccidentlawyerblog.com