Faleel, S. Jamal

Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder

Languages

• Sinhala
• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Jamal Faleel is a shareholder in Fredrikson & Byron’s Litigation Group. His practice focuses on assisting clients in a wide range of complex business disputes, including contract matters, business torts, employment litigation, shareholder matters, and medical practices litigation. He has a special interest in international commercial contract disputes and antitrust litigation. Jamal served as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge, James M. Rosenbaum, before joining Fredrikson & Byron. Jamal has extensive experience litigating in both federal and state court. Jamal has been honored as a Rising Star for several years by Minnesota Super Lawyers magazine and Minnesota Law & Politics magazine, and was named an Up-and-Coming Attorney for 2005 by Minnesota Lawyer.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• Antitrust Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• Trusts & Estates Litigation
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation
• Shareholder Disputes
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Energy

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 2002
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Minnesota State Bar Association Assembly, 2006 - Present (Member)
• Minnesota State Bar Association, New Lawyers Section (Chair)
• Minnesota State Bar Association, New Lawyers Section, 2006 - 2007 (Member)
• Minnesota State Bar Association Governing Council, 2006 - 2007 (Member)
• Minnesota State Bar Association Legislative Committee, 2006 - 2007 (Member)
• Hamline Alumni Association (Board Member)
• Federal Bar Association-Diversity Committee

Honors and Awards

• Rising Star, 2006 - Present
• Named one of Minnesota Lawyer’s 15 Up-and-Coming Attorneys, 2005 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• Chief Judge James M. Rosenbaum, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Judicial Law Clerk, 2002 - 2004

Education

• Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2002
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
• University of Minnesota, Minnesota, 1999
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude

Published Works

• “When Does a Domestic Choice of Law Provision Result in the Application of International Contract Law?,” co-authored with Harleigh E. Brown, Fredrikson & Byron’s International Focus Newsletter, June, 2007

Address

200 South Sixth Street
Suite 4000
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1425

Phones

(612) 492-7303

Faxes

(612) 492-7077

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