Firm Profile
Employment History
1/96-Present
SOLO PRACTICE, St. Louis Park, MN. Practice focusing on employment law, employee benefits and appellate work.
9/96-Present
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL, Minneapolis, MN. Adjunct Instructor of Legal Writing.
6/96-12/98
JOHNSON & VAN VLIET, L.L.P., St. Paul, MN. Of counsel to small insurance defense litigation firm.
10/92-12/95
ARTHUR, CHAPMAN, McDONOUGH, KETTERING & SMETAK, P.A. (n/k/a Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A.), Minneapolis, MN. Shareholder in insurance defense litigation firm. 10/92-12/95 anchored firm's appellate practice. 1/94-12/95 chair of firm's employment law practice group.
10/85-10/92
ARTHUR, CHAPMAN, McDONOUGH, KETTERING & SMETAK, P.A., Minneapolis, MN. Associate attorney in insurance defense litigation practice with particular emphasis in appellate practice and employment law.
Summer 1994
BUTLER, RUBIN, NEWCOMER, SALTARELLI & BOYD, Chicago, IL. Summer law clerk in commercial litigation firm. Practice emphasis in contract and employment disputes.