Attorney Profiles

Thomas D. Jensen 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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phone (612) 333-3637
fax (612) 333-1030
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Thomas D. Jensen, civil trial lawyer who has tried to jury verdicts more than 85 civil trials and has participated in more than two dozen appeals and over one thousand negotiated, mediated, and arbitrated case settlements.

Areas of Practice:
ADR
Appeals
Commercial Litigation
Employment Litigation
Environmental Litigation
Insurance Litigation
Personal Injury
Products Liability
Professional Negligence
Certification/Specialties:
Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1999
Civil Trial Specialist, Minnesota State Bar Association
Bar Admissions:
Minnesota, 1978
North Dakota, 1999
Wisconsin, 1999
U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1979
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1996
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1995
Education:
William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota
J.D., Cum Laude (1978); William Mitchell Law Review


University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
B.S.B. Business Administration, Cum Laude (1974)


Published Works:
Sexual Harassment by Consultants, Contractors, and Customers: Are Employers Liable?, Hennepin Lawyer, pg. 4, February, 1998
ADR Five Years Later: A Review of the Evidence, Minn. Lawyer, April, 1999
Carriers Face No-Aggregate Threat, DRI, July, 2006
Appointive Judicial Retention: The Melendez Minority Report, The Hennepin Lawyer, Vol. 76, No. 10, 2007
Representative Cases:
Michel v. Sturm & Associates, 1991 WL 102899 (Minn. App. 1991)
United States v. Arrowhead Refining Co., 829 F. Supp. 1078 (D. Minn 1992)
The Barbers Hairstyling for Men & Women, Inc. v. Wigand, Civil No. 4-94-885 (D. Minn 1994)
Thomas v. Hallberg Construction & Supply, Inc., 1989 WL 12426 (Minn. App. 1989)
Standal v. Armstrong Cork Co., 356 N.W. 2d 380 (Minn. App. 1984)
Pietig v. Morse, 1989 WL 46032 (Minn. App. 1989)
Testerion, Inc. v. Skoog, 602 F. Supp. 578 (D. Minn. 1984)
Employers Mutual Companies v. Nordstrom, 495 N.W. 2d 855 (Minn. 1993)
Marschall v. Reinsurance Association of Minnesota, 447 N.W. 2d 460 (Minn. App. 1989)
Lawrence v. Hollerich, 394 N.W. 2d 853 (Minn. App. 1986)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Speaker, The Additional or Omnibus Insured, Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc., 1998
Speaker, Initial Considerations for the Adjuster, National Business Institute, 1998
Seminar Chair, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1992
Seminar Chair, Crash Litigation, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1990
Instructor, Civil Trial Specialization - A Review, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1989 - 1990
Instructor, Insurance Law Institute, Insurance Agent Errors and Omissions Claims, Minnesota State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, 1989
Honors and Awards:
Elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, 1974
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Minnesota State Bar Association, 1978 - 2000
Midwest Environmental Claims Association, 1995 - 2000
Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota, 2007 - 2008
    - Treasurer
Defense Research Institute, 2008 - Present
    - Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Vice Chair
Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota, 2008 - Present
    - Secretary
Past Employment Positions:
Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, 1981 - 1991
Hanft, Fride, O'Brien & Harries, 1978 - 1981