Bill Pentelovitch Email & Phone Number

In 2024 I am celebrating the 50th anniversary of my association with Maslon LLP, where I have practiced law for five decades. Over the course of those five decades I tried hundreds of jury, bench and arbitration trials, and argued many dozens of appeals. I practiced nationally in the areas of non-compete, trade secret and unfair competition litigation, and intellectual property licensing and royalty disputes. In addition, I was involved in many cases involving ownership and governance disputes in closely-held corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships. My wide-ranging trial practice encompassed virtually every type of dispute in which businesses can become embroiled, representing a wide variety of financial institutions, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, manufacturing companies, real estate and construction companies, and professional service firms in breach of contract, business tort, and statutory liability cases. I am a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, which holds itself out as being comprised of the 600 best trial lawyers in the world. Since 2003, I have been continuously ranked as one of the Top 100 Minnesota Super Lawyers®; and in each of 2011 and 2017-until my step back from active practice in 2021 I was ranked as one of the Top 10 Minnesota Super Lawyers®. Chambers USA ranked me as one of the top ten commercial trial lawyers in Minnesota from 2003 until 2021, and it now calls me , a "Senior Statesperson" (a designation about which I have some mixed feelings, since I don't feel like a "senior"). I have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 1995. Since 1988, I have been board certified as a civil trial specialist pursuant to the Rules of the Minnesota Supreme Court by the Minnesota State Bar Association; and I have also been board certified as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. I have had, and I continue to maintain an active pro bono practice, and I have served in leadership roles in many non-profit organizations. I currently serve as an appointee of the Minnesota Supreme Court on the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. In 2020 I was the sole recipient of the Minnesota State Bar Association's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received the Lifetime Commitment Award of the Cardozo Society. For more information go to http://www.maslon.com/wpentelovitch#Overview

Listed skills include Litigation, Business Litigation, Appeals, Arbitration, and 40 others.