Shareholder
CurrentJeffrey represented a Minnesota company that had a distribution agreement with a foreign manufacturer. Jeffrey convinced the arbitrators that the manufacturer had used his client’s confidential information to steal a customer. The arbitration panel awarded his client $920,000 in future royalties. Jeffrey represented a small business in trade-secret litigation against a publicly-held company and obtained a substantial settlement for the client. Jeffrey represented an IT firm against two former employees and their new employer regarding the theft of a firm contract. The defendants convinced the district court to dismiss the firm’s case, arguing that the its claims were barred by the applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation and an Executive Order. The Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed the District Court, greatly weakening the defendant’s position. Jeffrey defended a packaging equipment manufacturer against a claim that the equipment was defective. The arbitrators not only rejected the purchaser’s $3 million claim, they also awarded Jeffrey’s client the balance of the equipment's price. Jeffrey helped a Minnesota company that had purchased defective motors from a foreign manufacturer. Jeffrey established that the motors had counterfeit bearings and the panel awarded his client $1.75 million. Jeffrey represented a minority shareholder who was managing the Minnesota division of a tire chain. Jeffrey guided the shareholder’s claims through summary judgment, including a claim for continued employment. As a result, the shareholder received a substantial settlement. Jeffrey represented two contributors to a project to build a beef plant in South Dakota. Bringing both direct and derivative claims, the contributors alleged that the defendants misled investors, misused investor funds, and mismanaged the project. The litigation allowed the two contributors to recoup a very high percentage of their investment in the project.
