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Steve has prosecuted claims and defended clients' interests in courtrooms across the country, dealing with a broad spectrum of litigated and appellate matters primarily focused on business and commercial litigation, construction and real estate, cybersecurity, unmanned aircraft and autonomous vehicles, employment, and government contracting. A qualified mediator and arbitrator under Minnesota Rule 114, Steve represents parties and acts as a neutral in a wide range of legal disputes. He also chairs the Firm's Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Autonomous Vehicles Practice Group, and he co-chairs the Firm’s Construction Practice Group. Steve is also a Brigadier General currently serving as the Assistant Division Commander for the 34th Infantry Division (MNARNG) and as the Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Intelligence for US CyberCommand. He has over 32-years of service, including combat tours to Afghanistan and Iraq where he was awarded two Bronze Stars, a Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and an Army Commendation Medal. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College, where he attended Tufts's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the Harvard Kennedy School, the Harvard Law School, and MIT's Sloan School of Management as a National Security Fellow. Steve also holds a top secret security clearance. Steve’s military operational experience, coupled with his legal knowledge of construction, cybersecurity, and unmanned aircraft systems and autonomous vehicles, is truly unique and sets him apart from other legal practitioners in the field. His knowledge of the regulations governing UAS is bolstered by over two decades of military experience operating them both internationally in support of combat operations and domestically in support of natural disasters. Similarly, his operational and intelligence-related cybersecurity experience provides a viewpoint virtually unmatched in the industry. Finally, he draws on his experience as a Combat Engineer to inform his knowledge and understanding of the construction industry.

Listed skills include Legal Writing, Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mediation, and 14 others.