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Richard G. Morgan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A veteran trial lawyer, Rick Morgan has taken more than 40 cases to verdict. He has experience in products liability, toxic tort, intellectual property, construction, real estate and commercial cases.
As national trial counsel for Ecolab, a leading provider of cleaning products and pesticides, and H.B. Fuller, a manufacturer of adhesives, sealants, and coatings, Rick has first-chair trial responsibility for high exposure cases and pattern litigation programs across the country. He personally directs all strategic and tactical aspects of these matters. His client representation includes: Ecolab in toxic tort cases, personal injury and property damage cases; H.B. Fuller in construction, commercial, real estate and patent infringement cases. He also represents Starkey Laboratories in patent infringement and commercial cases and has recently begun work for Coloplast Corporation and Teva pharmaceuticals USA in medical device and pharmaceutical cases. Other clients include Honeywell, ABC Bus Companies, Toro, and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Prior to joining the firm, he served both as a federal and Army prosecutor.
- Business, Commercial and Financial Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Product Liability
- Toxic Torts
- Trucking and Bus Company Litigation
- Minnesota, 1984
- New York, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1989
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1984
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1984
J.D. Honors: Cum Laude
- University of Minnesota, Humphrey Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1984
M.A.
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,
1980
B.A. Honors: With Distinction
- Making a Case for a Rise in Toxic Mold Litigation, ABC Construction Executive, August, 2005
- Protecting Against a Rise in Toxic Mold Litigation, Buildings, June, 2005
- The Bad Guys' Program: EPA Enforcement Enters the Computer Age, Environmental Law & Practice, Jan/Feb, 1996
- Coloplast Corporation
- Ecolab Inc.
- H.B.Fuller Company
- Starkey Laboratories
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
- Speaker, Defending the Adequacy of Chemical Labels and Dealing with Illiterate and Non-English Speaking Users, Society for Chemical Hazard Communication, Fall Meeting, 2001
- Speaker, Sick Buildings: A Modern Health Threat, ABA Annual Meeting, Environmental Lit. Comm, Tort & Insurance Practice Section/Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law,
1998
- City Business "40 Under 40"
- "Client Service All-Star" in a national survey of corporate counsel conducted by BTI Consulting,
2001
- Selected by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine as a SuperLawyer(R) in 2007-2008
- American Bar Association
- Intellectual Property Law Section
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Board of Visitors of the University of Minnesota Law School
- District of Minnesota, Assistant U.S. Attorney,
1990
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1995
- Fredrikson & Byron, Associate Attorney,
1988
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1990
- U.S. Army, JAGC, Captain,
1984
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1988
- University of Minnesota Law School, Adjunct Professor,
1991
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1996
- Beta Theta Pi
- Delta Theta Phi
- 1958, Suffern, New York, United States of America
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