Practice Areas ■ Construction ■ Commercial Litigation Representative Matters Represented ethanol plant owner in multi-million dollar design dispute on appeal before North Dakota Supreme Court, winning vacation of judgment below. Tharaldson Ethanol Plant I, LLC v. VEI Global, Inc., 2014 ND 94, 845 N.W.2d 900. Represented construction contractor on appeal before United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, winning reversal of jury award and vacation of judgment below. Graham Construction Services, Inc. v. Hammer & Steel, Inc., 2014 WL 2619717 (8th Cir. June 13, 2014). Presentations and Publications Speaker, “Construction Management/Design-Build in Minnesota” (June 2014) “Defending the Formal Federal Civil Rulemaking Process: Why the Court Should Not Amend Procedural Rules Through Judicial Interpretation,” 42 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 327 (2011) Professional Organizations Construction Law Section, Minnesota State Bar Association Litigation Section, American Bar Association Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society Judicial Clerkship Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Minnesota, 2011-2012 Education ■ J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, summa cum laude, 2011 ■ B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College, magna cum laude, 2006 Admissions ■ State of Illinois, 2011 ■ State of Minnesota, 2012 ■ U.S. District Court, Minnesota, 2013
