Bob Kuderer is a partner at Johnson & Condon and focuses on professional liability, insurance coverage, and business and commercial litigation.  He has handled high-profile toxic tort, pesticide and vaccine litigation inside and outside Minnesota in various state and Federal Courts.  Bob represents parties involved in commercial contract disputes, including franchise and dealership terminations.  He has handled lawsuits of statewide interest, including the state’s seminal case establishing good faith immunity for officers and directors of non-profit corporations.

Mr. Kuderer has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict, and has successfully argued numerous cases in various state and federal appellate courts.  He is a continuing education lecturer and has presented at professional and trade organization conferences and continuing legal education seminars.

Mr. Kuderer co-chairs the Firm’s Insurance Coverage Practice Group.  He has been honored by his peers as a “Super Lawyer” in Minnesota Law & Politics magazine on numerous occasions, most recently in the 2008 Corporate Counsel “Super Lawyer” edition.

In 2007, he became the firm’s Managing Partner.  He enjoys an “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell.  Mr. Kuderer is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO/WPO), an international organization devoted to developing business leaders through education and exchange.

EDUCATION

• University of Minnesota (BA) (1989)
• William Mitchell College of Law (JD magna cum laude) (1990)
  
  

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Minnesota Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court - Minnesota
• U.S. District Court - Western Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  
  

PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS

• Hennepin County Bar Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
• Warren E. Burger Inn of Court (Emeritus)
• American Veterinary Medical Law Association
• Charter Fellow, Society of Litigation Counsel
  
  

REPRESENTATIVE
CASES (Selected)

• Payzant v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of America, 402 F.Supp.2d 1053 (D. Minn. 2005);
• Hartford Cas. Ins. Co. v. Schwartz, No. 06-655, 2007 WL 1485857 (D. Minn. May 18,2007);
• AMCO Ins. Co. v. Dorpinghaus, et al., No. 05-1296, 2007 WL 313280 (D. Minn. Jan. 12, 2007);
• Travelers Commercial Cas. Co. v. Morales, et al., No. A06-621, 2007 WL 331129 (Minn. Ct. App. Feb. 6, 2007);
• Forestview the Beautiful v. All Nation Ins. Co., 704 N.W.2d 773 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005);
• Clifford v. Geritom Med., Inc., 681 N.W. 2d 680 (Minn. 2004);
• Mierva v. Holmberg, No. A03-1106, 2004 WL 1050747 (Minn. Ct. App. May 11, 2004);
• Northern States Power Co. v. Ellsworth, et al., No. A04-503 (Minn. Ct. App. Nov. 23, 2004);
• Christensen v. Milbank Ins. Co., 658 N.W. 2d 580 (Minn. 2003);
• Home Ins. Co. v. National Union Fire Ins. of Pittsburgh, 658 N.W. 2d 522 (Minn. 2003);
• Midwest Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Schmitt, 651 N.W. 2d 843 (Minn. Ct. App. 2002);
• Rehn v. Fischley, 557 N.W.2d 328 (Minn. 1997);
• Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. v. Metcalf, 501 N.W.2d 690 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993);
• American Nat'l Fire Ins. Co. v. Estate of Founelle, 472.N.W.2d 292 (1991);
• Northland Ins. Co. v. Western Nat'l Mut. Ins. Co., No. CS-92-324, 1992 WL 153094 (Minn. Ct. App. July 7, 1992);
• Queen's Revenge, Inc. v. Northwestern Nat'l Cas. Co., No. C7-92-230, 1992 WL 145378 (Minn. Ct. App. June 30, 1992);
• American Nat'l Fire Ins. Co. v. Cordie, 478 N.W.2d 531 (Minn. Ct. App. 1991);
• Grossman v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co., 461 N.W.2d 489 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990);
• The Rivers v. Richard Schwartz/Neil Weber, Inc., 459 N.W.2d 166 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990);
  
  

• Business Interruption Coverage (Clarion Legal, 2005);
• Blackwell's Five Minute Veterinary Practice Consult (Contributing Author);

• AV rating, MartindaleHubbell's highest rating for professional skills and integrity
• Minnesota Law & Politics "Super Lawyer" - 2007

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