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Practice Summary Scott Neilson provides superior representation to large corporations, small businesses and individuals in litigation, with a trial, arbitration, and appellate practice, including litigation of business, products liability, contract, fraud, negligence, shareholder, employment and real estate matters. Scott provides practical, proactive, and cost-effective advice to achieve favorable results for his clients prior to suit. Scott is a proven problem solver, which is why clients seek his advice and assistance on a wide variety of matters.
Areas of Focus
- Business Litigation
- Products Liability and Toxic Tort Litigation
- General Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Shareholder and Securities Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Trust and Estate Litigation
Representative Experience
- Successfully defended large pool products manufacturer in high-profile, national media case involving evisceration of a young child in a wading pool at a private country club, in which plaintiffs initially sought more than $30M in future medical expenses alone, by obtaining admissions in depositions from the other defendant, the private country club, to pinpoint the cause on a series of maintenance failures by the other defendant
- National coordinating counsel for litigation involving large corporation with diverse interests
- National coordinating counsel for multiple defendants named in asbestos and other national, products liability litigation
- Obtained numerous multi-million dollar recoveries in various insurance coverage disputes
- Representation of businesses and individuals in all types of contract, collection, fraud, and negligence matters
- Representation of employers and employees with respect to non-competition agreements, trade secrets, discrimination, contracts, employee handbooks and other issues
- Representation of businesses and individuals relating to shareholder, ownership and fiduciary duty issues
- Representation of corporations in class action litigation
- Successful litigation of numerous real estate cases involving, among others, disputes concerning title, prescriptive easements, cartways, property lines, contracts for deed, mortgages, equitable mortgages, predatory lending, and special assessment appeals
- Recovered title to homes for individuals abused by predatory lending or unscrupulous family members, including eliminating debt owed to such predators
- Representation of contractors and owners in construction litigation
- Representation of large corporations named as defendants in vitamin and MSG anti-trust litigation
- Representation of corporations and individuals in securities litigation
- Representation of corporations and individuals in ERISA litigation
- Representation of individuals in trust and estate litigation
- Regularly advises and represents Henson & Efron, and was a member of the firm’s initial three-person management committee
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
- United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Multiple state and federal court admissions, pro hac vice
Professional Memberships
- Defense Research Institute
- Hennepin County Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- American Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section
- Federal Bar Association
Professional / Academic Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated
- Super Lawyers® selection by peers every year from 2004 to present
- Featured in the Rising Stars issues of Minnesota Law & Politics magazine between 2000 and 2004
- Order of the Coif, University of Minnesota Law School
- National Moot Court Director and Competition Team
Community Activities
- Youth Coach, Champlin Dayton Athletic Association
- Lector and Commentator, St. Stephen’s Church
Education
- Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1993, Top 3%
- Bachelor of Arts, with high honors, Finance & Business Economics, University of Notre Dame, 1990, Top 10%
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