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Paul D. Peterson is a founding partner of Harper & Peterson, P.L.L.C., a Woodbury, Minnesota, law firm with a limited focus on civil litigation. He is a graduate of Florida State University and Hamline University School of Law, cum laude. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist certified by the NBTA and the MSBA. He is licensed in Minnesota and Wisconsin and, with his law partner Bill Harper, has represented clients throughout the United States. Paul is a member of the American Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He will serve as ABOTA's Minnesota Chapter President in 2012. He is a frequent lecturer in continuing education courses on issues relating to personal injury and wrongful death. Paul has been named a Minnesota Super Lawyer from 1999 to the present, and has been consistently named a Top 40 Personal Injury Attorney and a Top 100 Attorney by that publisher. Paul's primary emphasis is on representing individuals and families who have been injured by the wrongful acts of others. He has served as trial and appellate counsel in a number of cases that led to notable decisions in the areas of damages, settlements, insurance bad faith and the interrelationship of third-party tort and workers' compensation law.
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Paul was the best decision we made on a very overwhelming case. He's a great lawyer and very personable, very professional and gets the job done.
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Decision Clarifies Effect of Reverse- ‘Naig’ Settlement in Minnesota following the decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court in Schlichte v. Met-Con Construction, Inc.
1999
Minnesota Defense Magazine
Strategic Considerations for Counsel Representing Third-Party Defendants After a Naig Settlement
1996
Minnesota Defense Magazine
Loy-Tiegen Releases in Minnesota following the decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court in Drake v. Ryan
Litigation Attorney | Oct 19
Relationship: Worked together on matter
"I endorse this lawyer. I've know Paul for close to 20 years and trusted his skills to the point that he and his partner, Bill Harper, were my choice to represent my son following a serious accident. Truly, he should be at the top of anyone's list looking for a skillful litigator, and a person of character and integrity."
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