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Mark graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota) in 1978 and from the Northwestern School of Law/Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Oregon) in 1981. In 1981, Mark and Sally Rodgers moved to Bemidji. Mark worked in general private practice and also part-time as an assistant county attorney from 1981 to 1984. From 1984 to 1992, Mark continued in private practice emphasizing workers' compensation and personal injury as well as working part-time as assistant public defender for the 9th Judicial District of Minnesota. From 1993 to the present, Mark has limited his practice primarily to representing injured people who are attempting to collect fair compensation from insurance companies. Mark also assists individuals when they seek to obtain Social Security Disability, Unemployment Compensation, and other employment-related benefits and rights.
Mark has tried to conclusion well over one-hundred lawsuits on behalf of injured clients. Mark has a competitive mindset, pays close attention to detail, has a high level of dedication to his clients and thrives on the challenge of obtaining justice for his clients. This has resulted in a high percentage of favorable decisions on behalf of his clients. Because of Mark's successful trial record, he is able to obtain reasonable settlements from insurance companies. Mark has settled millions of dollars of claims on behalf of his clients over his long career as a trial attorney. Mark started practicing law in 1981. Mark’s many years of legal experience and high energy level allow him to use his skill and knowledge to the maximum benefit of his clients.
Mark believes that personal attention to the client and thorough trial preparation are the keys to successful representation of his clients in relation to their workers' compensation and/or personal injury claims.
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Chat withState: Minnesota
Acquired: 1981
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State: North Dakota
Acquired: 2011
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1421 Bemidji Avenue North, Bemidji, MN, 56601-3863
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"Mark is an excellent workers compensation lawyer. He fought hard for the victims of the Red Lake School shooting, establishing important legal precedent on the compensability of mental injuries."
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2022
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2012
MN Attorneys of the Year, Minnesota Lawyer
2016 - 2018
Senior attorney, Rodgers Law Office, PLLC
2011 - 2016
Managing Attorney, Rodgers & Garbow, PLLC
1999 - 2011
Managing Attorney, Rodgers Law Office, PLLC
1994 - 1999
Partner, Cann, Haskell, D'Albani, Schueppert, Hazelton & Rodgers
1984 - 1992
Assistant Public Defender, 9th Judicial District of Minnesota
1984 - 1994
Partner, Kief, Fuller, Baer, Wallner & Rodgers, Ltd.
1981 - 1984
Assistant County Attorney, Beltrami County
2000 - Present
Beltrami County Bar AssociationMember
Member
Member
Past President
Advocate
2000 - 2010
American Trial Lawyers Association, Workers' Compensation SectionBoard Member
1981
JD - Juris Doctor
1978
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2013
Testimony for PTSD in MN House
2001
Workers' Compensation And Personal Injury In Minnesota
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Workers' Compensation and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Failure to Cover Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Examination of Adverse Medical Evaluators
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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