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Experience
Parker & Wenner, P.A., Minneapolis, MN
Principal Shareholder April 2008 – present:
For more than twelve years practice involves outside general counsel and civil litigating work for multiple privately held businesses from a wide scope of industry such as cutting edge technology and medical device companies, real estate investment firms, local restaurants and bars, as well as a publicly held manufacturer and distributor of off-road vehicle products.
Bassford Remele, A Professional Association, Minneapolis, MN
Shareholder January 2007 to April 2008:
Practice includes commercial and civil litigation, transactional and business law, international business and immigration law.
Saliterman & Siefferman P.C., Minneapolis, MN
Associate 1999 to 2002 and Shareholder 2003 to 2006:
Practice included commercial and civil litigation, transactional law, international business, and immigration law.
Education
The University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma J.D., 1998
Finalist, Freshman Moot Court Competition
Oklahoma International Law Society, Vice President
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota B.A., 1993
Fluent in the Russian language.
Bar Admissions
Oklahoma, 1998
Minnesota, 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1999
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Hennepin County Bar Association
St. Paul Rotary
Former Founder/Director of Russian American Business and Cultural Association
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Reported Decisions
Langeslag v. KYMN Inc., 664 N.W.2d 860 (Minn. 2003)
Dyrdal v. Golden Nuggets, Inc., 689 N.W.2d 779 (Minn. 2004)
Ecolab Inc. v. S&L Enterprises, Inc., 2005 WL 1958069 (D.Minn. August 12, 2005)
Gregerson v. Vilana Financial, Inc., 446 F. Supp.2d 1053 (D. Minn. 2006)
Szabla v. City of Brooklyn Park, MN, 437 F.3d 1289 (Minn. 2006)
DSAI, Inc. v. Market Direct, LLC, 2007 WL 551614 (D.Minn. February 21, 2007)
St. James v. New Prague Area Community Center, 2007 WL 1219317 (D.Minn. April 24, 2007)
Blackwater Technologies, Inc. v. Synesi Group, Inc. 2008 WL 880206 (D.Minn. March 28, 2008)
TigerTeam Technologies, Inc. v. Synesi Group, Inc., 2009 WL 1475516 (D.Minn. May 27, 2009)
CFMOTO Powersports Inc. v. NNR Global Logistics USA, Inc., 2009 WL 4730330 (D.Minn. December 4, 2009)
CFMOTO Powersports, Inc. v. U.S., 2011 WL 334825 (D.Minn. January 31, 2011)
Community Finance Group, Inc. v. Republic of Kenya, 663 F.3d 977 (D.Minn. March 15, 2011)
In re Fields, 2011 WL 1405394 (Bkrtcy.D.Minn. April 12, 2011)
Acosta v. Luxury Floors, Inc., 2019 WL 652419 (D. Minn. February 15, 2019)
Sandhu v. Kanzler, 2019 WL 3540063 (US Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit. August 5, 2019)
Onyiah v. Peiyi Zhao, 2019 WL 4221347 (D. Minn. September 5, 2019)
ARP Wave, LLC v. Salpeter, 2020 WL 2466297 (D. Minn. May 13, 2020)
Wang v. Jessy Corp., 2020 WL 3618596 (D. Minn. July 2, 2020)
Klenda v. Larscheid, 2020 WL 4539634 (D. Colorado. August 6, 2020)
Unreported Decisions
Republic Leasing Corp. v. Farnes, 2000 WL 462939 (Minn. App. Apr. 25, 2000)
Langeslag v. KYMN Inc., 2002 WL 31370476 (Minn. App. Oct. 22, 2002)
Szabla v. City of Brooklyn Park, 2004 WL 1144064 (D. Minn. May 18, 2004)
Precision Diversified Industries v. Colgate, 2004 WL 2093532 (Minn. App. Sep. 21, 2004)
Masterson Personnel, Inc. v. The McClatchy Co., 2005 WL 3132349 (D. Minn. Nov. 22, 2005)
Malkovich v. Best Buy Enterprise Services, Inc., 2006 WL 1579861 (D. Minn. June 2, 2006)
New Hope One LLC v. Nielsen’s Equipment & Design, Inc., 2006 WL 1985483 (Minn.App. July 18, 2006)
Midland Glass Co., Inc. v. Aluma Spec, Inc., 2007 WL 1248031 (Minn.App. May 1, 2007)
Gulfstream Medical Arts, Inc. v. Heller, 2008 WL 2020494 (Minn.App. May 13, 2008)
Amasia Acoustics, LLC v. GN Hearing Care Corp., 2008 WL 5137087 (Minn.App. December 9, 2008)
CFMOTO Powersports Inc. v. NNR Global Logistics USA, Inc., 2009 WL 4730330 (D. Minn. Dec. 04, 2009)
Ali v. Kamin, 2009 WL 5030769 (D. Minn. December 14, 2009)
Tiger Team Technologies, Inc. v. Synesi Group, Inc., 2010 WL 1439062 (Minn. April 12, 2010)
Gregerson v. Vilana Financial, Inc., 2010 WL 4451820 (Court of Appeals of Minnesota. November 09, 2010)
U.S. Bank Nat. Ass’n v. Direct Equity Mortg., L.L.C., 2011 WL 2412953 (D. Minnesota. June 15, 2011)
Holly v. QLink, L.P., 2013 WL 12057914 (S.D. Illinois. July 31, 2013)
Ridgeway Investments, LLC v. Glow Hospitality, LLC, 2013 WL 4404598 (Minn. Ct. of App., Aug. 19, 2013).
Ahlers v. CFMOTO Powersports, Inc., 2014 WL 2574747 (D. Minn. June 9, 2014)
Wood v. Kapustin, 2014 WL 3734248 (D. Minn. July 28, 2014)
Gregerson v. Hennepin County, 2014 WL 4957978 (Court of Appeals of Minnesota. October 6, 2014)
Peterson v. A-Z Friendly Languages, Inc., 2014 WL 5313942 (Minnesota Court of Appeals, October 20, 2014)
Global Auto, Inc. v. Hitrinov, 2015 WL 7430001 (E.D. New York. November 19, 2015)
Polaris Industries, Inc. v. CFMOTO Powersports, Inc., 2016 WL 727109 (D. Minn. February 23, 2016)
Wilson v. CFMOTO Powersports, Inc., 2016 WL 912182 (D. Minn. March 7, 2016)
Onyiah v. St. Cloud State University and Board of Trustees, 2017 WL 4535919 (D. Minn. October 11, 2017)
Community Finance Group, Inc. v. Main Street Otsego, LLC, 2020 WL 5107290 (August 31, 2020)