Michael V. Ciresi is a name partner and former Chairman of the Executive Board of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, and has been instrumental in the growth and diversity of the firm’s practice.  The firm, with its principal office in Minneapolis, is internationally recognized for its expertise in litigation.  Mr. Ciresi’s trial practice and consulting is focused in the areas of product liability, intellectual property, business and commercial litigation.  Mr. Ciresi has acted as counsel for corporations, individuals and governmental entities throughout his career.  Some of his more visible cases include the State of Minnesota and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs. Phillip Morris Incorporated, et al., Honeywell vs. Minolta, Unocal Corporation vs. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., Ecolab vs. Ford, et al., the Dalkon Shield litigation, Copper-7 litigation and the Government of India vs. Union Carbide in which Mr. Ciresi was chief counsel to the Government of India.  The Honeywell litigation involved actions against the entire camera industry for infringement of Honeywell’s autofocus patent.  During the course of his career he has taught and lectured nationally and internationally to various professional and business groups.  Mr. Ciresi is one of the few number of lawyers who has been recognized on two occasions in the National Law J ournal’s annual list of “Ten of the Nation’s Top Trial Lawyers”, and in 1997, 2000 and 2006 was named by the Journal as one of the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America”.  In 1997, he was also named “Lawyer of the Year” by Minnesota Law & Politics.  In 1998, he was awarded the “Trial Lawyer of the Year” by Public Justice Foundation (formerly The Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation).  He has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1989 and was honored by the Australian National Consumer Law Association as “Product Liability Lawyer of the Year” in 1989 and in 1998 was given a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Minnesota Association for Justice (formerly Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association).  Mr. Ciresi was named a runner-up for “Lawyers of the Year” in 1998 by The National Law Journal.  In 2001, Mr. Ciresi was named best product liability attorney in America by Corporate Board Member magazine.  Also, in 2001, an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon Mr. Ciresi by Southwestern University School of Law.  In 2002, Mr. Ciresi was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations Foundation, Inc.  Mr. Ciresi is one of 289 lawyers listed in The International Who’s Who of Patent Lawyers 2005 and is names in The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.  He is also a member, among other professional organizations, of the American Board of Trial Advocates, American College of Trial Lawyers, Inner Circle of Advocates and International Academy of Trial Lawyers.  He serves on the Board of Trustees for the University of St. Thomas, the Board of Governors of the University of St. Thomas School of Law, the Advisory Board for the Centre of Advanced Litigation of Nottingham Law School, Nottingham, England (term expired), the Board of Directors for Equal Justice Works (term expired), The Guthrie Theater (term completed 2005 and Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (term completed 2005), Regions Hospital Foundation and Minnesota Early Learning Foundation.

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