St Cloud Attorneys

Attorneys in St Cloud, MN

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kenneth_bayliss_.jpgKenneth H. Bayliss, III
Email: kbayliss@quinlivan.com
Direct: (320) 258-7840

Kenneth Bayliss Curriculum Vitae
Mr. Bayliss joined the firm in 1995 after ten years of service with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office, where he was an Assistant Attorney General in the Tort Claims Division and the Employment Law Division.  Since joining the firm he has practiced primarily in the area of insurance defense law, including vehicle liability, premises liability, construction accident liability, and government liability.  He was chair of the firm’s insurance defense practice group from 1999-2004. 

Mr. Bayliss has spent most of his more than twenty years of practice defending civil lawsuits and has tried cases to juries in counties throughout Minnesota, including Hennepin, Stearns, Kandiyohi, Dakota, St. Louis, Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, and Wright counties.  In 2000 Mr. Bayliss chaired the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Section, an association of over 1,000 Minnesota attorneys who practice in the area of civil litigation.  Mr. Bayliss is a frequent lecturer on topics related to civil litigation.


Education

St. Olaf College (B.A. cum laude, 1981)
University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., 1984)
        
Bar Admissions
Minnesota, 1984
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1995
U.S. Supreme Court, 2001
        
Concentration
Automobile and Commercial Vehicle Liability
Appeals
Construction Injury Defense
Employment Law
Government Liability
Insurance Coverage
Land Use
Premises Liability
Professional Liability        

Member
Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Minnesota Supreme Court Committee on Civil Rules
MSBA Appellate Practice Governing Council
Seventh Judicial District Bar Association
Stearns / Benton County Bar Association

Ken works with the following staff members
Joan M. Goodmanson, Paralegal
Marie A. Lahr, Secretary