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 Michael J. Ford
Email: mford@quinlivan.com
Direct: (320) 258-7848
Mike Ford is the immediate past President of the Minnesota State Bar Association (2008-09) and previously served as president of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association and the Stearns & Benton Bar Association. Mike has been a shareholder since 1987 and has served on the Board of the firm. He practices in the area of civil litigation with a focus on, insurance coverage, employment and government liability and land use and general casualty law about which he has spoken and written extensively. He has maintained an “AV” rating with Martindale Hubbell since the eighties and has been selected as a Minnesota “Super Lawyer” each year since 2001. He is a qualified neutral and serves as a mediator and arbitrator. Mr. Ford was born in New York, New York in 1948.
Education
St. John's University (B.A., 1970)
William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., 1979)
Judge Advocate General Course, U. S. Army, 1984 (correspondence)
Bar Admissions
Minnesota, 1979
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1988
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1997
Concentration
ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution)
Civil Litigation
Products Liability
Insurance Coverage
Appeals
Environmental Law
Employment Law
Government Liability
Land Use
Professional Liability
Member
American Bar Association
Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Torts & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) 2007-2008 Law Practice Management Committee.
Master, John E. Simonett Chapter, American Inns of Court (Past President, 2003-04)
Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (Past President, 1992-93)
Minnesota State Bar Association [President, 2008 - 2009, President-Elect, 2007-2008, Treasurer, 2006-2007, Secretary, 2005-2006, Board of Governors, 1993-98 and 2001-2004; Assembly, 2004-present; Past Chair and current member of Governing Council of the Outstate Practice Section; Past Chair, Attorney Referral Service Committee; Member, Multidisciplinary Practice (MDP) Task Force; Member, Governance Task Force]
Seventh Judicial District Bar Association (MSBA Delegate, 1992-1995; Fee Arbitration Panel, 1988-2007)
Stearns / Benton County Bar Association (Past President, 1987-88)
Member, Governor's Commission on Judicial Appointment (1999-2006)
Minnesota Citizens’ Commission for the Preservation of an Impartial Judiciary (The Quie Commission)
Publications
Presentations
Appellate Cases
List of Skills
(case experience)
Mike works with the following staff members
Kristy R. Norton, Paralegal
Marie A. Lahr, Secretary
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