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Lindsay G. Arthur Jr. 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Shareholder
Managing Partner
phone 612 375-5919 (Direct Dial)
866 435-5752 (Toll-free)
fax 612 339-7655
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Lindsay Arthur focuses his practice on high exposure and complex litigation.  He has more than 35 years of experience in a broad variety of lawsuits including class actions, products liability, medical malpractice defense, commercial litigation, intellectual property, securities litigation and aviation. He has successfully tried approximately 150 jury cases, many of them major, complex, multi-party lawsuits.
 
Today, his practice focuses principally on the defense of products liability, medical malpractice, and high exposure commercial cases with complex legal and factual issues.  His cases are located coast-to-coast across the United States where he serves as national coordinating counsel for clients defending serial products liability claims.  Many of his cases are document intensive, requiring custom-developed, computer-assisted litigation support services, including document imaging, coding and abstracting. Some of these systems are believed to be unique within the legal defense community.
 
Lindsay has published and lectured regularly, especially in the field of products liability. He has authored a comprehensive book on Minnesota Products Liability Law, now in its seventeenth edition, and has chaired a seminar on products liability law for fifteen years.

Areas of Practice:
Products Liability
Medical Malpractice
Commercial Litigation
Professional Liability
Civil Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certification/Specialties:
Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy, Minnesota Bar Association


Bar Admissions:
Minnesota, 1969
Wisconsin, 1983
North Dakota, 1999
Michigan, 2004
U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1969
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1988
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1987
U.S. District Court District of North Dakota, 1999
U.S. Supreme Court, 1974
Education:
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1969
J.D.


Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 1965
A.B.


Published Works:
The Litigators, Scarletta Press, a fictional critique of the American legal system, 2005 Merit Award for Fiction winner, 2005


Minnesota Products Liability Law, 17 Editions, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education


Minnesota Methods of Practice, Vols. 5 & 6, West Publishing Co., 1975


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Chair, Annual Seminar on Products Liability, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1989 - Present


Honors and Awards:
Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the Minnesota State Bar Association


Member, Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Defense Research Institute
Member


Minnesota State Bar Association
Member


Wisconsin State Bar Association
Member


Lawyer Pilots Bar Association
Member


North Dakota Bar Association


Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of Minnesota
Member


Science Museum of Minnesota
Emeritus Board of Directors


Freshwater Foundation
Past Chairman of the Board


Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center
Past Board Member


College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota
Past Advisory Board


Languages:
Spanish

Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A.
500 Young Quinlan Building, 81 South Ninth Street Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN) 55402
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