Vincent J. Moccio

Education

• Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • J.D. – 1987
  • Honors: cum laude

• Indiana University
  • B.A.
  • Major: Political Science

Classes & Seminars

• Faculty Presenter, Advanced Expert Witness Deposition Tactics in Minnesota, National Business Institute (NBI, Inc.), Minneapolis, MN, 2004
• Faculty Presenter, Section 1983 Strip Search Class Actions, The National Crime Victim Bar Association 2004 National Conference, Washington D.C., 2004
• Faculty Presenter, Minnesota’s Three General Consumer Fraud Statutes (and Minnesota Tobacco Case), MILE Seminar on Drug and Medical Device Litigation, Bloomington, MN, 1998

Pro-Bono Activities

• Trial Lawyers Care, Inc., ATLA, Volunteer Attorney
• The Advocates for Human Rights, Volunteer Attorney
• Roscoe Pound Institute

Published Works

• Restraint Chairs Cause Unnecessary Pain, Injury and Even Death, June 9, 2006
• Unconstitutional Police Department Strip Search Practices May Be Widespread, November 1, 2005
• Advanced Expert Witness Deposition Tactics in Minnesota, National Business Institute (NBI, Inc.), Minneapolis, MN, 2004
• Fourth Amendment Rights of Pre-trial, Pre-and Post-Arraignment Detainees, The National Crime Victim Bar Association 2004 National Conference, Washington D.C., 2004
• Proposed Rules for Low Cost Litigation
• Consumer Safety Alert: Child-Play Fires Caused by Non-Child-Resistant Utility Lighters, February, 2002
• The Future of Products Liability in America, 27 William Mitchell Law Review 850, 2000

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• State Bar of Wisconsin
• Minnesota Association for Justice (formerly Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association)
• American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
• Minnesota Justice Foundation
• Committee on Judicial Independence, ATLA, 2002 to 2005
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Board of Directors
• Pearl Improvement and Recreation Council, Board of Directors
• The National Crime Victim Bar Association

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• North Dakota
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin

Honors

• Recipient of the “Larry Trattler Public Justice Enhancement Award,” Public Justice
• Recognized as a “Super Lawyer” by Minnesota Law & Politics in 2003 and 2005 through 2019
• Received the 1998 Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association’s “Member of the Year” award as part of the Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Tobacco Litigation Team.
• Received certificates of appreciation from Trial Lawyers Care, Inc.

Representative Cases

• Charbonneau v. Boeringer Ingelheim Pharm., Inc. and Pfizer, Inc.
• Zwayer v. Boeringer Ingelheim Phar., Inc. and Pfizer, Inc.
• Blihovde v. St. Croix County (219 F.R.D. 607 D.C Wis. 2003)
• Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
• Deluna v. Mower County, 2019 WL 3937747, —F.3rd — (8th Cir. 2019)
• Brault v. Acceptance Indem. Ins. Co., 538 N.W.2d 144 (Minn. Ct. App. 1995)
• Jarvis & Sons v. Intern. Marine. 768 N.W.2d 365 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009)
• Harris v. Wickum, 2018 WL 3716370 (Minn. Ct. App. 2018)
• Calcago v. Emery, 2012 WL 1813389 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012)
• Zwaschka v. Carney, 2011 WL 2519135 (Minn. Ct. App. 2011)
• Black v. Rimmer, 700 N.W.2d 521 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005)
• DiRico v. Restart, Inc., 2004 WL 772094 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004)
• Denman v. Gans, 607 N.W.2d 788 (Minn. Ct. App. 2000)
• Rivard v. City of St. Paul, 1995 WL 238921 (Minn. Ct. App. 1995)
• Pieper v. Tri-State Machinery Co., 1993 WL 183960 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993)
• Hoglund v. Herrmann, 1993 WL 120663 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993)