Dan O’Fallon

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(612) 616-4930

University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- J.D. – 1985

University of Montana
- B.A. – 1982
- Honors: with Highest Honors
- Major: Political Science

“The Essentials of Cross Examination” with Annamarie Daley at MSBA, Sept. 23, 2019
“Debt Collection: A Judicial Perspective,” Consumer Law Issues Seminar, Jun. 14, 2013
“Electronic Discovery and Electronic Evidence: Have You Ever Faced A Motion to Compel a ‘Data Dump’ or Had a Party Offer His Cellphone into Evidence?” MDJA/MDJF Annual Meetings & MDJF Fall Educational Conference, Sept. 4-7, 2012
“Federal Preemption Update and the Effects in Railroad, Aviation, and Drug and Device Litigation,” Minnesota Association for Justice, Products Liability Seminar, Mar. 26, 2008
“So You Are in Federal Court – Now What,” MTLA Summer Convention, Aug. 9, 2007
“The Importance of Understanding and Eliminating Bias to the Trial Lawyer,” Ethics and Elimination of Bias Seminar, MTLA CLE, May 18, 2007
Adjunct Professor, Hamline School of Law – Taught medical malpractice class with Wendy Zeller (Fall 2003)
30-Hour Civil Mediation Skills Training with the Mediation Center, 7400 Lyndale Ave. S., Richfield, MN 55423 (September 25-28, 2019)
Rule 114 Qualified Neutral for Civil Facilitative/Hybrid and Civil Adjudicative/Evaluative (approved October 18, 2019)

Minnesota State Court District Judge, 10th Judicial District, Anoka County, 01/2010 to 05/2019
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP (now Robins Kaplan LLP) Minneapolis office, Partner, 1993-2009; Associate Attorney, 1988-1993
Morrison & Foerster, Washington, D.C. office, Associate Attorney, 1986-1988

“Wyeth v. Levine: The United States Supreme Court Rejects Preemption of Failure to Warn Claims Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals,” Minnesota Trial, Summer 2009 (with Anne Workman)
“Tort Reform: Perception Verses Reality,” Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, Winter 2003 (with Bruce A. Finzen and Brooke B. Tassoni)
“The Recovery of Emotional Distress Damages in Negligence,” Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, Spring 2002 (with Brooke B. Tassoni)
“The Future of Products Liability in America,” 27 William Mitchell Law Rev. 86, Oct. 2000 (with Gary Wilson and Vincent Moccio)
“Tort Reform, The Jury Questionnaire and Striking Jurors For Cause,” Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, Oct. 1996
“Acquiring AIDS Through a Blood Transfusion: A Product Liability Analysis Under United States Law,” International Bar Association, Oct. 1996
“Drug Overpromotion: When is a Warning Not Enough,” Trial, 1992 (co-author with Martha Wivell)

Former Member, Minnesota Association for Justice (MNAJ). While active, served on the MNAJ Board of Governors, MNAJ Executive Board, and as the co-chair MNAJ Trial PAC (2 terms) and MNAJ Products Liability Committee
Former Member, Ramsey County Bar Association, Former Co-chair for “Families First” Event
Amdahl Inn of Court
Former State Delegate, American Association for Justice
Minnesota Bar Association (MSBA)
MSBA Civil Litigation Section, Governing Council, Treasurer

One of the Minnesota Attorneys of the Year for 2009 presented by Minnesota Lawyer
1980 Harry S Truman Scholar for Montana
University of Montana Circle of Scholars Inductee