Introduction
Todd is a shareholder at Fredrikson & Byron and handles a wide range of commercial litigation matters and related business transactions. His practice focuses on contract litigation, corporate governance and shareholder disputes, securities litigation and broker/dealer claims, real estate litigation, and other business disputes. Todd has also handled several products liability matters and accounting malpractice claims.
Todd has a particular focus on matters for his financial services clients, including loan restructurings and workouts, litigation, and privacy issues.
Todd’s background as a Certified Public Accountant is valuable in representing his business clients in a number of different industries including financial services, manufacturing and distribution, computer software and consulting, real estate, agriculture, and insurance.
Education
Bar Admissions
Practice Areas
Representative Experience
- Defended multiple cases for a publicly held client obtaining favorable trial verdicts, summary judgment rulings, and settlements.
- Represented a municipal public service entity in successfully resolving its claims against multiple service providers and product vendors.
- Obtained a defense ruling at the close of trial on partnership and professional malpractice claims.
- Successfully represented several national broker-dealers in arbitration and litigation matters.
- Successfully defended a national insurance company in real estate litigation involving a variety of contractual theories.
- Restructured and successfully worked-out several multimillion dollar loan and bond issue defaults for a national bank holding company.
- Successfully defended a German manufacturing company in an action brought by a large customer alleging breaches of warranty and misrepresentation.
- Secured a substantial settlement based upon claims of breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of trade secrets by a former officer of a manufacturing client.
- Successfully restructured and obtained payment in full for a financial services client facing various defaults on a $17 million secured loan and line of credit.
- Obtained a substantial settlement for a client against a competitor based on claims that the competitor had improperly obtained trade secrets and other proprietary information from an officer of the client.
- Successfully represented several different broker/dealers against customer claims and claims by regulatory authorities.
- Obtained a substantial settlement for a regional seed company based on claims against a foreign supplier of hybrid seed products.
- Advised a Canadian client regarding
- Negotiated and structured the sale of a local bank to a regional bank holding company.
- Successfully represented a financial services company and its affiliates in privacy litigation.
- Advised several clients regarding federal and state privacy issues and assisted in structuring their business affiliations and transactions to insure compliance.
- Represented a venture capital fund in structuring investments.
- Successfully represented a regional financial services company regarding disputes with the Small Business Administration.
- Successfully represented an accounting software provider in several matters alleging breach of warranty, breach of contract, and related tort theories.
- Successfully defended a financial services company in an environmental claim asserted after the client commenced foreclosure proceedings on what was later found to be a contaminated site.
- Successfully represented an agriculture processing company in disputes regarding its waste water discharge and impact on surrounding properties.
- Represented a manufacturing client in multi-state asbestos litigation.
- Successfully represented a national company in obtaining local and state permits to operate a business which extracts precious metals from industrial solvents.
- Successfully represented a national company in obtaining local and state permits to operate a business which extracts precious metals from industrial solvents.
Selected Publications & Presentations
- “Practical Aspects of Employment Litigation: You’ve Been Sued -- Now What?,” Fredrikson & Byron’s Employment Law Seminar, May 12, 2010
Professional Activities
- Member, North Dakota State Bar Association
- Member, Cass County Bar Association
- Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section
Honors & Distinctions
- Named a “Super Lawyer” by Minnesota Law & Politics, 2006-present
- Ranked in Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2005-present
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2007-present
- Order of the Coif
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