Mark Bradford practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance coverage, and appeals. He was part of an appellate team that achieved a reversal of a $52.5 million verdict against an insurer, and was part of a trial team that achieved a $21.6 million verdict against a railroad in a wrongful death case. He has represented clients in all phases of civil litigation in state and federal court, including dispositive motion practice, trial, and appeal. He has been included in the Minnesota Rising Stars list, published by Minnesota Law & Politics/Super Lawyers each year since 2007, and was selected as an "Up and Coming" Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer in 2009.
Mr. Bradford serves as co-chair of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association Insurance Law Committee. He also serves as a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association Appellate Council, and the Fourth Judicial Ethics Committee, and is a Barrister with the Douglas K. Amdahl Inn of Court. In addition, Mr. Bradford is a member of the American Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, and Defense Research Institute.
Mr. Bradford received his law degree from the DePaul University College of Law, where he graduated in the top one percent of the class and received CALI awards for the highest examination grades in antitrust, legal writing, criminal law, and property. During law school, Mr. Bradford served on the Executive Board of the DePaul Law Review and also completed an externship with the Honorable William J. Bauer, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Areas of Practice
Appellate Law
Civil Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Coverage
Education
DePaul University College of Law
J.D., 2003
Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, Multiple CALI Awards
Beloit College
B.A., Economics and Management, 1999
Honors: Cum Laude
Bar Admissions
Minnesota, 2004
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2008
Honors and Awards
- Up and Coming Attorney, Minnesota Lawyer, 2009
- Selected to the Minnesota Rising Stars list, published by Minnesota Law & Politics/Super Lawyers, 2007 - 2012
Professional Associations and Memberships
Douglas K. Amdahl Inn of Court
Barrister
American Bar Association
Litigation Section Member
Minnesota State Bar Association
Appellate Practice Section Member, serves on the Appellate Council
Civil Litigation Section Member
Hennepin County Bar Association
Member
Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
Co-Chair, Insurance Law Committee, 2011 - Present
Defense Research Institute
Member
Published Works
- Moving Toward Improved Legal Writing, Minnesota Defense, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Spring 2012
- Products Liability Defenses A State-by-State Compendium (Minnesota Chapter), DRI (2007)
- The Interplay Between Contractual Indemnity Provisions and Liability Insurance, DRI Construction Defect Compendium (2007)
- Co-Author, Who's on the Risk? Allocating Damages Among Insurers in Construction Defect Claims, Minnesota Defense, August 2006; co-author with Brian H. Sande
- An Introduction to Race as Proxy, 53 DePaul L. Rev. 929 (2004)
- Deporting Non-Violent Aliens: Misapplication of 18 U.S.C. § 16(B) to Aliens Convicted of Driving Under the Influence, 52 DePaul L. Rev. 901 (2003)
Classes and Seminars
- What You Need to Know About Coverage Law, Mid-Winter Conference, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association, Nisswa, MN, February 10, 2013
- Appeals: Can I Appeal? Should I? How? Minnesota State Bar Association, Minneapolis, MN, May 30, 2012
- Settlement Agreements, Hennepin County Bar Association, Minneapolis, MN, October 10, 2011
- Coverage Disputes, Construction Insurance and Disputes Seminar, National Business Institute, Minneapolis, MN, May 26, 2010
- First-Party Bad Faith, Minnesota Insurance Law Today Seminar, Minnesota State Bar Association, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, MN, June 17, 2009
Representative Cases
- Frazier v. Burlington Northern Sante Fe, 2012 WL 1020175 (Minn. Mar. 28, 2012).
- Kalenda v. Veit & Co., Inc., 2011 WL 589619 (Minn. Ct. App. Feb. 22, 2011).
- Driscoll v. Standard Hardware, Inc., 785 N.W.2d 805 (Minn. Ct. App. 2010).
- Afremov v. Amplatz, 2010 WL 2035732 (Minn. Ct. App. May 25, 2010).
- Sharma v. Edina Realty, 2009 WL 910864 (Minn. Ct. App. Apr. 7, 2009).
- Peterson v. Harward, 2009 WL 22254 (Minn. Ct. App. Jan. 6, 2009).
- Sipe v. Fleetwood Motor Homes of Pennsylvania, Inc., 2008 WL 4092903 (D. Minn. Aug. 29, 2008).
- Star Windshield Repair, Inc. v. Western National Ins. Co., 744 N.W. 2d 237 (Minn. Ct. App. Feb. 5, 2008).
- Sullivan v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co., 2007 WL 2106142 (Minn. Ct. App. July 24, 2007).
- Corn Plus Co-op v. Continental Cas. Co., 444 F. Supp. 2d 981 (D. Minn. 2006).
- Great West Cas. Co. v. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co., 2006 WL 1704125 (Minn. Ct. App. June 20, 2006).
Community Work
Mentor, St. Thomas Mentorship Program
Volunteer Lawyers Network, Conciliation Court Clinic, 2010 - Present
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