Richard
G.
Mark
Shareholder; Business Litigation
Rick is a shareholder based in the firm’s Minneapolis office and previously served as the firm’s president from 2002-2007. Rick is a member of the Business Litigation Section. His practice involves:
- Corporate, partnership and other business disputes
- Insurance coverage
- Legal malpractice
- Lender liability
- Product liability
- Securities fraud
- Trade secret/trademark infringement
Rick has served as lead counsel in a matter involving legal malpractice claims. The case was successfully argued before the Minnesota Supreme Court and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and resulted in a significant ruling for Minnesota attorneys facing possible malpractice claims from non-client third parties.
In his experience with securities litigation, Rick has successfully defended a $100 million securities fraud case. He also has defended an officer in securities derivative and class action litigation involving stock options.
Most recently, Rick won a jury trial for a bank in Wisconsin involving lender liability claims and obtained summary judgment for a large commercial tenant.
Before entering private practice with Briggs and Morgan in 1977, Rick handled civil and criminal litigation for the Minnesota attorney general’s office. He became the assistant solicitor general, where he was responsible for major civil and criminal litigation for the state. During his tenure, Rick tried a first-degree murder case and defended a major civil rights case.
In the community, Rick serves as Director of The Fund for the Legal Aid Society. He also is a founding Director of Twin Cities Diversity in Practice and is presently its chair. He was recently named as a Minnesota “Local Litigation Star” in the debut edition of Benchmark Litigation. He also has been listed as a “Minnesota Super Lawyer”, as seen in Minnesota Law & Politics, and was named “Attorney of the Year” by Minnesota Lawyer in 2010.
Rick received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota and his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School.
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