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MARK J. JOHNSON
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
650 Third Avenue South
Suite 1600
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: (612) 436-7471
Fax: (612) 349-6718
Email: mjohnson@grjn.com
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Fidelity and Directors & Officers
Policy Coverage Issues;
Construction Law;
Municipal Law;
EDUCATION:
BA, Concordia College, 1976
J.D., University of Minnesota,
cum laude, 1981
ADMISSIONS:
Minnesota
Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, District of
Minnesota
United States Court of
Appeals – 8th and 9th Circuits
United States Supreme Court
Mark Johnson is a Shareholder with Gregerson, Rosow, Johnson & Nilan, Ltd. practicing in the areas of fidelity law, directors & officers’ liability insurance, construction litigation and mechanic’s liens, municipal law, and commercial litigation. He represents fidelity insurers and directors and officers’ liability insurers on coverage issues, coverage litigation, and other matters arising from fidelity insurance policies, financial institution bonds, and directors & officers’ liability policies.
Mr. Johnson also represents contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in mechanic’s lien and other construction litigation, including surety performance and payment bond issues, and associated insurance coverage issues.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Johnson is a regular speaker and author for national fidelity and directors & officer’s liability conferences, including the following:
Securities Fraud, the Financial Institution Bond, and Directors & Officers’ Liability Policies, author and presenter, 2011 American Bar Association Fidelity, Surety and Law Committee Midwinter Program, New York City.
Dishonesty and the Policy: Insuring Agreement (A) of the Financial Institution Bond, program presenter, 2010, American Bar Association Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, San Francisco.
In Search of the D&O Policy’s Disappearing Fraud Exclusion, author and presenter, 2011, American Bar Association Fall Fidelity Meeting, Nashville.
RECENT COURT DECISIONS
- Bank of Bozeman et al. v. BancInsure, Inc., 404 Fed. Appx. 117 (9th Cir. 2010);
- BancInsure, Inc. v. Marshall Bank, N.A., 453 F. 3d 1073, 1076 (8th Cir. 2006);
- Shaw Acquisition Co. v. Bank of Elk River, 639 N.W. 2d 873 (Minn. 2002);
- Maitland v. University of Minnesota, 260 F. 3d 959 (8th Cir. 2001);
- Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc. v. Ashbach Construction Co., 608 N.W. 2d 559 (Minn. App. 2000);
- Har-Ned Lumber Co. v. Amagineers, Inc., 436 N.W. 2d 811 (Minn. App. 1989);
- State, City of Eden Prairie v. Liepke, 403 N.W. 2d 252 (Minn. App. 1987);
- Kulkay v. Allied Cent. Stores, Inc., 398 N.W. 2d 573 (Minn. App. 1986).
