Joseph A. Nilan 650 Third Avenue South Suite 1600 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Telephone: (612) 436-7470 Facsimile: (612) 349-6718

Joseph A. Nilan, (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 8, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, Wisconsin; 1998, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin; North Dakota; 2006.

Education: St. John's University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, 1980).

Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State, American and Federal Bar Associations.

Reported Cases: First Nat. Bank of Fulda, Minnesota v. BancInsure, Inc., (D.Minn., 2001); BancInsure, Inc. v. BNC Nat. Bank, N.A., 263 F.3d 766 (C.A.8, 2001); American Parkinson Disease Ass'n, Inc. v. First Nat. Bank of Northfield, 584 N.W.2d 437 (Minn. App., 1988); Ringer America, Inc. v. Land O'Lakes, Inc., 106 F.3d 825 (C.A.8, 1997); Reiter v. Honeywell, Inc., 104 F.3d 1071 (C.A.8, 1997); Southtown Plumbing, Inc. v. Har-Ned Lumber Co., Inc., 493 N.W.2d 137 (Minn. App., 1992); Brooks v. Doherty, Rumble & Butler, 481 N.W.2d 120 (Minn. App., 1992); U.S. v. Tri-State Ins. Co. of Minnesota, 946 F.2d 581 (C.A.8, 1991); In re Strom, 921 F.2d 836 (C.A.8, 1991); In re Olson, 916 F.2d 481 (C.A.8, 1990); Solberg v. Inline Corp., 740 F.Supp. 680 (D.Minn., 1990); In re Strom, 97 B.R. 532 (Bkrtcy.D.Minn., 1989); Dorenkemper v. City of Eden Prairie, 394 N.W.2d 546 (Minn.App., 1986); Cretex Companies, Inc. v. Construction Leaders, Inc., 342 N.W.2d 135 (Minn. 1984).

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Advocacy; General Practice.

Honors and Awards:  Minnesota State "Super Lawyer," Minnesota Law & Politics.