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; 2006,  North Dakota; 2010, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

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 and Unreported Cases:

• Cretex Companies, Inc. v. Construction Leaders, 352 N.W.2d 135 (Minn. 1984)
• Dorenkemper v. City of Eden Prairie, N.W.2d 546 (Minn.App., 1986)
• In re Strom, 97 B.R. 532 (Bkrtcy.D.Minn., 1989)
• Hart Forms & Systems, Inc. v. Goettsch, 1990 WL 195473, (Minn.App. Dec 11, 1990)
• In re Olson, 916 F.2d 481, (8th Cir. (Minn.) Oct 17, 1990)
• Solberg v. Inline Corp, 740 F.Supp. 680, (D.Minn. Jun 29, 1990)
• In re Strom, 921 F.2d 836, (8th Cir. (Minn.) Jan 04, 1991)
• U.S. v. Tri-State Ins. Co. of Minnesota, 945 F.2d 581, (8th Cir.(Minn.) Oct 07, 1991
• U.S. v. Tri-State Ins. Co. of Minnesota, 946 F.2d 581 (C.A.8, 1991)
• Brooks v. Doherty, Rumble & Butler, 481 N.W.2d 120, (Minn.App. Feb 18, 1992)
• Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. United Fire and Cas. Co., 1992 WL 55010, (Minn.App. Mar 24, 1992)
• Southtown Plumbing, Inc. v. Har-Ned Lumber Co., Inc., 493 N.W.2d 137, (Minn.App. Dec 08, 1992)
• Villareal v. Cantebury Lanes of Shakopee, Inc. 1995 WL 165720, (Minn.App. Apr 11, 1995)
• City of Delano v. Otto Associates, 1996 WL 70097, (Minn.App. Feb 20, 1996)
• In re Marriage of Wines, 1997 WL 536954, (Minn.App. Sep 02, 1997)
• Reiter v. Honeywell, Inc., 104 F.3d 1071 (8th Cir. (Minn.) Jan 16, 1997)
• Ringier America, Inc. v. Land O'Lakes, Inc., 106 F.3d 825 (8th Cir. (Minn.) Feb 07, 1997)
• American Parkinson Disease Ass'n, Inc. v. First Nat. Bank of Northfield, 584 N.W.2d 437 (Minn.App. Oct 06, 1998)
• Hein v. Precision Associates, Inc., 609 N.W.2d 916, (Minn.App. May 9, 2000)
• RPC Properties, Inc. v. Leighton & Crabtree, 2000 WL 343214 (Minn.App. Apr 04, 2000)
• BancInsure, Inc. v. BNC Nat. Bank, N.A. 263 F.3d 766, (8th Cir.(N.D.) Aug 16, 2001)
• City of Delano v. Abene, 2001 WL 1570961 (Minn.App. Dec 11, 2001)
• First Nat. Bank of Fulda, Minnesota v. BancInsure, Inc., 2001 WL 1663872, (D.Minn. Dec 21, 2001)
• Maitland v. University of Minnesota, 260 F.3d 959 (8th Cir. (Minn.) Aug 15, 2001)
• Capitol Indem. Corp. v. Especially for Children, Inc, 2002 WL 31002849, (D.Minn. Aug 29, 2002)
• West Bend Mut. Ins. Co. v. American Legion, Dept. of Minnesota, 2003 WL 22881560, (D.Minn. Dec 01, 2003)
• McNulty Const. Co. v. City of Deephaven, 2004 WL 78046, (Minn.App. Jan 20, 2004)
• Mon-Ray, Inc. v. Granite Re, Inc., 677 N.W.2d 434, (Minn.App. Apr 07, 2004)
• American Business Forms, Inc. v. Rass Trading Corp., 2006 WL 3491163, (Minn.App. Dec 05 2006)
• Curtis 1000, Inc. v. Martin, 2006 WL 2981305, (M.D.Tenn. Oct 16, 2006)
• Larson v. Martin, 2006 WL 3437602, (D.N.D. Nov 28, 2006)
• McNulty Const. Co. v. City of Deephaven, 2006 WL 1738171, (Minn.App. Jun 27, 2006)
• West Bend Mut. Ins. Co. v. Prairie Senior Cottages, LLC, 2006 WL 777204, (D.Minn. Mar 27, 2006)
• Larson v. Granite Re, Inc., 532 F.3d 724, (8th Cir. (N.D.) Jul 07, 2008)
• Capitol Indem. Corp. v. Wonder Years Pre-School, Inc., 2009 WL 57044, (D.Minn. Jan. 07, 2009)
• Noack v. Colson Const., Inc., 2009 WL 305114 (Minn.App. Feb 10, 2009)
• Czech v. Little Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, 2010 WL 3396989, (Minn.App. Aug 31, 2010)
• McNulty Const. Co. v. City of Deephaven, 2010 WL 2899142 (Minn.App. Jul. 27, 2010)

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

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