Attorneys

Brian Wojtalewicz

Brian Wojtalewicz has three decades of experience recovering substantial settlements and verdicts for whistleblowers and for life and health losses caused by the negligence of others. His advocacy has achieved settlements in over 90% of his cases. Brian is an emeritus member of the Board of Governors of the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Assn. He is among 2% of lawyers who are certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by both the Minnesota State Bar Assn. and the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and 6% of lawyers who were selected as a Leading Attorney and a Super Lawyer in surveys taken of Minnesota lawyers.

Brian has been a guest speaker at the American Trial Lawyers Assn. annual conventions in New York City (1995) and Boston (2004), the Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers in Miami Beach (1996) and for many trial lawyer seminars in Minnesota. He was honored as an Attorney-of-the-Year in 2001 by Minnesota Lawyer Magazine, and as the 2002 Member-of-the-Year by the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Assn.

Brian is rated “AV” by the respected, nationwide Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. The ratings are developed by obtaining confidential opinions from lawyer adversaries and judges before whom the lawyer has appeared. An “A” ability rating is the “very high to preeminent” category, the highest rating possible. It signifies that the lawyer has reached the highest levels of skill and integrity. The “V” rating is the highest for adherence to ethical standards, reliability and diligence.

Brian was appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court for service from 1990 to 1998 on the Minnesota Judicial Selection Commission, which was responsible for interviewing and assessing lawyer candidates for judgeships, and making recommendations on appointment. From 1996-99, Brian was a member of the Minnesota Eighth Judicial District Ethics Committee, which investigated ethics charges against lawyers. He was named a ‘Minnesota Lawyer of the Year’ in 2001 by Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine.

Robert P. Christensen

I have been fighting against the odds most of my career, tackling big insurance companies and large corporations that have defrauded my clients and our government. I have taken cases that many other attorneys have turned down, and have taken over cases where the attorneys were at a dead end and had nowhere to turn. I have taken these cases and joined forces with other lawyers when I have felt in my heart it was the right thing to do.

I can tell you that for over 30 years it is my practice to show up for my clients. I have litigated cases throughout the United States and tried many jury trials. I know what it is like to phone a client when we have won the case and I know what it is like to phone a client when we have lost.

In recent years we have seen and heard about billions of dollars being stolen from our federal and state governments and the ever-increasing national debt, which we are passing on to our children and grandchildren. Whistleblowers as concerned citizens, together with the efforts of trial lawyers, can put a stop to fraud on the government through courageous acts of selflessness in confronting the power of big money and large corporations in this country.

Jim Vanderlinden

Jim is an experienced and respected Trial Lawyer focusing on Workers’ Compensation Claims, Personal Injury, Product Liability, and professional negligence cases. Member and past Dean of the Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers of MN. A Certified Civil Trial Specialist