Background
Mansfield, Seymour J. was born on March 30, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert H. and Anne I. (Mittleman) Mansfield.
Mansfield, Seymour J. was born on March 30, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert H. and Anne I. (Mittleman) Mansfield.
Bachelor of Science in Sociology, University Illinois, 1966. Juris Doctor with honors, DePaul University, 1969.
Worked at Mansfield & Tanick, P.A. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) specializing in Employment and Labor Law, Business, Corporate, Commercial, and Civil Litigation. Constitutional and Governmental Litigation, and Defamation/Media Law, Media Crisis Management, Real Estate, Construction, Personal Injury, Financial Reorganizations, Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor, Probate, Estate and Business Planning, Intellectual Property, Arbitration/Mediation. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Illinois.
1970, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois. 1975, United States. Supreme Court. 1978, Minnesota and United States.
District Court, District of Minnesota.
Editor-in-Chief, De Paul Law Review, 1969. Author: "Minnesota"s Lemon Law: Sweet News for Carolina Buyers," 9 Minnesota Trial Lawyer 8, September/October, 1983.
"Preparing a Housing Discrimination Case, Basic Discrimination Litigation," Minnesota Continuing legal education Seminar, 1983. "Limited Liability CompaniesThe Best of Both Worlds," 7 Resource Reports, 1992.
"The Internal Revenue Service Wins a Battle But Not the War," 43 Footnote 9, 1993.
Adjunct Instructor, Civil Practice Skills, William Mitchell College of Law, 1982-1989. Panelist, First Amendment and Defamation Law, University of Minnesota, 1989. Lecturer: Drug & Alcohol Testing in the Workplace, Mansfield & Tanick, P.A. and Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, 1988.
Hot Topics in Employment Law, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, 1989.
Minnesota Continuing legal education Employment Law Institute, Litigation Strategy Workshop. Minnesota Certified Public Accountants Society, 1990.
Litigation Strategy Forum: Special Defense in Employment Litigation, Minnesota Continuing legal education, 1992. "Crisis intelligence quotient: An Integrated Approach to Media Crisis Management," Washington, District of Columbia, 1994.
"Litigation Update," Mn.
Institute of Legal Education. Mergers & Acquisitions, 1995. "Media Crisis for Certified Public Accountants," Mn Certified Public Accountants Society, 1995.
"Speaking the Truth About Defamation and The Cost of to Those Who Don"t," Mn Trial Lawyers Association," 1996.
Member: Hennepin County (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-1994), Minnesota State (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-1994) and American Bar Associations. Mansfield & Tanick, P.A., provides a broad range of litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution services, as well as representing clients in deals and transactions, in Minnesota, the upper Midwest, and around the country, through its legal staff of eleven attorneys.
All are licensed in Minnesota, and some attorneys are licensed in Illinois, Wisconsin, California, and the District of Columbia. Mansfield and Tanick is committed to finding legal solutions for their clients through superior competence, hard work, responsiveness, and dedicated advocacy.
Speaker, panelist Various television Stations. Executive committee American Jewish Committee, 1998—2002. Member of American Bar Association (house of deals 1994—2002), National Employment Lawyers Association (director since 1985, chair executive committee since 1998), Hennepin County Bar Foundation (board member since 1994, president 1997-1998), Hennepin County Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association (board governors 1988-1994, since 1996).
Married Susan Ann Bronner, January 21, 1968. Children: Justin, Alexis.