Background
Brand, Steve Aaron was born on September 5, 1948 in Saint Paul. Son of Allen A. and Shirley Mae (Mintz) Brand.
Brand, Steve Aaron was born on September 5, 1948 in Saint Paul. Son of Allen A. and Shirley Mae (Mintz) Brand.
University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1970). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Worked at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Limited liability partnership (Minneapolis, Minnesota) specializing in Trials and Appeals in all Federal and State Courts. Administrative, Antitrust, Appellate, Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Construction, Communications, Corporate, Employment and Employee Benefits, Environmental, Estate Planning and Probate, Franchising, Finance, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, International Litigation and Trade, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Transportation. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Minnesota.
1974, United States.
District Court, District of Minnesota. 1976, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Professor, William Mitchell College of Law, 1975-1981.
Reporter, Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Probate Rules, 1984-1989.
Member: Ramsey County and Minnesota (Chair, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1984-1985) Bar Associations. American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Minnesota State Chair, 1991).
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi has a distinguished history of serving the needs of its clients for over 50 years.
Today, the firm has over 230 lawyers, and support is provided by a staff of full-time investigators and legal assistants.
The firm is nationally recognized for its litigation practice in the areas of intellectual property, business, insurance, mass tort, personal injury and medical negligence. The firm also has a diverse national business practice in corporate and commercial law. Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi has been involved in many nationally significant cases in the past decade, including the Honeywell autofocus camera patent cases, cases involving constitutional challenges to state insurance statutes, the fires at One Meridian Plaza in Philadelphia and the First Interstate Bank in Los Angeles, the Chicago Flood, the Dalkon Shield and Copper 7 cases and the Bhopal-Union Carbide disaster.
Offices are strategically located to provide service in every part of the country.
President Jewish Vocational Service, 1981—1984, Sholom Foundation, 1996—1999. Board directors Friends of the St. Paul Library., 1997—2005. President Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation, 1985—1987.
Member American Bar Association, Minnesota Bar Association (chairman probate and trust law section 1984-1985), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion (board overseers since 1987, vice-chairman since 1996), American College Trust and Estate Counsel (Minnesota chair 1991-1996, regent 1998-2004), Ramsey County Bar Foundation (president 1995-2000), Phi Beta Kappa, B'nai Brith.
Married Gail Idele Greenspoon, October 9, 1977.