Barbara Jean Jean D'Aquila

Background

D'Aquila, Barbara Jean was born on August 2, 1955 in Virginia, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Carl Mario and Dolores (Mae) Cassagrande) D'A.

Education

University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1977). University of Minnesota (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1979).

Career

Worked at Cosgrove, Flynn & Gaskins, P.L.L.P. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) specializing in Civil Litigation including Products Liability, Insurance Coverage and Subrogation, Employment Law, Construction and Commercial Disputes. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Minnesota and United States. District Court, District of Minnesota;1981, United States.

Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 1982, United States. Tax Court. 1995, United States. Supreme Court.

Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi. Member, International Moot Court. Law Clerk, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1980-1981.

Author: "Avoiding a Costly Mistake: How to Handle a Sexual Harassment Investigation," Hennepin Law, November-December, 1993 at 8. "Drugs & Alcohol in the Workplace," 14 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 255, 1988.

"The Legal Perils of Alcohol and Drugs in the Workplace," Hennepin Law, January-February, 1987 at 6. Member: Board Member, 1993—and Chair, 1995—, Minnesota Supreme Court Interest on Lawyers' Trust Account Board. Bar Admissions Advisory Council, Minnesota Supreme Court Board of Law Examiners, 1995—.

Alumni Board of Directors, University of Minnesota Law School, 1991—. Member: Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota State (Governing Council Member, Section on: Labor and Employment Law, 1989-1993. Governing Council Chair, 1987-1988 and Governing Council Member, 1983-1989, Computer Law Section), Federal (Member, Board of Directors.

Officer, 1994-1996) and American (Member, E.E.O. Committee, Section on Labor and Employment Law, 1992—) Bar Associations. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Cosgrove, Flynn & Gaskins, P.L.L.P. was founded in 1989 with nine lawyers. The firm has grown to a 22 lawyer firm engaged exclusively in civil trial practice. Since its founding, it has been actively engaged in major trial and appellate litigation in Minnesota and many other state and federal jurisdictions.

The firm serves as national counsel to several product manufacturers and regional counsel to many insurance companies on subrogation, defense and coverage matters.

Achievements

• Barbara Jean Doctorate"Aquila has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Great Plains regional representative American Heart Association, 1989-1991, chairman board, Minneapolis, 1987-1988, first vice chairman, 1986-1987, treasurer, 1984-1986. Secretary chairman United Way Minneapolis, 1989-1991. Board directors University Minnesota Law School, 1991-1998.

Fellow College Labor and Employment Lawyers. Member American Bar Association (Equal Employment Opportunity committee, labor and employment section, since 1992), Minnesota Bar Association (labor and employment law section since 1989, tort and insurance section 2001^), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants, Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, swimming, travel, reading, theatre, arts.

Connections

Father:

Carl Mario D'A.

Mother:

Dolores (Mae) Cassagrande) D'A.