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Bland, David E. was born on April 11, 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
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David E. Bland
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David E. Bland, American Lawyer. Bar: Minnesota 1979, United States District Court Minnesota 1979, United States Court Appeals (5th and8th circuits ) 1980, United States District Court (northern district) California 1987, California 1990, United States District Court (eastern, central and southern districts) California 1991, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1991.
Education
University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). William Mitchell College of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1979).
Career
Worked at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (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, 1979, Minnesota and United States.
District Court, District of Minnesota. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits. 1987, United States. District Court, Northern District of California.
1990, California; 1991, United States. District Court, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Author: "Economic Loss: A Subrogated Insurer's Kiss of Death," 18 The Forum 649 (1983). "Property Damage Caused by Defective Products: What Losses are Recoverable?" 9 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 1 (1984).
"Subrogation Investigations Involving Attorneys: Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Concerns When Attorneys Investigate," in The Attorney-Client Privilege Under Siege (A.B.A. 1989). "Recovery Under the Policy v. Recovery in Court: Damages Recoverable in Subrogation Actions," in Property Insurance Subrogation From A to Z (A.B.A. 1991).
Co-Author: "Applying the Attorney-Client Privilege to Investigations Involving Attorneys: What Is Fair Game in Discovery?" in Attorney-Client Privilege in Civil Litigation Protecting and Defending Confidentiality (2d ed. A.B.A. 1997). Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American (Member, Section on Tort and Insurance Practice, Property Insurance Law Committee). State Bar of California.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association. 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.
Membership
Member: Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American (Member, Section on Tort and Insurance Practice, Property Insurance Law Committee). State Bar of California. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association.
