Background
Nygaard, Diane A. was born on February 15, 1953 in Ames, Iowa, United States.
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Diane A. Nygaard
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Drake University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1974). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Career
Worked at Nygaard Law Firm (Overland Park, Kansas) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice. Commercial, Insurance and Securities Fraud, Securities and Commodities Arbitration, Mediation and Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Colorado and United States.
District Court, District of Colorado.
1982, Kansas and United States. District Court, District of Kansas.
Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Making the Compliance Officer a Power Witness for Claimants," Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Securities Arbitration, 1996.
"Fraud by Insurance Companies," Trial, 1997. "Lost and Altered Medical Records," Trial, June, 1988.
"Accutane: A Prescription for Birth Defects?" Trial, December, 1988. "Securities and Commodities Arbitration," The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, November, 1989.
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1995-1996.
1997-1998. Associate, Ireland Stapleton & Pryor, 1977-1980. Visiting Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, 1980-1982.
Associate & Partner, Lewis Rice & Fingersh, 1982-1986.
Arbitrator Foreign: American Arbitration Association (Commercial and Securities), 1982. The New York Stock Exchange, 1986. The National Association of Securities Dealers, 1986.
The Chicago Board of Options Exchange, 1986.
Member, Advisory Committee to the Kansas Securities Commissioner, 1992-1995. Kansas City Board of Trade.
Member: Johnson County, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1993).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chair, Accutane Litigation Group, 1988-1990).
Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (President Elect and Member, Board of Directors, 1993). The firm has successfully handled several cases as Plaintiff"s counsel in which damages in excess of one million dollars were recovered. The firm has represented hundreds of individuals having complaints against securities firms in arbitration and litigation and has received punitive damages and attorneys" fees in several of them.
The firm has also been counsel in securities and insurance fraud class actions.
The firm is approved to provide legal work for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and RTC.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Advisory Committee to the Kansas Securities Commissioner, 1992-1995. Kansas City Board of Trade. Member: Johnson County, Kansas and American Bar Associations.
Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1993).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chair, Accutane Litigation Group, 1988-1990). Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (President Elect and Member, Board of Directors, 1993).
