Background
Kaplan, Elliot S. was born on November 28, 1936 in St. Paul. Son of Nathan and Gertrude (Jacobs) Kaplan.
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Elliot S. Kaplan
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Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1957; Bachelor of Laws, University of Minnesota, 1961.
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, 1961, Minnesota, United States.
District Court, District of Minnesota and United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 1978, United States. Supreme Court.
Member: Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. 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 Minnesota Business Partnership, Minneapolis, since 1988. Board directors St. Paul ChamberOrch. Board directors, past president Temple Israel, Minneapolis.
Board directors Union American Hebrew Congresses, Minneapolis Federation Jewish Superior vena cava syndrome. Past president Oak Park Home for Emotionally Disturbed Children. Member Minnesota Institute Arts, Minneapolis With United States Army Reserve, 1961.
Member American Bar Association, Minnesota Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, University of Minnesota Law School Alumni Association (president 1991), Minneapolis Club, Oak Ridge Country Club (Minneapolis).
Connections
Married Sheila Kaplan, (divorced 1986). Children: Jane, Cynthia, Peter. Married Eloise Stillman.
