Education
Leningrad State University, Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1985). University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Arts, 1985. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1992).
Spoken languages: French and Russian.
Leningrad State University, Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1985). University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Arts, 1985. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1992).
Spoken languages: French and Russian.
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, 1992, Minnesota. 1995, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Member and Director, Jessup International Moot Court.
Law Clerk, Honorable Harriet Lansing, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1992-1993 and Honorable Gerald Heaney, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1993-1995.
Member: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations. 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.
Member: Hennepin County and Minnesota State Bar Associations.