Background
Bale, Richard W. was born on May 11, 1958 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
Bale, Richard W. was born on May 11, 1958 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Arts, 1985). William Mitchell College of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1990).
Worked at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Limited liability partnership (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, 1990, Minnesota.
1991, United States.
District Court, District of Minnesota and United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Member: Hennepin County (Member, Environmental Law Committee), Minnesota State (Member, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section) and American Bar Associations.
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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.
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Member: Hennepin County (Member, Environmental Law Committee), Minnesota State (Member, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section) and American Bar Associations.