Background
Schutz, Ronald James was born on November 15, 1955 in Adrian, Minnesota, United States. Son of Harold Henry and Joanne Dorothy (Peters) Schutz.
Schutz, Ronald James was born on November 15, 1955 in Adrian, Minnesota, United States. Son of Harold Henry and Joanne Dorothy (Peters) Schutz.
Marquette University (Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude, 1978). University of Minnesota (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1981).
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, 1981, Minnesota and United States.
District Court, District of Minnesota.
1982, United States. Army Court of Military Review. 1986, United States. Court of Military Appeals, United States.
Supreme Court, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit and United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office. Tau Beta Pi; Alpha Sigma Nu.
Member, Minnesota Law Review, 1980-1981.
Member: Minnesota State, Federal, Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations. American Intellectual Property Law 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.
Chairman Center of the American Experiment. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association Metropolitan Minneapolis, Guthrie Theater. Fellow: American College Trial Lawyers.
Member: American Bar Association, Association Trial Lawyers of America, Judge Advocates Association, Minnesota Bar Association, Northwest Suburbs Cable Commission.
Married Janet Jayne Jensen, June 4, 1977. Children– Matthew, Erik, Kristin.