Mark W. Lee
Partner
f612.642.8355
mark.lee@maslon.com
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Mark is a partner and the head of Maslon's Litigation Group. He represents clients in a wide range of Product Liability and Mass Tort litigation. Mark's litigated cases include airplane crashes, natural gas explosions, asbestos injuries, steam distribution systems, cardiac pacing leads, and many other products or accidents. Included in Mark's tort litigation are environmental matters and Federal False Claims Act matters. Mark also represents insureds in disputes with their insurance companies. Mark has represented Fortune 100 companies to small family-owned businesses in disputes over insurance coverage for property damage, general liability and a variety of defense and indemnity issues.
- Litigation
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Tort & Product Liability
- Drugs and Medical Devices
- Environmental Litigation and Counseling
- Explosions and Fires
- Mass Torts, MDL and Class Actions
- Products Liability
- William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota,
1987
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Review: Editor, 1985-1986 and Executive Editor, 1986-1987, William Mitchell Law Review - St Cloud State University, St Cloud, Minnesota,
1978
B.A.
Honors: With Honors
- Minnesota, 1987
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1987
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1988
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1989
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1992
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1997
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2003
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2004
- American Bar Association - Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity - Chair, Board of Directors, 2007-2008
- Political Asylum Steering Committee, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights - Chair
- Paulson et al. v. 3M: The Jury's Verdict -- 3M Groundwater Litigation, Hennepin County Bar Association, October 2009
- Hold Everything! Document preservation requirements and 'litigation holds' and how to survive them. What matters. A Maslon speaker series. November 2006
- Discovery, Experts and Trial of Bad Faith Claims, Minnesota Insurance Bad Faith Claims, Lorman Education Services, 2004, 2005
- The Claims Environment After 9/11, Insurance in the Aftermath of September 11, Maslon and the Hays Group, 2002
- Insurance Coverage and Intent to Act or Intent to Injure, Annual Insurance Coverage Institute, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 2001
- Proof of Loss: Giving Notice isn't What it Used to be, Annual Insurance Coverage Institute, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 2000
- Adjunct Faculty, Legal Writing Instructor, William Mitchell College of Law, 1990 - 1995
- The Power of Three-Commencement of an Action Under the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure (Co-Author), FindLaw's Corporate Counsel Center, 2004
- Emerging Issues in Products Liability, The IRMI Risk Report, March, 1999
- Note, Judicial Review of Labor Arbitration Awards: Refining the Standard of Review 11 William Mitchell Law Review 993, 1985
- Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, 2005 Volunteer Award
- Hennepin County Bar Foundation, Featured in 2002 Profiles of Giving, recognizing pro bono work for persons seeking political asylum
- AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell (AV, BV, and CV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies)
