Richard G. Wilson
Partner
f612.642.8362
rich.wilson@maslon.com
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Rich Wilson is a partner and trial lawyer in Maslon's Litigation Group. His practice consists of representing plaintiffs and defendants in business disputes, including litigation arising from the purchase and sale of businesses, financial transactions, the purchase and sale of securities, trade secret misappropriation, protection of intellectual property, commercial contracts, change of corporate control, minority shareholder claims, and claims against directors, officers, attorneys and accountants. Rich has extensive experience in expedited proceedings, including injunction actions, and in trials and arbitrations. Before joining Maslon, Rich practiced law for four years in New York City.
- Litigation
- Corporate, Securities and Commercial Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Competitive Practices/Unfair Competition
- Business Litigation
- Stanford Law School, Stanford, California,
1980
J.D.
Honors: Order of the Coif - University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas,
1977
B.G.S.
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- New York, 1981
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1981
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1983
- Minnesota, 1985
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1987
- American Bar Association - Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- Kenwood Elementary School, 2000 - Present - Site Based Council, Member
- Shifting Fiduciary Duties in Troubled Economic Times, A Maslon Speakers Series Seminar, May 2009
- Trading talent without trading secrets: How to protect your company's intellectual property rights when an employee leaves to join a competitor, A Maslon Speaker Series Seminar, September 2006
- Trading talent without trading secrets: How to manage the risks involved in hiring while protecting intellectual property rights, A Maslon Speaker Series Seminar, May 2006
- Duty of Care: Current Issues in the Application of the Business Judgment Rule, Director and Officer Liability, Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 1994
- Advising Special Committees of Boards of Directors, Corporate Practice Institute, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1990, 1993
- Protecting the Corporation's Attorney-Client Privilege, Corporate Practice Institute, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1991 - 1992
- Discovery Strategies and Tactics in Shareholder Actions, Resolving Shareholder Disputes, 1991
- Settlement Problems and Solutions, Minnesota Civil Trial Practice II, Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 1990
- Statutory Claims Against Accountants, Accounting Malpractice, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1990
- Defending Shareholder and Derivative Litigation, Corporate Practice Institute, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1989
- Leading Individual Attorney in Minnesota for General Commercial Litigation, Chambers USA, 2006, 2008 and 2009
- Minnesota Super Lawyers
- 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)
