Gary J. Haugen
Partner
f612.642.8325
gary.haugen@maslon.com
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Gary J. Haugen is a partner in Maslon's Litigation Group. A central focus of his practice is the litigation of insurance-related disputes, product liability, mass tort and professional liability claims. He has represented policyholders and insurers in disputes involving property, liability, life, health and disability insurance. He has represented product manufacturers, drug and medical device companies, utilities and other companies in product liability and mass tort litigation.
Gary, a frequent lecturer on a broad range of insurance and tort litigation subjects, is a former member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota, where he taught insurance law. He serves as general counsel to the Minnesota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, and is the former chair of Federal Practice Committee for U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. He was a law clerk to United States District Court Judge Donald D. Alsop, District of Minnesota in 1975-1976.
- Litigation
- Insurance
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Insurance Counseling
- Self-Insured Services
- Life Insurance
- Insurance Regulatory Matters
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Tort & Product Liability
- Products Liability
- Mass Torts, MDL and Class Actions
- Explosions and Fires
- Drugs and Medical Devices
- Punitive Damages
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1974
J.D. - St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota,
1970
B.A.
- Minnesota, 1974
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1975
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Tax Court, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1994
- American Bar Association, Sections on Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice - Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- Products Liability Advisory Council - Member
- Summit Academy OIC - Member of Board of Directors
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Federal Practice Committee, 1985 - 1988 - Chair
- Punitive Damages in Bad Faith Cases, Minnesota Insurance Bad Faith Claims, Lorman Education Services, 2004
- University of Minnesota Law School, Adjunct Faculty, 2002
- Tort Law Update, Recent Developments in Punitive Damages Law, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 2002
- Tools for Limiting the Scope of Discovery, Anatomy of Fire Litigation, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1998
- Evidence in the Courtroom: How it Really Works, Evidentiary and Trial Issues in a Punitive Damage Case, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 1994
- Protecting Directors and Officers from Personal Liability, Director and Officer Liability, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 1994
- Punitive Damages: Developments and Horizons, Insurance Claims and Management (Co-Chair), Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1993
- Prophylactic Practice: How to Avoid Malpractice and Related Viruses, Legal Malpractice and the Trial Lawyer, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, 1992
- Bad Faith: The Claims Department Attention Getter, Insurance Claims and Management (Co-Chair), Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1992
- ERISA Benefit Claim Litigation, ERISA Preemption, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1992
- Case Evaluation, Settlement Methods, Documentation and Other Aids to Representation, Releases in Minnesota, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 1991
- Practicing in Federal District Court in Minnesota, Federal Jurisdiction and Venue, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 1991
- 1991 Insurance Contract and Coverage Briefing, Recent Developments in Bad Faith Actions: What Does it Mean for Insurers?, Executive Enterprise, Inc., 1991
- Update on Punitive Damages, Tort Law Institute, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 1988
- Planning, Initiating, and Defending Class Action Litigation, Punitive Damages and Other Remedies in Class Action Litigation, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 1986 - 1886
- Property Loss Research Bureau, Use of the Examination Under Oath in Arson and Fraud Cases, Loss Managers Conference, 1985
- Products Liability for the Business Lawyer, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 1984
- Punitive Damages in Products Liability Litigation, Punitive Damages in Minnesota: Common Law and Developments Under Minn. Stat. 549.20 (Chair), Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 1983
- Developments in Legal Malpractice by Trial Attorneys, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 1981
- Punitive Damages: Juries' Hardball Meets Legislative Bat (co-author), Bench & Bar of Minnesota, 50, 1993
- Punitive Damages in Minnesota: Common Law and Developments Under 549.20 of the Minnesota Statutes (co-author), 11 William Mitchell Law Review 353, 1985
- Examination Under Oath (co-author), Bench & Bar of Minnesota, 41, 1984
- 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)
