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Julian C. Zebot 
Associate

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3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Julian is a member of Maslon's Litigation Group, and has experience litigating and resolving disputes involving closely held corporations, LLCs, and partnerships, business torts, class actions, and other complex commercial litigation, including litigation involving banks and other financial service businesses.  He has represented both individuals and businesses in federal and state courts, as well as arbitration proceedings, and has had first chair trial experience.  Julian has been named a Rising Star by Minnesota Law & Politics.

Areas of Practice
  • Litigation
  • Appeals
  • Minnesota Appeals
  • Business Litigation
  • Competitive Practices/Unfair Competition
  • Tort & Product Liability
  • Environmental Litigation and Counseling
  • Mass Torts, MDL and Class Actions
  • Punitive Damages
Education
  • University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2003
    J.D.
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude
    Honors: Dean's List
    Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Law Review: Minnesota Law Review, Member, 2001 - 2002; Editor, 2002 - 2003
  • Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 2000
    B.A.
    Honors: With Honors
    Honors: Dean's List
    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    Major: History
    Major: Psychology
Bar Admissions
  • Minnesota, 2003
  • U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2003
Professional Associations and Memberships
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member
  • Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
  • Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
  • Grinnell College Regional Admissions Support Program - Volunteer, 2000 - Present
  • Fourth District Ethics Committee - Member, 2008-2009
  • Fund for Legal Aid Society - Board of Directors, Member, 2009-2010; Executive Committee, 2009-2010
  • Fund for Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis - Campaign Co-Chair, 2008-2009; Lead Campaign Co-Chair, 2009-2010
  • Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged Committee, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2010 - Present - Member
Pro Bono Activities:
  • Legal Access Point Clinic, Hennepin County, Volunteer, 2005 - Present
  • Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Project, Volunteer, 2006 - 2008
  • Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, Pro Bono Naturalization Program, Volunteer, 2007 - Present
Publications
  • Hostile Takeover: The Impact of FDIC Receivership on Bank Litigation, ON Litigation, Vol. 2, 2009
  • Awakening a Sleeping Dog: An Examination of the Confusion in Ascertaining Purposeful Discrimination Against Interstate Commerce, Minnesota Law Review, 86:1063, 2002
Honors and Awards
  • Minnesota Rising Stars
Experience
  • Represented the officers and directors of an online brokerage service in a putative securities class action lawsuit and won dismissal of all the claims.
  • Represented, as part of a team of attorneys, a non-controlling shareholder in a closely-held medical device company in squeeze-out litigation and helped to obtain a favorable resolution for the client.
  • Represented individual client in litigation surrounding the proceeds of the client's father's estate and obtained a jury verdict in favor of the client while serving in a first/second chair role at trial.
  • Represented an individual partner in a lawsuit regarding a failed real estate development and helped obtain voluntary dismissal of claims against the client.
  • Represented, as part of a team of attorneys, a Fortune 500 manufacturer in a putative environmental liability/mass tort class action lawsuit and helped to obtain a defense jury verdict.
  • Represented, as part of a team of attorneys, an officer and director of a wind energy development company in litigation regarding acquisition of company and helped to obtain a favorable resolution for the client.
  • Represented individual guarantors in litigation regarding defaulted loan obligation and helped to obtain a favorable resolution for the clients.
  • Represented watch manufacturer in litigation regarding termination of its sales representative firm and obtained a favorable resolution for the client.
  • Represented, as part of a team of attorneys, an LLC pursuing breach of fiduciary duty and negligence claims on behalf of investors in a futures hedge fund against the fund's former manager and helped to obtain a favorable resolution for the client.
  • Represented a bank in litigation involving a mortgage re-purchase agreement and helped to negotiate dismissal of claims against the client.
  • Currently represents, as part of a team of attorneys, a bank in securities lending litigation and is serving as appellate counsel during trial.

Cases & Transactions

  • Paulson, et al. v. 3M, C2-04-6309 (State of Minnesota, Washington County District Court) Defeated motion seeking class certification of a 67,000 member putative class claiming chemical exposure via drinking water contamination (2007) and obtained a defense verdict on the merits after a seven-week jury trial (2009)
  • Cargill, Inc. v. JWH Special Circumstances LLC, 959 A.2d 1096 (Del. Ch. 2008)
  • Lietz v. Northern States Power Co., 718 N.W. 2d. 865 (Minn. 2006)
  • Vohs v. Miller, et al., 2004 WL 1490177 (D. Minn. 2004)
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