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 in Maslon's Litigation Practice 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. Several of Mark's cases have involved accidents investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. Included in Mark's litigation practice 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
- Tort & Product Liability
- Drugs and Medical Devices
- Environmental Litigation and Counseling
- Explosions and Fires
- Mass Torts, MDL and Class Actions
- Products Liability
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota,
1987
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Law Review: William Mitchell Law Review, Editor, 1985 - 1986; Executive Editor, 1986 - 1987 - St Cloud State University, St Cloud, Minnesota,
1978
B.A.
Honors: With honors
- Minnesota, 1987
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2003
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1987
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2004
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 2009
- U.S. District Court District of North Dakota, 2011
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1992
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1988
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1989
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights - Political Asylum Steering Committee
- "Paulson et al. v. 3M: The Jury’s Verdict – 3M Groundwater Litigation", Hennepin County Bar Association, 2009
- “Hold Everything! Document Preservation Requirements and ‘Litigation Holds’ and How to Survive Them”, Maslon Speakers Series, 2006
- “Discovery, Experts and Trial of Bad Faith Cases”, Minnesota Insurance Bad Faith Claims, Lorman Education Services, 2004
- “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
- Quirks of Minnesota Law, ON Litigation, Vol. 2, Fall 2009
- The Power of Three-Commencement of an Action Under the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure, (co-author), FindLaw’s Corporate Counsel Center, 2004, 2005
- Emerging Issues in Products Liability, The IRMI Risk Report, March 1999
- Note, Judicial Review of Labor Arbitration Awards: Refining the Standard of Review, 11 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 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 Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell® (AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell® certification procedures, standards and policies.)
