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Wayne S. Moskowitz 
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3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Wayne Moskowitz is a partner in Maslon's Litigation Group.  His practice consists primarily of complex business litigation, and he is a member of Maslon's Appellate Team and Competitive Practices Team. A significant portion of his practice involves representing employers and employees in covenant not-to-compete and trade secret litigation. Wayne has significant experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in business tort and commercial contract disputes.

Areas of Practice
  • Litigation
  • Appeals
  • Amicus Curiae
  • Appeals to Other Courts
  • Consulting on Appellate Matters
  • Eighth Circuit Appeals
  • Minnesota Appeals
  • Business Litigation
  • Competitive Practices/Unfair Competition
Education
  • Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984
    J.D.
  • State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, 1981
    B.A.
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude
    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
  • Minnesota, 1986
  • U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1988
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1989
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2001
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2002
Professional Associations and Memberships
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
  • Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
Classes Taught
  • Covenants Not to Compete in Minnesota: The Basics and Beyond, Minnesota CLE, October 2007
  • Legal Writing, University of Minnesota Law School
  • Petitions for Extraordinary Writs and Permissive Appeals, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education
  • Trading Talent Without Trading Secrets, What Matters. A Maslon Speaker Series Seminar, 2006
Publications
  • Electronic Discovery Under the New Federal Rules, Bench & Bar of Minnesota, Volume LXIII, Number XI, December 2006
  • Responding to an Appeal and Voluntary Dismissal, Chapter 6 (Co-Author), Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual, Minnesota State Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 2001
Honors and Awards
  • 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)
Experience
  • Represented numerous plaintiffs and defendants, including Fortune 500 companies, in covenant not to compete and trade secret lawsuits and arbitrations venued in Minnesota, California, Texas, Tennessee and Florida, from TRO stage to appeal.
  • Represented plaintiffs and defendants in wide variety of industries, including financial services, medical, gaming, and life sciences, in numerous contract and business tort disputes, at trial court and on appeal.
  • Represented plaintiffs and defendants in partnership disputes, at trial court and on appeal.
  • Represented publicly held company in trademark infringement lawsuits.
    Defended accounting, legal and pension plan professionals in professional negligence actions.

Cases & Transactions

  • Bennett v. Medtronic, Inc., 285 F.3d 801 (9th Cir. 2002)
  • Medtronic, Inc. v. Advanced Bionics Corp., 630 N.W.2d 438 (Minn. App. 2001)
  • Hedged Inv. Partners, L.P. v. Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., 578 N.W.2d 765 (Minn. App. 1998)
  • Hedged Inv. Partners, L.P. v. Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. (on remand), 1999 WL 639283 (Minn. App. 1999)
  • Brookfield Trade Center, Inc. v. County of Ramsey, 584 N.W.2d 390 (Minn. 1998)
  • Brookfield Trade Center, Inc. v. County of Ramsey (on remand), 609 N.W.2d 868 (Minn. 2000)
  • Medtronic, Inc. v. Sun, 1997 WL 729168 (Minn. App. 1997)
  • Davisson v. Engelke, 1997 WL 585818 (Minn. App. 1997)
  • Hillard v. Medtronic, Inc., 910 F.Supp. 173 (M.D. Pa. 1995)
  • First Technology Capital, Inc. v. Alfred N. Koplin & Co., Inc., 1995 WL 387771 (Minn. App. 1995)
  • International Business Mach. Corp. v. Seagate Technology, Inc., 941 F.Supp. 98 (D. Minn. 1992)
  • Consolidated Beef Industries, Inc. v. New York Life Ins. Co., 949 F.2d 960 (8th Cir. 1991)
  • Carlock v. Pillsbury Co., 719 F.Supp. 791 (D. Minn. 1989)
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