Bruce A. Finzen
Experience
- Has experience in complex civil litigation, with emphasis upon multi-state, multi-party and class action litigation.
- Testified before Federal Congressional Committees and State Legislative Committees on issues related to products liability, the Food and Drug Administration, and tort reform.
Other Experience
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Harry H. MacLaughlin, Minnesota Supreme Court
Selected Results*
One of the partners responsible for negotiating the tobacco settlement on behalf of State of Minnesota and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.
One of the partners in charge of the litigation on behalf of the Government of India arising out of the Bhopal gas leak disaster.
Partner in charge of some 350 Bjork-Shiley heart valve cases litigated in California.
Partner in charge of Breast Implant, L-Tryptophan, Gammagard, Fen-Phen, and St. Jude Silzone Heart Valve Litigation
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- International Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Minnesota Association for Justice (formerly Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association)
- State Bar of California
Civic Associations
- Member, Advisory Board, The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.
Bar Admissions
- California
- District of Columbia
- Minnesota
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court, Minnesota
- U.S. Federal Court of Claims
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of Kansas School of Law, J.D. (1973), Note Editor, Kansas Law Review
- University of Minnesota