Gregory S. Otsuka
Greg represents companies, individuals, financial institutions, and professional service firms as plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of disputes. He has significant “first chair” experience representing clients in high-stakes matters involving fiduciary duties, breach of contract, consumer class actions, and products liability.
He has extensive experience in all phases of litigation, experience which has enabled him to achieve successful results at trials, arbitrations, contested hearings, mediations, and settlement negotiations and conduct several intensive internal investigations.
Additionally, Greg has represented debtors, creditors’ committees, secured creditors, and other interested parties in bankruptcy cases. Much of that work involves negotiating, drafting, and reviewing complex contracts, which informs his approach to litigation.
Greg began his career practicing in the Chicago offices of three preeminent international firms where he gained exceptional training and experience litigating a wide variety of disputes across the country.
Assistant
- Pamala Kaye-Williams
- [email protected]
- Phone: (952) 746-2125
Experience
- Represented a Minnesota farm equipment dealer in a lawsuit involving claims and counterclaims for breach of fiduciary duty, defamation, and tortious interference
- Represented an insurance company in cases involving claims of “bad faith” and coverage disputes
- Represented the FDIC in a dispute with a bank holding company over $267 million in tax refunds
- Guided a Lake Tahoe ski resort developer through successful Chapter 11 reorganization
- Represented creditors’ committees in Chapter 11 cases of Polaroid and Neumann Homes
- Defended principals of a bankrupt manufacturing company in a fraudulent transfer suit to recover over $100 million
- Won not-guilty verdicts in the Criminal Division of Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of two young men charged with felonies
- In re Intel Corp. CPU Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2828 (D. Or.). Member of the Interim Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee appointed to represent the interests of all Entity Plaintiffs nationwide for claimed security vulnerabilities in Intel’s processors that may be exploited to permit unauthorized access to stored confidential information.
- H&T Fairhills, Ltd., et. al. c. Alliance Pipeline, L.P., Case No. 19-cv-01095 (D. Minn.). Lead counsel representing land interest holders in ND, MN, IA and IL in a class action involving the failure to pay those land interest holders compensation for damages caused by construction and maintenance of natural gas pipeline.
Affiliations
- Federal Bar Association Diversity Committee
Past Seminars
- Legal & Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2020
- 2019 Community Association Fall Seminar
- CLE: Millennials and Gen Xers Are in Your Jury – Are You Ready?
- 2019 Community Association Spring Seminar
- 2019 Community Association Spring Seminar
- Legal and Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2019
- Community Association Seminar Fall 2018
- Divorce Litigation from Start to Finish
- New Overtime Rules Seminar 2016
- Second Saturday Divorce Seminar
- Community Association Seminar Fall 2016
- Revocable Living Trusts from Start to Finish
- Entertainment Law
- Revocable Trusts from A to Z
- Business Decisions You Can Bank On
- Cyberliability Insurance Session
- Intellectual Property – Armor for Entrepreneurs
- Small Business Series: Wage and Hour Issues
- Mastering Fiduciary Accounting Income
- Small Business Series: Succession Planning
- Drafting IRA Trusts
- Proactive vs. Reactive: Charitable Giving Seminar
- 2017 Women’s Entrepreneurship Conference
- Small Business Series: Intellectual Property
- Community Association Seminar Spring 2017
- Trusts From A to Z
- 2017 Probate & Trust Law Conference
- What Can You Do With Property Nobody Wants?
- How Not to Get Sued
- Estate Planning: The Ultimate Guide
- How To Get It Done: A Homeowners Guide
- Accommodation Requests Under the Fair Housing Act
- Small Business Series: Business Banking
- Legal and Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2017
- Commercial RE Seminar: Environmental Due Diligence
- ABA Property Insurance Law Spring CLE Conference
- Community Association Seminar Spring 2018
- Preventative Maintenance & Const. Defect Claims
- Single Member LLCs
- Revocable Living Trusts 101
- Trust Taxation: The Ultimate Guide
- Legal and Business Issues Affecting Contractors 2018
- Intellectual Property: Start to Finish
- 2017 Greater Mankato MHA Conference and Trade Show
- Community Association Seminar Fall 2017
- Drafting IRA Trusts
- Small Business Series: Non-Competes & More
- Rochester Community Association Seminar 2017
- What’s Your End Game? Succession Planning
- Handling the Sale of a Business
- “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” Flooring Seminar