Michael R. Cashman
Michael Cashman is an experienced trial lawyer who specializes in high-stakes complex commercial litigation, arbitrations and trials. He has represented corporations and individuals, as plaintiffs and defendants, in both state and federal court in jurisdictions across the country. Michael also handles international disputes, and has assisted clients with problems in England, Africa, and Mexico. The cases Michael handles typically involve multiparty disputes and tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. Michael has handled complex matters in a number of practice areas including:
- Multi-district litigation
- Class action litigation, including opt outs
- Complex insurance coverage litigation
- Consumer fraud
- Antitrust litigation
- Trademark, trade dress and copyright litigation
- Multi-party disputes
- E-discovery disputes
- Cyber liability
- Complex commercial litigation
- Arbitrations
- Financial institutions and banking
- Sports law
- Securities lending
- Business litigation
- Property and business interruption insurance coverage
- General liability insurance coverage
- Professional liability insurance coverage
- Errors & omissions insurance coverage
- Investment disputes
- Insurance bad faith
- Reinsurance
- Directors and officers
- Intellectual property
- Accounting malpractice
- Investment management liability
- Internet and technology liability
- Fiduciary liability
- Surety
- Fidelity
- Subrogation
- Construction and construction defect
- Products liability
- Legal malpractice
Michael has obtained several no liability defense verdicts, and as a plaintiff, has obtained millions of dollars, on behalf of his insurance and reinsurance clients. Michael has been bad faith counsel for a major property and casualty insurer, and has successfully defended dozens of bad faith and punitive damage claims.
Assistant
- Sarah A. Lopez
- [email protected]
- Phone: (952) 460-9252
Experience
- In the sports law area, Michael has been appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in the NHL Concussion Injury Litigation. Michael has also represented plaintiffs in the NCAA Concussion Litigation, the NCAA Grant-In-Aid Litigation and NCAA Student-Athlete Likeness Litigation.
- In the antitrust area, Michael has represented consumers in statewide indirect purchaser class action lawsuits against Microsoft in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. After weeks of trial, the Minnesota and Iowa matters were successfully settled for $162 and $180 million, respectively.
- Michael has successfully defended multi-million dollar medical device, products liability, financial services, and consumer fraud class action lawsuits.
- In the insurance and reinsurance areas, Michael has handled matters in many of the most difficult jurisdictions around the country. He has tried liability, property, business interruption, and reinsurance cases to verdict.
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Affiliations
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association; Vice Chairman of Section on Government Contracts 1993
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
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