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Practice Areas
- Antitrust/Competition
- Class Actions
- Complex Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Real Estate
- Reinsurance
- Subrogation
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School, JD, 2004;
- John Carroll University, Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Political Science, summa cum laude, 2001
Bar and Court Admissions
- State Court: Minnesota
- Federal Court: District of Minnesota
Wilbert V. Farrell, IV
Bill practices in a variety of areas of complex litigation. He has experience in property and casualty insurance coverage, insurance subrogation, land use, antitrust, and class action litigation issues.
Representative Matters
In re: September 11 Property Damage and Business Loss Litigation ($2 billion subrogation action from 9/11 terrorist attack seeking to recover on claims paid by commercial property insurers)
Microsoft Antitrust Cases (indirect purchaser antitrust class actions brought on behalf of Plaintiff Classes in various states where Plaintiffs allege that Microsoft had illegally monopolized and engaged in unreasonable restraints of trade in markets for operating system and productivity applications software)
Right of Way Cases (nationwide class action litigation involving trespass claims brought by landowners against telecommunications carriers and railroads related to the installation of fiber-optic cable along railroad rights of way)
ADCO Construction Defect Cases (multi-party, consolidated litigation arising out of construction defects at the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, California)
Articles & Presentations
"Cedant's Sharing of Privileged Documents with Reinsurers Waived Attorney-Client Privilege: Significant Oregon Federal District Court Decision," Spring 2010 issue, AIRROC Matters, co-author
"Case Note: Fonte v. Audubon Insurance Co., 8. So. 3d 161 (Miss. 2009)," ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee's Hot Topic Article, August 27, 2009, author
Professional Affiliations
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
Noteworthy
Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2003-2004; Vanderbilt Moot Court Board Traveling Team, 2002-2003; Lightfoot, Franklin & White Best Oralist Award Recipient; West Group Outstanding Graduate Award for Scholastic Achievement