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Practice Areas
- Appellate Advocacy
- Complex Litigation
- Director and Officer
- Employment
- Environmental
- Insurance Coverage
- Products Liability
- Reinsurance
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, JD, 1975
- University of Minnesota, BA, cum laude, 1972; Phi Beta Kappa
Bar and Court Admissions
- State Court: Minnesota
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: Third, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth Circuits
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court: District of Minnesota, Western District of Wisconsin, Eastern District of Michigan
Rolf E. Gilbertson
Rolf Gilbertson has over 35 years of experience in trying complex civil actions and arbitrations in state and federal courts and administrative agencies in various states. His experience includes actions and arbitrations involving general liability insurance coverage concerning environmental and asbestos claims, reinsurance, products liability, extra contractual liability, construction liability, environmental liability, civil rights liability, municipal liability, employment liability, directors and officers liability, errors and omissions, banking liability, securities, and general business disputes. Rolf has represented major national and international insurance companies and general business corporations as well as individuals in these various disputes. In addition to trials and arbitrations, he has advised Fortune 500 corporations, including insurers and general business corporations, on matters of insurance coverage as well as various areas of civil liability. Rolf also donates time each year to the legal representation of indigent individuals in civil actions.
Representative Matters
General Mills Operations, LLC v. Five Star Custom Foods, Ltd., 703 F.3d 1104 (8th Cir. 2013)
Cont'l Cas. Co. v. Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau, Robert A. Keasbey Co., et al., 923 N.Y.S.2d 528 (1st Dep't 2011)
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. George V. Hamilton, Inc., 571 F.3d 299 (3rd Cir. 2009)
Cont'l Cas. Co. v. Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau, Robert A. Keasbey Co., et al., 871 N.Y.S.2d 48 (1st Dep't 2008)
Neumann v. AT&T Communications, Inc. et al., 376 F.3d 773 (8th Cir. 2004)
Barry v. Barry, 78 F.3d 375 (8th Cir. 1999)
Matter of Celotex Corp., 175 B.R. 98 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1994)
Matter of Celotex Corp., 152 B.R. 667 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1993)
Matter of Celotex Corp., 149 B.R. 997 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1993)
Employers Insurance of Wausau v. Bush, 791 F.Supp. 1314, 22 Envtl. L. Rep. 21,511 (N.D. Ill. 1992)
Kaphingst v. City of Woodbury, 1990 WL 7537 (Minn. App. 1990)
Convent of the Visitation School v. Continental Casualty Company, 707 F.Supp. 412 (D. Minn. 1989)
Deretich v. City of St. Francis, 650 F.Supp. 645 (D. Minn. 1986)
Weber v. Goetzke, 371 N.W.2d 611 (Minn. App. 1985)
Milbrandt v. American Legion Post of Mora, 354 N.W.2d 499 (Minn. App. 1984)
St. Paul School District No. 625 v. Columbia Transit Corp., 321 N.W.2d 41 (Minn. 1982)
Nelson v. Hench, 428 F.Supp. 411 (D. Minn. 1977)
Professional Affiliations
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
Noteworthy
Rolf is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
