Insurance Attorney
Mark Oleary While we often go to trial to achieve our client's goals, dispute resolution techniques, including pre-litigation investigation, pre-suit negotiations, and alternative dispute resolution procedures, are frequently used to resolve disputes.  The focus is on efficient and cost effective "problem solving" of complex personal, business, and commercial disputes.

 

Litigation:

In the area of litigation, Mr. O'Leary's representative case work includes:

Business Contracts
 Employment Contracts
 Business & Commercial Litigation
 Employment Law & Counseling
 Insurance Law
 Mechanical Products
 Negligence
 Non-Compete Covenants
 Premises Liability
 Product Liability
 Professional Liability
 Sexual Harassment
 Partnership/Shareholder Disputes
 Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition
 Partnership/Shareholder Disputes
 Nursing Home Liability

Personal Injury, Accidents, and Insurance Claims:


In the areas of personal injury, accidents, and insurance claims, Mr. O'Leary is dedicated to the interests of his clients.  Representative case work in this area includes:

 Aircraft Accidents
 Arson & Fraud
 Automobile accidents
 Bad Faith
 Complex Torts
 Construction Defects
 Defective Products
 Farm Accidents
 General Litigation
 Insurance Claims & Litigation
 Nursing Home Injuries
 Sexual Harassment & Discrimination Claims
 Subrogation & Recovery
 Truck/Semi-Tractor
 Work Place Injuries
 Workers' Compensation
 Nursing Home Malpractice

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

Dakota Fire Insurance Company
 Farm Bureau Insurance Company
 Farmers Alliance
 Lumbermen’s Underwriting Alliance
 Diamond Mower Company
 Hanson Manufacturing Company
 Primary Surgical, Inc.
 Sullivan, Inc.
 IDC Networks, Inc.
 EMC Insurance Companies
 German Mutual Ins. Co.
 BancInsure, Inc.
 Combined Pool & Spa, Inc.
 Gilbert Construction, Inc.
 Rallis Construction, Inc.
 Scheels All-Sports, Inc.


Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

bullet5.jpg (881 bytes)  William Mitchell College of Law
     St. Paul, Minnesota
     J.D., Cum Laude, 1986

  University of Minnesota
      BA, Government

EXPERIENCE

  O’Leary Law Office
     Solo Practitioner
     1993-Present

  Jardine, Logan, O’Brien
     St. Paul, MN
     1991-1993

  Hirsch, Robinson, Sheiness &
     Glover
     Brownsville, Texas
     1986-1991

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

  United States Navy
     Pilot
     1972-1978

OTHER EXPERIENCE

  North Star Adjustment
     Company
     St. Paul, MN
     1980-1986
     Property & Casualty Claims
     Adjuster

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Mr. O’Leary limits his practice to a select number of insurers and business clients and individuals needing specialized civil trial expertise for litigation in State and Federal Courts.  He is licensed to practice law in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Texas.

Mr. O’Leary has extensive experience in a wide variety of products liability, subrogation, employment, personal injury, general commercial litigation, insurance bad faith, and workers’ compensation claims.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member: Defense Research Institute, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Texas State Bar Associations, County Bar Associations.

ADMISSIONS

Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eighth Circuits; United States District Courts for the Districts of Minnesota, South Dakota, and Texas; and, the state courts of Minnesota, South Dakota, and Texas.