Andrew Parker
Partner
Phone: 612.355.4100
Fax: 612.355.4101
Email: parker@parkerdk.com
Address: 888 Colwell Building
123 North Third Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
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Professional Experience
- Founded Parker Daniels Kibort – 2017-present.
- Founded Parker Rosen – 2005-2017.
- Founded Smith Parker – 1995-2005.
- Shareholder Popham Haik Law Firm – 1994-1995.
- Associate Attorney Popham Haik Law Firm – 1988-1994.
- Selected by peers as top 5% of all lawyers in the State of Minnesota each year 1998 to present.
- Lead trial counsel on numerous successful multi-million-dollar litigation matters involving civil rights violations, defamation, and contract and employment disputes.
- Chair, 30 attorney Labor and Employment Practice Group, Popham Haik Law Firm.
- Represented some of largest employers in State of Minnesota, including University of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis and the Metropolitan Council as defendants and numerous senior executives and others as plaintiffs.
- Regular speaker at state and national conferences on adversarial proceedings and specific substantive areas of practice.
- Lead counsel on hundreds of commercial property tax appeals.
- Lead counsel representing Federal Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits on behalf of creditors and collection companies.
Areas of Practice
- Business and Commercial Litigation
- Civil Rights Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Labor Arbitration
- Defamation Litigation
- Shareholder Disputes/Business Divorce
- Intellectual Property
- FDCPA Defense Litigation
- Property Tax Appeals
- Appellate Advocacy
- Government and Regulatory Disputes
Courts Admitted
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the State of Minnesota
- U.S. District Court for the State of Arizona
- U.S. District Court for the State of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the State of North Dakota
- Minnesota State Courts
- Arizona State Courts
- North Dakota State Courts
- Minnesota Tax Court
Education
- University of Minnesota: J.D. Walter F. Mondale School of Law School (cum laude) — 1988
- University of Minnesota: M.A. Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs — 1988
- University of Minnesota: B.A. Political Science and Economics — 1983
Representative Cases
- Represented Plt — Greterman v. Oxbow Country Club et al., North Dakota State District Court, 9-day Jury Trial – $2.1M verdict (Defamation/Slander Lawsuit).
- Represented Plt — Bottum v. Jundt Associates, Minnesota State District Court, 8 day Court Trial — $2.3M verdict (Portfolio Manager Oral Contract Lawsuit).
- Represented Plt – Hixon v. City of Golden Valley et al., Minnesota Federal District Court, 5 day Jury Trial – $1.1M verdict (Police Excessive Force Civil Rights Lawsuit).
- Represented Def – Thomas Maye v. University of MN et al., Minnesota State District Court, 20 day Court Trial — $0 verdict (Denial of Promotion Race Discrimination Civil Rights Lawsuit).
- Represented Plt — Chesney et al. v. Kirtland Equipment Services, US EEOC, Settled (Age Discrimination).
- Represented Plt — Viking Partners v. Kensington Retail Center, Minnesota Federal District Court, Settled (Real Estate Contract Dispute).
- Represented Plt – Berman v. Alliant, Massachusetts State District Court and JAMS Arbitration, Settled (Broker Employment Agreement Dispute).
- Represented Plt – Coustan v. Allianz Life Financial Services, FINRA Arbitration, Settled (Broker Employment Agreement Dispute).
- Represented Plt – Brad Olah Motorsports v. Arctic Cat Sales Inc., Minnesota State District Court, Settled (Breach of Business Contract).
- Represented Plt — Stein Industries v. Lee, Minnesota Federal District Court, Settled (Intellectual Property Theft/Breach of Contract).
- Represented Def – Medtronic v. Robert Rice, Minnesota State District Court, Settled (Restrictive Covenant/Breach of Contract).
- Represented Plt – N. Lakes Data Corp. et al. v. Telvent GIT, Minnesota Federal District Court, Settled (Breach of Business Contract).
- Represented Def — Tokio Marine et al. v. Trans Tech Serv, Inc., Minnesota Federal District Court, Settled (Negligent Transport/Insurance Coverage Dispute).
- Represented Plt – Janes v. City of Golden Valley, Minnesota State District Court, Settled (Whistleblower/Defamation).
- Represented Plt – Clancy v. City of Golden Valley, Minnesota State District Court, Settled (Wrongful Termination).
- Represented Plt – Smith v. Starbucks, Minnesota Federal District Court, Settled (Age Discrimination/Defamation).
- Represented Def/Counterclaim Plt — Fox Rothschild Law Firm v. Bison Advisors LLC, Minnesota State District Court, Settled (Legal Malpractice).
- Represented Def/Counterclaim Plt – JDT Int’l v. Kral, et al., Minnesota State District Court, Settled (Business Partnership Separation).
- Represented Def/Counterclaim Plt — Archway Marketing Serv. v. Phillips, Minnesota State District Court, Settled (Breach of Senior Executive Employment Contract).
- Represented Plt – Qualle v. Fairview Health Services, Minnesota State District Court, Settled (Age Discrimination).
- Hundreds of labor arbitration cases handled through Award.
- Numerous Fair Debt Collection Practices Act defense cases.
- Multiple high-profile police department and fire department investigation matters.
Honors
- AV Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
- Lawyers of Distinction, 2023
- America’s Top 100 Bet-The-Company Litigators®, 2023
- Minnesota Super Lawyer, 1998-2023
- Recognized as one of the top 40 employment and appellate lawyers in Minnesota
- Named to the 2022 Minnesota Lawyer Power 30 List for Business Litigation
Community Involvement
- State of Minnesota, Tax Court: Tax Court Rules Advisory Committee – 2022.
- Co-Chair — Twin Cities Benjamin Cardozo Society Steering Committee – 2014-2021.
- Board of Directors — Minneapolis Jewish Federation – 2013-2022.
- Board of Directors — Jewish Community Relations Council of MN and Dakotas – 2014-2022.
- Cofounder — MN Chapter of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (MN AIPAC) – 1999.
- Chair – MN AIPAC – 1999-2004.
- AIPAC National Council – 2005-present.
- Member — AIPAC – 1990-present.
- Board Member and Chair of Charitable Giving Cmte – Oak Ridge Country Club – 1996-2002.
- Delegate — Israel International Legal Affairs Conference – 2013.
- Legislative Staff — Federal and State – 1983-1984.