Brendan J. Flaherty
Top rated Products Liability attorney in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Practice Areas:
Personal injury,
Animal bites,
Trucking accidents,
Products liability
Education Qualification:
University of Minnesota Law School
Practice Areas:
Personal injury,
Animal bites,
Trucking accidents,
Products liability
800 Lasalle Ave, Suite 2260Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55402
First Admitted: 2003, Minnesota
Professional Webpage: https://www.oftlaw.com/about/brendan-flaherty/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Minnesota
- OFT Law partners Brendan Flaherty and Ryan Osterholm taught a seminar on foodborne illness litigation through the Health Law Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law., 2019
- Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Minnesota Law School, 2011 to present
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Pritzker Hageman partners Eric Hageman and Brendan Flaherty won a $6.5 million verdict in a landmark Salmonella case against a chicken processing company, Foster Poultry Farms (Foster Farms). Our client was a 5-year-old child who contracted Salmonella Heidelberg and, as a result, suffered brain damage. The case was tried in Arizona federal court (Craten v. Foster Farms, 2:15-cv-02587-DLR)., 2018
- $7.55 million verdict in Hennepin County on behalf of a child who contracted an E. coli infection at a pumpkin patch/petting zoo. E.H. v. Dehn's Pumpkins, LLC, Hennepin County File # 27-CIV-14-17068., 2016
- Confidential eight-figure settlement on behalf of seven families whose infants were injured or killed by a food product, 2014
Honors/Awards:
- Country’s top lawyers in the 2020 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America”
- Minnesota Lawyer Rising Star
- Brendan along with Fred Pritzker and Kelly McNabb were named among the 2014 Minnesota Lawyer Attorneys of the Year., Attorneys of the Year, Minnesota Lawyer, 2014
Educational Background:
- Grinnell College, B.A., History, 1999
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, "Foodborne Illness Litigation from the Plaintiff's and Defense Perspective", Presenter, 2014
- Mitchell-Hamline School of Law, Adjunct Professor, “The Art and Science of Foodborne Illness Litigation”
- University of Minnesota School of Law Practice and Professionalism Program, Adjunct Instructor
- American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Criminal Justice Section Food Fraud Panel, Panelist, 2014
- "Food Safety from Farm to Fork: Litigation Perspectives," ABA Section of Litigation Food and Supplements Subcommittee Roundtable, 2014
- "Successful Negotiating Techniques," National Legal Aid & Defender, Student Legal Service Annual Conference, 2015
- 2014 Minnesota Health Association Winter Convention, "Introduction to Foodborne Illness Litigation", Presenter, 2014
- "Negligent Entrustment Claims in Trucking and Vehicle Claims," CLE Speaker, 2015
Industry Groups:
- Food Safety
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