Jeffrey E. Grell Attorney

Professional Webpage: https://www.tedlyon.com/about/jeffrey-e-grell/

Bar/Professional Activity:

Admitted, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit., 1994
Admitted, United States Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit. , 2023
Admitted, Supreme Court for the State of Minnesota., 1990
Admitted, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota., 1994
Admitted, United States Supreme Court., 1997
Admitted, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit., 2004
Admitted, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit., 2015
Admitted, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois., 2001
Admitted, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit., 2015

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Unimed Int’l Inc. v. Dermagist, Inc., Case No. 9:18-cv-80148, U.S. District Court – Southern District of Florida - represented plaintiff who was injured by a scheme to defraud utilizing the misappropriation of the clients' trade name on internet search engines; the matter settled., 2018
Navient Solutions, LLC v. The Law Offices of Jeffrey Lohman, Case No. 1:19-cv-00461 - U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, defending client against allegations that its successful claims under the TCPA against the plaintiff violated RICO., 2021
Kruse v. Repp, Case No. 4:19-cv-00106, U.S. District Court – Southern District of Iowa - represent the plaintiff who was injured by a scheme to fraudulently transfer assets and to evade the plaintiff's judgment in an underlying personal injury action; the plaintiff has survived a motion to dismiss and currently opposing summary judgment motions., 2021
Exeed Ind., LLC, et al. v. Younis, et al., Case No. 15-C-14 (U.S. Dist. Ct. N.D. Ill.) - Counsel for defendant, obtained dismissal of civil RICO claims brought against client by former employer, 2016
TCF National Bank v. Marofsky, Case No. 12-CV-02878 (U.S. Dist. Ct. Minn.) - Counsel for plaintiff, obtained settlement of claims and counterclaims arising out of a fraudulent settlement / check cashing scheme that victimized an attorney and allegedly should have been prevented by his bank, 2013
Reich, et al. v. Lopez, et al., Appeal No. 16-510 (U.S. Court of Appeals – Second Circuit) - Appellate counsel for plaintiff, argued appeal in March 2017, plaintiff is the former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela who was allegedly injured by a pattern of mail and wire fraud; the civil RICO claims were dismissed by the district court for failure to plead a pattern of racketeering; the Second Circuit affirmed, and certiorari was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court, 2017
Forsman Farms, Inc. v. Land O'Lakes, Inc., et al., Case No. 86-CV-16-1175 (Wright Co.) - Counsel for plaintiff whose chicken flock was adversely affected by feed that was allegedly deficient in essential minerals, 2017
Estate of David R. Foster v. Gomer, et al., Case No. CV 11-1242 (U.S. Dist. Ct. C.D. Cal.) - Counsel for plaintiff, obtained settlement of civil RICO claims brought by the estate of the former CEO of Colgate Palmolive against former caretaker and attorney who allegedly bilked the CEO after he succumbed to dementia, 2013
Bui v. Ton Nguyen, Case No. 15-55116 (U.S. Court of Appeals – Ninth Circuit) - Plaintiff's appellate counsel, presented argument to the court on October 2, 2017 seeking to revserse district court's determination that plaintiff failed to plead a pattern of racketeering, resulting in the dismissal of her civil RICO claims, appeal pending, 2017
Carkenord v. J. Ross Publishing, Case No. 15-60765-CIV (U.S. Dist. Ct. S.D. Fla.) - Counsel for plaintiff / cross-defendant, obtained settlement of breach of contract dispute between author and publisher, 2016
Nexpedience Networks, LLC v. Wesbell Group of Companies, Inc., Case No. 1:13-CV-96 (U.S. Dist. Ct. M.D.N.C.) - Counsel for plaintiff, obtained settlement of claims brought by hardware manufacturer / software licensro versus equipment reseller for violation of the manufacturer's software license, 2014

Videos:

On October 2, 2017, Mr. Grell presents the oral argument in Bui v. Ton Nguyen, Case No. 15-55116, seeking to revserse district court's determination that plaintiff failed to plead a pattern of racketeering, U.S. Court of Appeals - 9th Circuit, 2017

Representative Clients:

Law Offices of Jeffrey Lohman, 2021
Unimed International Inc., 2021
The Credit Pros International Corp., 2017
Mai Ngoc Bui, 2017
AutoAssure, LLC, 2017
Estate of David R. Foster, 2013
Up North Plastics, Inc., 2017
Nexpedience Networks, LLC, 2014
Ambassador Otto J. Reich, 2017
LibreMax Capital, LLC, 2016
Barbara Carkenord, 2016
Forsman Farms, Inc., 2017

Pro bono/Community Service:

Volunteer attorney for Minnesota Lawyers for the Arts, advising artists on issues relating to intellectual property and contracts., 2020
Eden Prairie High School DECA Club - Lead parent chaperone for the state and district competitions. , 2020
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have served as the technical director for Story Club Minneapolis' on-line streaming shows., 2021
Pit Crew Volunteer, Eden Prairie Marching Band, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, 2015
Volunteer for the Volunteer Lawyers' Network in the Housing Clinic and debt collection practice area., 2020
Since 2020, I have served as the Treasurer for the Feist For House campaign committee, which succeeded in obtaining Sandra Feist's election to the Minnesota House of Representatives. , 2021
Volunteer, Pairie Colors Marching Band Competition, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, 2017
Anti-Racketeering Laws in the United States – U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, 2011

Educational Background:

Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD, Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude., 1987
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC., Juris Doctor, magna cum laude., 1990

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Webinar CLE regarding RICO's proximate cause standard, taught for the West LegalEdCenter., Lecturer, The Fundamentals of RICO: Proximate Cause, 2019
Spoke to student members of Concordia College's pre-law program about law school and life as a litigation attorney. , Lecturer, Life of a Litigator, 2023
Taught a CLE course sponsored by Ted B. Lyon & Associates concerning the distinction between operators / managers and conspiracy defendants under RICO. , Lecturer, Using RICO to Reach the Deep Pocket, 2024
Taught CLE on the basic elements of a federal RICO claim to the Federal Public Defender's Office for the District of Minnesota., Lecturer, RICO: Guns, Drugs, and Gangs (Part I), 2023
Webinar CLE regarding impact of including trade secret misappropriation as an act of racketeering under RICO, taught for the Clear Law Institute., Lecturer, RICO and the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, 2019
Webinar CLE regarding the impact of including trade secret misappropriation as an act of racketeering under RICO, taught for West LegalEdCenter., Lecturer, RICO and the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, 2017
Webinar CLE regarding the merits of the DNC's RICO claim against the Russian Federation, who allegedly hacked into the DNC's computer system, taught for West LegalEdCenter., Lecturer, Democratic National Committee v. the Russian Federation, 2018
Webinar CLE regarding the difference between defendant persons and enterprises under RICO, taught for the West LegalEdCenter., Lecturer, The Fundamentals of RICO: Defendants vs. Enterprises, 2019
Webinar CLE regarding the difference between RICO's operation or management standard versus RICO conspiracies, taught for West LegalEdCenter., Lecturer, The Fundamentals of RICO: Operation/Management vs. Conspiracies, 2019
Webinar CLE regarding RICO's pattern of racketeering activity requirement, taught for West LegalEdCenter., Lecturer, The Fundamentals of RICO: Patterns of Racketeering, 2019
Since 1998, Mr. Grell has been the editor, primary author, and publisher of the website: ricoact.com, Publisher, Ricoact.com, 2021
Since 1999, Mr. Grell has taught a course entitled Racketeering and the RICO Act: Criminal & Civil Liability to second and third year law students at the University of Minnesota Law School, Adjunct Associate Professor, Racketeering and the RICO Act: Criminal & Civil Liability, 2020
Since 1999, Mr. Grell has been the editor, primary author, and publisher of the textbook: Grell on RICO, Publisher and author, Grell on RICO, 2021
Since 2008, Mr. Grell has authored Chapter 10 - RICO of the book Business Disputes: Claims and Remedies, published by Minnesota CLE., Author, Business Disputes: Claims and Remedies, 2021
RICO's Extraterritorial Application: Post Nabisco - West LegalEdCenter: Online Continuing Education, Lecturer, RICO's Extraterritorial Application: Post Nabisco, 2016
European Economic Community v. RJR Nabisco, Inc.: Has the Second Circuit Ignited a Second Explosion in Civil RICO Claims?, ABA Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases, Issue No. 6, Vol. 43, p. 205 , Author, European Economic Community v. RJR Nabisco, Inc., 2016
Better Call Saul and the Mythology of RICO - West Legal EdCenter: Online Continuing Education., Lecturer, Better Call Saul and the Mythology of RICO, 2015
The Debate Over RICO's Extraterritorial Application - West LegalEdCenter: Online Continuing Education., Lecturer, The Debate Over RICO's Extraterritorial Application, 2015
Pleading the RICO Claim - West LegalEdcenter: Online Continuing Education, Lecturer, Pleading the RICO Claim, 2015
Extortion and RICO - West LegalEdcenter: Online Continuing Education., Lecturer, Extortion and RICO, 2015
Mail and Wire Fraud: RICO’s Most Popular Predicate Acts - West LegalEdcenter: Online Continuing Education., Lecturer, Mail and Wire Fraud: RICO’s Most Popular Predicate Acts, 2015
RICO’s Statute of Limitations, Accrual and Tolling Rules - West LegalEdcenter: Online Continuing Education., Lecturer, RICO’s Statute of Limitations, Accrual and Tolling Rules, 2014
RICO’s Policy-Oriented Proximate Cause Standard - West LegalEdcenter: Online Continuing Education., Lecturer, RICO’s Policy-Oriented Proximate Cause Standard, 2014
RICO’s Patterns of Racketeering - West LegalEdcenter: Online Continuing Education., Lecturer, RICO’s Patterns of Racketeering, 2014
RICO Operation and Management vs. RICO Conspiracies - West LegalEdcenter: Online Continuing Education., Lecturer, RICO Operation and Management vs. RICO Conspiracies, 2014
RICO Defendant Persons v. RICO Enterprises – West LegalEdcenter: Online Continuing Education, Lecturer, RICO Defendant Persons v. RICO Enterprises, 2014
RICO and Its Expansive Personal Jurisdiction Provisions – West LegalEdCenter: Online Continuing Education., Lecturer, RICO and Its Expansive Personal Jurisdiction Provisions, 2017
RICO and the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: Widening the Scope of Liability for Trade Secret Theft - West LegalEdCenter: Online Continuing Education., Lecturer, RICO and the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, 2017

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Mr. Grell is regularly relied upon by the media as a commentator on RICO-related litigation. Mr. Grell was interviewed, quoted, or cited in all of the following news articles and broadcasts: “Ex-Venezuela Ambassador Takes Bribery Suit to High Court,” Law360 (Sept. 5, 2017); “RICO Charges are ‘A Way to Influence the Political Process to Project a Cost’ on Protestors,” Surius XM Patriot Radio (August 22, 2017); “Demanda Contra ‘Bolichiros’ Continuara en Corta de NY,” Notiminuto (March 12, 2017); “Ex-Ambassador Asks 2nd Circ. to Save Venezuelan Bribe Suit,” Law360 (March 10, 2017); “European Union’s RICO Suit Stalls at High Court,” Bloomberg Law (June 20, 2016); "U.S. RICO Case Could Impact Foreign Banks Linked to Money Laundering," ACAMS moneylaundering.com (April 14, 2016); "Edward Fitzpatrick: Climate-change battle heats up between Whitehouse, Wall Street Journal," Providence Journal (April 9, 2016); "A Federal Case Over Online Contests: Is 'RICO' a Reach in Derbywars Lawsuit," Thoroughbred Daily News (Jan. 11, 2016); "RJR Nabisco RICO Claims Will Get Supreme Court Review," 84 U.S.L.W. 12 (Oct. 6, 2015); "Reynolds American Suit," Bloomberg Law Brief (Oct. 5, 2015); "Court Will Review Reynolds American Suit," Bloomberg Law (Oct. 2, 2015); "Taking the Gangster Rap," The Economist (August 8, 2015); "Racketeering Statute Cited in Shadow Insurance Disputes," INN Daily Newsletter (July 14, 2015); “Sheldon Whitehouse: Sue Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud,” The Huffington Post (June 3, 2015); “FIFAgate: The Increasingly Long Arm of American Justice,” Bilan (June 2, 2015). “RJR Nabisco En Banc Rehearing Denied; RICO Extraterritoriality Ripe for SCOTUS?,” 83 U.S.L.W. 40 (April 21, 2015); “Cheaters Never Prosper,” The Marshall Project (April 9, 2015); “Local Lawyers Argue that Gangsters Shouldn’t be Prosecuted Like Mafia,” Indy Week (Feb. 4, 2015); “14 Charged in Deadly 2012 Meningitis Outbreak,” Boston Globe (Dec. 17, 2014); “Future Could See More RICO Cases Like Garlock’s, Expert Says,” Legal News Line (Sept. 12, 2014); “Pizzeria Owner, 75, Says He’ll Still Work After $6.5 Million Settlement,” Chicago Tribune (Aug. 7, 2014); “Humana Files RICO Claim Over Medtronic Bone Drug – Health Insurer Alleges Device Maker Conspired with Physicians,” The Wall Street Journal (June 2, 2014); “Chevron’s RICO Case Against Plaintiffs Attorney Presents Unique Set of Facts, Attorney Says,” Legal Newsline (April 24, 2014); “Cheating Case Built on Confessions,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (March 1, 2014); “Was Chevron Scammed for $19 Billion,” Newsweek, (Oct. 31, 2013); “Rare Racketeering Suits Filed in Mahoning Valley,” Tribune Chronicle (June 16, 2013); “Atlanta Testing Scandal Begins Long March to Justice,” USA Today (April 3, 2013); “RICO Presents Challenges in Atlanta Cheating Case,” Associated Press (April 1, 2013); “Racketeering Survives Against Coffee Beanery,” BlueMauMau.org (Sept. 4, 2012); “Hell Hath No Fury Like a RICO Action: Racketeering Charges Filed in Hedge Fund Divorce,” The New York Observer (July 18, 2012).

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