Brendan M. Kenny Presents on Ethics at Ediscovery Certification Workshop

On Thursday, October 2, 2014, Blackwell Burke P.A. attorney Brendan M. Kenny presented on ethics in e-discovery at the Ediscovery Certification Workshop held at the Hilton Minneapolis. He focused on an attorney’s ethical duty to act competently and fairly when working with electronic information, especially given the challenges posed by cloud computing and social networking. […]

BLACKWELL BURKE RANKED ‘HIGHLY RECOMMENDED’ AND SIX BLACKWELL ATTORNEYS NAMED ‘MINNESOTA LITIGATION STARS’ BY BENCHMARK LITIGATION

Blackwell Burke P.A. has been ranked as “Highly Recommended” in the 2015 Edition of Benchmark Litigation.  Also, Firm Founder and CEO Jerry Blackwell along with Partners, Corey Gordon, Peter Goss, Benjamin Hulse, Mary Young and Special Counsel Mike Hatch have all been named 2015 Benchmark Litigation Minnesota Litigation Stars.  “Highly Recommended” firms are those consistently […]

Brendan M. Kenny Discusses Supreme Court’s Cert Denial in Engle Tobacco Cases in Law360

Law360 interviewed Blackwell Burke P.A. attorney Brendan M. Kenny for a recent article discussing the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of tobacco companies’ certiorari petitions to challenge plaintiff-friendly findings in the massive Engle personal injury litigation in Florida. Tobacco companies sought to challenge the Florida Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in 2006 that decertified a class of […]

Firm Partner Mary S. Young Speaks at ABA Food & Supplements Workshop

Blackwell Burke P.A. partner Mary S. Young presented at the American Bar Association’s Section of Products Liability Food & Supplements Fourth Annual Workshop, held on Thursday, June 5 in Wayzata, Minnesota (near Minneapolis) at Cargill, Incorporated.  Ms. Young participated in a panel entitled, “Consumer Fraud Class Actions – Litigation and Settlement Strategy.”  Ms. Young and […]

Blackwell Burke Secures Win for General Mills in False Ad Suit Over Nature Valley Bars

On May 14, 2014, Blackwell Burke P.A. secured a complete victory for General Mills, Inc. in a putative nationwide class action over the alleged false advertising of the company’s Nature Valley snack bars.  The named plaintiffs Tracie Chin and Salvatore Montalbano claimed that the company misled consumers by labeling its Nature Valley snack bars as […]

Partner Mary S. Young Named a 2014 LCLD Fellow

Blackwell Burke P.A. Partner Mary S. Young has been selected as a fellow of the 2014 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD).  Ms. Young joins over 170 attorneys from around the country who have been selected to join the prestigious program.     Founded in 2011, the LCLD Fellows program is an ambitious, highly structured program […]