Attorney Profiles
Peter D. Plunkett Austin, Minnesota
| Managing Partner | |
| phone | 507-396-4894 877-418-3194 |
| fax | (507) 437-8376 |
| Email Me | |
- Areas of Practice:
- Personal Injury - Plaintiff
- Workers' Compensation
- Family Law
- Probate and Estate Administration
- Estate Planning
- Criminal Defense
- Real Estate
- Bankruptcy, Chapters 7 & 13
- Litigation Percentage:
- 60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- Minnesota, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1995
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1990
- Education:
- William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota,
1985
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Review: Law Review, Staff Member and Senior Staff Member, 1983 - 1985 - College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota,
1981
B.A., Business Administration
- Published Works:
- "Minnesota's Honest Error in Judgment Rule: An Error in Itself?", William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1986
- Case Note: Torts - "Minnesota Replaces the Restatement Standard with a Negligence Standard in Design Defect Cases," BiLotta v. Kelly Co., 345 N.W.2d 616, Minn. 1984, William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1985
- Representative Cases:
- Benson v. Johnson, 392 N.W.2d 890 (Minn. Ct. App. 1986)
- Kraushaar v. Austin Medical Clinic, 393 N.W.2d 217 (Minn. Ct. App. 1986)
- Kronken v. Oakland Farmers Elevator, 425 N.W.2d 302 (Minn. Ct. App. 1988)
- Karnes v. Quality Pork Processors, 532 N.W.2d 560 (Minn. 1995)
- Christensen v. Mower County, 587 N.W.2d 305 (Minn. Ct. App. 1998)
- Haugland v. Mapleview Lounge and Bottleshop, Inc., 666 N.W.2d 689 (Minn. 2003)
- Representative Clients:
- Minnesota Surety & Trust Company
- First Heartland Surety & Casualty Insurance Services Company
- Sterling State Bank
- Northern Galaxy Properties, LLC
- Honors and Awards:
- American Jurisprudence Award, Torts II, 1983
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Mower County Bar Association
- (President 1990-1991)
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- The American Trial Lawyers Association
- Minnesota Association for Justice
- Austin Rotary
- President Elect
- Knights of Columbus
- Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA)
- Instrument Rated Private Pilot
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Represent Clients Assigned by Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, 1985 - Present
- Ancillary Businesses:
- President of Minnesota Surety & Trust Company
- Birth Information:
- August 21, 1959, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
