Attorneys

Peter D. Plunkett
Austin, Minnesota

Areas of Practice:: Personal Injury - Plaintiff; Workers' Compensation; Family Law; Probate and Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Criminal Defense; Real Estate; Bankruptcy, Chapters 7 & 13

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

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Mower County Bar Association; (President 1990-1991); Minnesota State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association; Austin Rotary; Knights of Columbus

Pro Bono Activities:: Represent Clients Assigned by Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, 1985 - Present

Birth Information:: August 21, 1959, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America