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Bard D. Borkon 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Partner
phone 612.672.3241
fax 612.672.3200
email bard.borkon@bowmanandbrooke.com

Bard Borkon has extensive experience in defending product liability claims, nursing home patient care liability and commercial litigation matters. His practice has primarily focused on automotive product liability litigation, where he has been involved in rollover, seat belt, airbag, and door latch trials.

His product liability experience includes representing corporate clients nationwide. He has tried cases for auto manufacturers in California, Texas, Nevada, and Wisconsin, and has participated in trials in six other states. Bard has argued before the Missouri Supreme Court on behalf of a major automobile manufacturer and has defended cases involving a wide variety of other products, including computer keyboards, construction equipment, wood finishing materials, farm machinery, power tools, bicycles, and home water filtration equipment.

His healthcare litigation practice has focused on defending long-term care facilities in patient liability cases. He has successfully defended individual healthcare providers and facilities in numerous malpractice and negligence actions. He has also represented clients in commercial litigation, including breach of warranty, breach of contract, and debtor/creditor matters.

Areas of Practice:
Automotive
Business, Commercial and Financial Litigation
Long Term Care and Assisted Living Facility Litigation
Medical Malpractice Defense
Product Liability
Recreational Sports Equipment Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Minnesota, 1994
Nevada, 2005
Education:
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1993
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Review: Minnesota Law Review, Associate Managing Editor, 1992 - 1993


University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990
B.A.
Honors: With Distinction


Honors and Awards:
Selected by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine as a Rising Star(R), 2006, 2007


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Leland-Johnson Common Vision Program
Pro-Bono Attorney


Birth Information:
1967, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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