Attorney Richard Bowman, Bowman and Brooke LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Richard A. Bowman

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Founding Partner
phone	612.672.3233
fax	612.672.3200
email	richard.bowman@msp.bowmanandbrooke.com

As one of the firm's Founding Partners with over 42 years of trial experience, Dick has spent about half of each year in catastrophic loss trials. He has successfully defended products liability cases for a number of industries including: aviation products, all-terrain vehicles, automobiles, trucks, boats, farm equipment, motorcycles and industrial equipment.

Dick has first-chaired cases in over 30 states. He was most recently recognized by Honda for outstanding service and 20 years of success in defending cases for that automobile manufacturer, including seven high-profile defense verdicts in catastrophic three-wheel ATV cases. Dick has authored several articles on products liability, and is a frequent speaker. He has appeared on the McNeil-Lehr News Hour and has testified before Congressional Sub Committees and the Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding products liability issues.

Dick is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine.

Areas of Practice:: Automotive; Aviation Litigation; Dealer and Franchise Litigation; Fire Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Motorcycles, ATVs and Other Wheeled Vehicles; Patent Infringement Litigation; Product Liability

Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Minnesota, 1965; California, 1990; U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1965; U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1965; U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1974; U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1982; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1995; U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1996; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2000

Education:: University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1965
LL.B.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Law Review: Minnesota Law Review, Associate Editor, 1964 - 1965; Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1962
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Representative Clients:: General Motors Corporation; Ford Motor Company; Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honors and Awards:: Named in the Legal 500 United States 2008 Edition; The Best Lawyers in America, 1989-2007, Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America; Selected by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine as a SuperLawyer(R), 1985-2008; 20 Years of Outstanding Service to Honda, Honda Motor Company; International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers, Who's Who Legal, London, England, 2008 - 2009

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Association for Advancement of Automotive Medicine; Sustaining Member; Minnesota State Bar Association, 1965 - Present; State Bar of California, 1990 - Present; Hennepin County Bar Association, 1965 - Present