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Timothy J. Mattson 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Partner
phone 612.672.3255
fax 612.672.3200
email tim.mattson@msp.bowmanandbrooke.com

An experienced lawyer in products liability and commercial and intellectual property matters, Tim Mattson has represented clients in jurisdictions all over the United States. He has tried cases in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, as well as Quebec, Canada.

He has handled a wide variety of products including all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, personal watercrafts, tractors, heavy loaders, buses, automobiles, motorcycles, spray guns, plastic winding machines, industrial grinders, batteries, anhydrous ammonia, LP gas handling equipment, and lawn and garden equipment. He has experience in handling cases involving children and product liability litigation.

Before starting his law practice, Tim worked as a tractor design engineer for John Deere. There he specialized in the design of transmission components and hydraulic transmission control valves. During the course of his engineering career, Tim has been awarded four patents. He has been a member of both the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Society of Agricultural Engineers for more than 30 years.

Areas of Practice:
Appellate and Trial Support Practice
Children and Product Liability Litigation
Farm Equipment
Intellectual Property Litigation
Motorcycles, ATVs and Other Wheeled Vehicles
Product Liability
Product Safety and Liability Prevention
Bar Admissions:
Iowa, 1987
Minnesota, 1988
U.S. Federal Court, 1988
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1999
Education:
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1986
J.D.
Honors: With Honors


University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1984
M.B.A.


Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1977
B.S.
Honors: Tau Beta Pi
Honors: Alpha Epsilon
Honors: With Distinction
Major:  Agricultural Engineering


Representative Clients:
Polaris
Honda
General Motors Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Nissan
Subaru
Navistar
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Defense Research Institute, Inc.


Society of Automotive Engineers, 1978 - Present
Associate Member


American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1976 - Present
Associate Member


American Bar Association


Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association


Minnesota State Bar Association


Iowa State Bar Association


Birth Information:
1955, Storm Lake, Iowa

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