Theodore Dorenkamp, III
Senior Counsel
Phone: 612.656.4067
Fax: 612.672.3200
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Theodore Dorenkamp, III

Biography

Ted Dorenkamp is a litigator who concentrates his practice on defending manufacturers and businesses in the areas of complex product liability, commercial litigation and intellectual property law.  He represents some of the world's largest automobile manufacturers, having defended them in cases that have been tried to jury verdict, including Robeck v. Ford Motor Co. (2007) (MN), Moncrieff v. Toyota Motor Corporation (2008) (FL), and Gessling v. Ford Motor Co. (2009) (MO).

 

Ted is a cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School and a winner of the Jenkins & Gilchrist Writing Competition. He was also a member of the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Review and has been recognized by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine as a Rising Star in 2004, 2008 and 2009.

 

Ted received his undergraduate degree in Japanese and International Relations from the University of Minnesota, spent several years in Japan, and is a licensed private pilot (single engine land) and avid motorcyclist.

Education

  • University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2000
    cum laude
    Intellectual Property, 1999 - 2000
  • University of Minnesota, 1993
    Majors: Japanese, International Relations

Bar Admissions

  • Minnesota, 2000
  • Wisconsin, 2010
  • California, 2011

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 2004
  • U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2004

Memberships and Affiliations

Defense Research Institute

Minnesota State Bar Association

Japan America Society

Sierra Club

Distinctions

Jenkins and Gilchrist Writing Competition, 2000

Selected by Super Lawyers Magazine as a Rising Star(R), 2002, 2004, 2008-2009

Published Works

For Defendants: Developing the Sophisticated User/Intermediary Defense (with David N. Lutz), LJN, Silica Legal News Report, Vol. 1, No. 2, September, 2005

Copyright Misuse or a Right to Compete? A Critique of Alcatel USA v. DGI Technologies, 9 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 269, 2001