Jeff Anderson, attorney and founder of Jeff Anderson & Associates, is widely recognized for his decades of work representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse and their families.

Over a career spanning five decades, Anderson has tried more than 250 jury trials to verdict across the country. He is credited with being instrumental in exposing the large-scale cover-up of pedophile priests in the early 1980s and was among the first trial lawyers in the United States to publicly and aggressively pursue lawsuits against sexual predators, with a focus on holding accountable both individual offenders and the institutions that concealed and protected them.

Anderson has represented thousands of survivors and their families throughout his career. His work extends beyond the courtroom, where he is a frequent lecturer, survivor advocate and author. He has dedicated significant effort to advancing legislative and judicial protections for children and the prevention of childhood sexual abuse.

Anderson has noted that his greatest honor is the trust placed in him by survivors and their families.

Ciresi Conlin LLP Partner Rachel L. Barrett where she specializes in medical malpractice and nursing home abuse cases and leads the firm’s nursing home abuse practice group. A fluent Spanish speaker, Barrett has dedicated her career to holding negligent healthcare providers accountable on behalf of individuals and families.

Barrett is a proven trial attorney who has negotiated numerous favorable settlements and won multiple jury verdicts for her clients. She was part of the trial team that secured the largest medical malpractice verdict in Minnesota history — a federal jury award of more than $111 million for a client who suffered a catastrophic leg injury resulting from a failure to diagnose and treat compartment syndrome. Other notable verdicts include a $16.5 million wrongful-death verdict following a delayed diagnosis of fungal pneumonia and a $5.4 million verdict for the family of a nursing home resident who died after a fall resulting from inadequate care protocols.

In addition to her trial work, Barrett uses her litigation experience to shape the law for the benefit of injured Minnesotans.

Robins Kaplan LLP Partner Robert Bennett has built one of the most accomplished plaintiff-side civil litigation practices in Minnesota over a career spanning four decades.

Bennett handles civil rights and police misconduct cases, wrongful death claims, product liability matters, and commercial disputes. His case results reflect the breadth and significance of his work. In 2019, he negotiated a $20 million settlement in the wrongful death case arising from the murder of Justine Ruszczyk by Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor — at the time the highest known result in the nation for a police shooting death.

Additional significant results include a $7.5 million settlement following Derek Chauvin’s 2017 excessive force assault of John Pope, a $6.2 million settlement for a man left paralyzed after being shot by a Carlton County officer with his hands raised, and a $2.995 million civil rights settlement in the police killing of Philando Castile.

Bennett is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and multiple federal circuit and district courts.

Katie Bennett, a partner and deputy chair of the National Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Civil Rights Group at Robins Kaplan LLP, has built a practice centered on federal civil rights, police misconduct, jail neglect, and catastrophic personal injury litigation.
Inspired by her father, a nationally recognized civil rights and personal injury attorney, Bennett has dedicated her career to representing those harmed by powerful institutions. Her case results include a $12.2 million settlement — the largest known Minnesota recovery for Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment claims against a jail — for a man who suffered bilateral arm amputations due to medical neglect at Scott County Jail. She also secured settlements totaling $8.875 million for two clients subjected to excessive force by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin years before his murder of George Floyd.
Additional results include a $6.2 million settlement for a man left paralyzed after being shot by a Carlton County officer with his hands raised, and a $3.175 million settlement for a man shot nine times by police during a mental health crisis.