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  • Yale Law School (J.D., 1982)
  • University of Erlangen, Nürnberg, Germany (DAAD Scholarship)
  • Kalamazoo College (B.A., 1978), summa cum laude, Honors in History and Philosophy
    Phi Beta Kappa

  • Honorable Diana E. Murphy, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

  • Minnesota
  • The United States Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits
  • The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
  • The United States District Court for the District of Colorado

William R. Stoeri

Partner
Minneapolis
P: (612) 343-7942
F: (612) 340-8800
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Partner in the Trial group; co-Chair of Health Litigation Practice Group. Civil litigation practice includes health litigation, medical malpractice defense, trade secret/intellectual property cases, products liability cases, complex, multi-party matters, and general business litigation.

Representative Litigation

  • Numerous Plaintiffs v. Mayo Clinic (represented Mayo Clinic and other health care providers in numerous malpractice jury trials) 
  • Kern v. Allina/Peterson v. Fairview (represented healthcare defendants in attempted class action regarding uninsured patients; class certification denied)
  • Lee v. Fairview (represented healthcare provider in False Claims case; obtained summary judgment affirmed on appeal) 
  • Whyte v. American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (represented physician certification board against allegations arising from physician discipline; summary judgment obtained) 
  • Marvin Windows v. PPG v. Elf Atochem (represented third party defendant in products liability case; obtained summary judgment dismissal)
  • BASF v. Valspar Corp. (represented Valspar in international arbitration before Zurich Chamber of Commerce in trade secret case) 
  • Jazz Photo v. Imation Corp. (represented film manufacturer in products liability case)
  • Chmeliewski v. Stryker Corp., Osteonics, Corp. (represented medical device manufacturer in products liability matters)
  • Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc. (represent Northwest Airlines in tortious interference, theft of trade secret case)
  • 3M v. Carmeda, Pharmacia (represented foreign medical technology corporations in commercial litigation matter, based on contract and licensing issues)
  • Schacher v. American Academy of Ophthalmology (defended national standard setting organization in antitrust case; defense verdict after four week trial, affirmed on appeal)

Presentations

  • Has lectured at Continuing Legal Education seminars, Continuing Medical Education seminars, and has given corporate education presentations