Alternative Dispute Resolution
At Jardine, Logan & O’Brien, P.L.L.P., we have a number of experienced and effective qualified neutrals at your disposal, all of whom pride themselves on reaching fair and equitable results for both sides of a dispute. Our qualified neutrals participate in ADR proceedings for various types of litigation including employment, personal injury, professional liability and malpractice issues, and construction and real estate disputes.
With nearly 40 years of experience in civil litigation, Gerald M. Linnihan appreciates the complexity of litigation and the value of having an experienced neutral. Currently a “Super Lawyer,” Mr. Linnihan also has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been elected as one of the Top ADR Professionals in a poll by his peers conducted by Minnesota Law & Politics. Throughout his tenure as a mediator and arbitrator, Mr. Linnihan has served on several committees and panels including: the American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators, the Minnesota Court System Panel of Neutral Arbitrators, and the Ramsey County Bar Association Blue Ribbon Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Mr. Linnihan centers his practice on workers’ compensation and civil litigation matters including personal injury, property damage and construction, and general liability and insurance coverage issues.
After a distinguished career concentrating his practice in the defense of personal injury matters with emphasis on professional liability and malpractice, products liability, motor vehicle claims, premises liability, construction claims and insurance issues, Mr. Vanasek currently restricts his practice to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). He has extensive ADR experience in claims involving these areas and has been selected as an Arbitrator/Mediator/Neutral Evaluator on hundreds of occasions in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and Oklahoma. He has a successful settlement rate in excess of 90% as a Mediator. He has been consistently selected by his peers as one of the top ADR Professionals based on a poll conducted by Minnesota Law & Politics and has been consistently selected as one of Minnesota’s “Super Lawyers.”
With an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, Mr. Vanasek is currently listed on the Minnesota Statewide ADR Roster of Neutrals with areas of experience including Employment, Personal Injury, and Professional Liability/Malpractice. Further, Mr. Vanasek has been actively involved in a wide ranges of ADR panels and other legal committees, often chairing or assuming a position of leadership within each.
Focusing on practice areas ranging from general liability and personal injury to professional malpractice, the qualified neutrals at Jardine, Logan & O’Brien PLLP, have extensive legal knowledge for a variety of ADR proceedings.