Joseph P. Beckman
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Business Law, Employment, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions
8050 West 78th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55439
About Joseph P. Beckman
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Employment
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1988J.D.
- Law Review: American Criminal Law Review, Business Editor, 1986 - 1988
- Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1985B.S.
- Major: Psychology
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: With Honors
Classes and Seminars
- Indemnity Clauses, MN CLE, 2005 - Present
- Indemnity Clauses, American Bar Association Business Law
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1988
- Montana, 1996
- Minnesota, 2001
Other Affiliations
- American Corporate Counsel Association
- American Bar Association
- Ramsey County Bar ASsociation
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- ABA Section of Litigation Leadership, 1996 - Present (Member)
- ABA, Section’s Trial Practice Committee, 2014 - 2016 (Co-Chair)
- ABA, Content Management Committee, 2012 - 2014 (Co-Chair)
Articles
Published Works
- Chapter Author, Data Security Protections, Law and Business of Computer Science, Second Edition, Katheryn Andresen, West, 2007
- The Use of Computerized Animations in the Courtroom: Chapter 3 (Pre-Trial Matters), ABA Judicial Administration Division (Bench/Bar Relations Section) Handbook, with David Adams, Summer, 1996
- The Employment At Will Doctrine, Employee Termination Practice Handbook, with Kathryn G. Montgomery, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, August, 1994
- An Introduction to the Use of Computer-Based Litigation Support Systems, Business and Commercial Litigation Handbook, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1993, Updated 1996
- Certified Information Privacy Professional, International Association of Privacy Professionals, 2006
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy, National Session, Boulder, Co, July, 1998
- "Latest Survey Shows Corporations Increasingly Unhappy with Outside Lawyers," co-author with Douglas Motz, Litigation News, Vol. 32, No. 5, 2007
- "Supreme Court Permits Patent Licenses to Challenge Underlying Patent Without Breaching License", Litigation News, Vol. 32, No. 4, 2007
- "Congress Amends Trademark Dilution Act", Litigation News, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2007
- "Study Shows Federal Judges Acquit More Frequently Than Juries", Litigation News, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2007
- "December Rule Changes to Impact E-Discovery", Litigation News, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2006
- "Small Firms Getting Great Work", Litigation News, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2006
- "Supreme Court Approves Modified Rule on Unpublished Opinions", Litigation News, Vol. 31, No. 5, 2006
- "Coalition Obtains Reform on Privilege Waiver Requests", Litigation News, Vol. 31, No. 4, 2006
- "Departures on the Rise", Litigation News, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2006
- "Wisconsin Malpractice Damages Cap Overturned", Litigation News, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2006
- "Use of Future Conflict Waivers Expanded", Litigation News, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2005
- "Model Instructions for Patent Litigation", Litigation News, Vol. 30, No. 6, 2005
- "Starting Your Law Career 101", Litigation News, Vol. 30, No. 5, 2005
- "Change in Deposition Testimony Leads to Preclusion", Litigation News, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2005
- "Changes to ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct Proposed", Litigation News, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2004
- "Section of Litigation Publishes Guide to Oral Advocacy" (Book Review), Litigation News, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2005
- "Court Outlines Criteria for Authenticating Computer Evidence", Litigation News, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2004
- "Federal Criminal Records Now Accessible Online", Litigation News, Vol. 29, No. 6, 2004
- "Outside Counsel Fees Remain Top Concern of In-House Counsel", Litigation News, Vol. 28, No. 6, 2003
- "Federal Courts Expand Electronic, Remote Access to Case File Data", Litigation News, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2003
- "In-House Counsel Give Surprising Answers in Ethics Survey", Litigation News, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2003
- "A Lawyer's Guide to Effective Use of Courtroom Technology" (Book Review), Litigation News, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2003
- "Federal Courts' CM/ECF Project Moving Right Along", Litigation News, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2002
- "Who Pays to Search E-Mail Archives?", Litigation News, Vol. 27, No. 5, 2002
- "Lawyer's Liability to Third-Party Non-Clients", Litigation News, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2002
- "Federal Civil Case Files to Be Available Online", Litigation News, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2002
- "Section Updates Best-Selling Book on Privilege Law" (Book Review), Litigation News, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2001
- "Split Decision", Litigation News, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2001
- "Revisions Bring Uniform Act into the 21st Century", Litigation News, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2001
- "A Primer for Working with the Media", Litigation News, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2000
- "The Malpractice Ghost Buster", Litigation News, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2000
- "Electronic Surveillance in the Workplace", Litigation News, Vol. 25, No. 1, 1999
- "'Student to Student' Sexual Harassment: Schools May Be Liable", Litigation News, Vol. 24, No. 5, 1999
- "Courts Cooling to Compulsory Arbitration of Civil Rights Claims", Litigation News, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1999
- "Supreme Court Puts Employers on Defensive in Sex Harassment Cases", Litigation News, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1998
- Editor-in-Chief for Litigation News, 2011-2012
Office Info
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