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Heidi A. O. Fisher

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Overview

  • Focuses on complex commercial litigation, specializing in complex business contract disputes and class action litigation

  • Experience litigating across a broad range of legal areas including contract, consumer fraud, product liability, employment, Lanham Act, business slander, unfair competition, insurance coverage, and shareholder disputes

  • Advises clients on a variety of matters including risk assessment, contract negotiation, warranty issues, document retention matters, media relations, and conducts internal corporate investigations

  • Successful track record of employing strategies for early, favorable disposal of claims


Representative Experience
 

  • Currently representing Fortune 500 companies in class actions involving products liability, consumer fraud, and warranty claims in Minnesota and throughout the country

  • Successfully defended Fortune 500 company in complex contract dispute involving breach of supplier agreement and product disparagement claims, winning full defense verdict at trial

  • Successfully defended consumer fraud and breach-of-warranty claims against window manufacturer securing early dismissal of class action claims

  • Successfully defended products liability, consumer fraud, and breach-of-warranty claims against bedding manufacturer securing early dismissal of class action claims

Education

William Mitchell College of Law  »  J.D.  »  magna cum laude  »  William Mitchell Law Review  »  Associate Editor
Hamline University  »  B.A.  »  Communications & Psychology

Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center  »  Monterey, California

Recognition
William Mitchell Burton Brief award for excellence in legal writing
Publications

"Statutes of Repose—The Overlooked Cousin", Law360 (2011)

"A Fresh Look At Warranties", Law360 (2010)

"CAFA Removal: Avoid Assumptions About Exceptions," Law 360 (2010) 

“Complicity As A Comparative Fault In Minnesota: The Essence Of A Doctrine Is Lost,”
 27 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 1375 (2000)

Associations & Pro Bono

Leadership Twin Cities Alumna  »  Steering Committee
Camp Māk-A-Dream Upper Midwest Advisory Council

Veteran  »  United States Army Reserves  »  Psychological Operations

American Bar Association

Minnesota Bar Association

Hennepin County Bar Association

Minnesota Women Lawyers