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Mark P. Schneebeck

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Overview

  • Member of Business Litigation Group
  • Member of Financial Services Litigation Group
  • Member of E-Discovery Working Group
  • Serves on Pro Bono Committee

 

Representative Experience

  • Litigated business disputes involving breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, and other business torts in the financial services, medical device, health care, and technology industries
  • Defended consumer class action involving the mortgage industry in state and federal courts in Minnesota, Louisiana, and Michigan
  • Defended products liability actions involving personal injury and property damage for clients in the construction, medical device and railroad industries
  • Defended shareholder derivative suits and securities fraud class actions in state and federal courts in Minnesota, California, and Delaware
  • First chaired arbitration involving termination of independent insurance agency
Representative Cases
  • Obtained summary judgment in Minnesota state court dismissing a misappropriation of trade secrets claim against a Fortune 1000 technology company 
  • Secured order in Michigan federal court dismissing FDCPA and unjust enrichment claims before class certification against national mortgage servicer
  • Represented fortune 500 national bank in a class action venued in Louisiana alleging excessive attorneys’ fees in residential mortgage foreclosures
  • Represented financial services company and directors and officers in 10b-5 securities class action in Minnesota federal court
  • Represented pharmaceutical company in California and Delaware state court in shareholder actions seeking to preclude stock-for-stock acquisition 
  • Worked with other Oppenheimer lawyers to establish that “deepening insolvency” is not a recognized form of corporate damage in Minnesota in Christians v. Grant Thornton LLP, 733 N.W.2d 803 (Minn. Ct. App. 2007)
Education

University of Iowa  »  J.D.  »  with highest distinction  »  Order of the Coif  »  Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems  »  Editor-in-Chief  »  ALI-ABA Scholarship and Leadership Award

University of Iowa  »  B.S.  »  Environmental Science

Recognition
Oppenheimer’s Pro Bono Award  »  2005
Minnesota Law & Politics  »  "Rising Star"  »  2008 & 2009
Oppenheimer’s Community Service Award  »  2011
Associations & Pro Bono

Federal Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association  »  E-Discovery Working Group & Consumer Law Section
Tubman Safety Project  »  Volunteer
Children’s Law Center  »  Volunteer
Volunteer Lawyers Network  »  Board of Directors
Exodus House Legal Clinic  »  Volunteer
St. Joseph’s Home for Children  »  Volunteer
Oppenheimer’s United Way Annual Campaign  »  Board Member