Gene Hummel
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
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Biography
Gene Hummel represents and counsels businesses nationwide in a variety of civil litigation matters including products liability, contract disputes, business torts and other complex litigation. He has previous experience in construction and employment litigation in which he represented clients in midsized and large matters including commercial disputes, contract disputes and construction defect liability defense.
Additionally, Gene has an active pro bono practice, representing asylum seekers as well as tenants in housing disputes in both state and federal courts, including the 8th Circuit.
Professional experience
Collapse all- JD, with honors, University Iowa College of Law, 2016
- BA, University of Iowa, 2009
- Minnesota State Bar
- Represented Fortune 500 company clients on products liability and commercial claims arising in state and federal courts nationwide.
- Collaborated with the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, Inc., the Minnesota Historical Society, members of the Federal Bar, and other supporters, to successfully secure the posthumous pardon of Max Mason, who was wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman in 1920. The posthumous pardon was the first ever in Minnesota history, in commemoration of the 100-year anniversary of Mason's conviction and the brutal lynching of three Black circus workers in Duluth.
- Representing former employer in a non-compete action to involving a senior executive's breach of restrictive covenants.
- Obtained successful settlement on behalf of home insulation manufacturer defending against negligence, strict liability, and alleged punitive damages claims.
- Obtained $20 million judgment for breach of contract and fraud in a medical supply dispute.
- Defended small business against a civil investigative demand issued by the Minnesota State Attorney General's office.
- Minnesota Rising Star, Civil litigation: Defense, Thomson Reuters, 2024