Ted Hartman
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
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Biography
Ted Hartman has litigation experience working in products liability, premises liability, commercial litigation, real estate law and contract disputes.
Previously in his career, Ted served as in-house counsel for a large group of title companies and underwriters in the US in which he worked closely with local retained counsel in high-stakes litigation involving contract disputes and real estate law in federal and state courts.
Professional experience
Collapse all- JD, magna cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law, 2013
- BA, magna cum laude, Concordia College, 2008
- Illinois State Bar
- Minnesota State Bar
- Nebraska State Bar
- Won a landmark victory for a multinational conglomerate corporation in the industry of worker safety, US healthcare, and consumer goods in the federal Bair HuggerTM Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) securing the dismissal of one of the 10 largest MDLs in the country.
- Won a complete defense verdict for one of the world's largest global innovation manufacturing companies in the first product liability multidistrict litigation (MDL) bellwether trial in Minnesota Federal District Court.
- 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.
- Secured a complete summary judgment decision for a multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of worker safety, healthcare and consumer goods in a wrongful death case dismissing claims in both products liability and negligence.
- Won complete summary judgment for an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods in longstanding contract dispute involving indemnity provisions in a private railroad sidetrack agreement.
- Minnesota Future Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2020, 2021
- Attorney of the Year, Minnesota Lawyer, 2019
- The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Best Lawyers, 2024 - 2025