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It was a privilege and honor to serve the United States District Court, District of Minnesota as a magistrate judge from 2008 to 2016, when I retired from the bench. During those eight years, I had the opportunity to serve as a mediator conducting settlement conferences in hundreds of cases in the federal system. I was able to assist the parties and their counsel in bringing a wide array of cases to settlement including, for example, complex business disputes, and cases involving employment, product liability, insurance, intellectual property, real estate, antitrust, securities, civil rights and consumer protection. I found that my thirty six years of experience as a civil trial lawyer in Minnesota prepared me well to guide litigants through often difficult negotiations to achieve successful resolution of these cases... My job as a United States magistrate judge also involved overseeing and managing complex civil litigation including many class actions. This included management of..

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