She has successfully represented financial institutions, securities brokers and
banks in jury trials, bench trials, class actions and hundreds of arbitrations.
Not exact matches
Representative
Trial Experience: • Rosa Construction, Inc. v. Capstone Builders, Inc. et al. v. Sterling Savings Bank, Montana Eighteenth Judicial District Court (2013): Five day jury trial resulting in the permanent discharge of Capstone's improper construction lien against Rosa's real property, affirming the priority of Sterling Savings Bank's mortgage on Rosa's real property, and awarding $ 1,425,000 in compensatory damages against Capstone for recording an improper lien on Rosa's real property and interfering with the Bank's mortgage inte
Trial Experience: • Rosa Construction, Inc. v. Capstone Builders, Inc. et al. v. Sterling Savings
Bank, Montana Eighteenth Judicial District Court (2013): Five day
jury trial resulting in the permanent discharge of Capstone's improper construction lien against Rosa's real property, affirming the priority of Sterling Savings Bank's mortgage on Rosa's real property, and awarding $ 1,425,000 in compensatory damages against Capstone for recording an improper lien on Rosa's real property and interfering with the Bank's mortgage inte
trial resulting
in the permanent discharge of Capstone's improper construction lien against Rosa's real property, affirming the priority of Sterling Savings
Bank's mortgage on Rosa's real property, and awarding $ 1,425,000
in compensatory damages against Capstone for recording an improper lien on Rosa's real property and interfering with the
Bank's mortgage interest.
1 For attempts to measure the effect of advocacy quality through other means, see, e.g.,
Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation
in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at
Trial — Real Jurors Speak
in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations
in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and
jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations
in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make?
He concentrates his practice
in commercial
trial practice
in federal and state courts, USA PATRIOT Act and
Bank Secrecy Act litigation and compliance matters, internal corporate investigations, and grand
jury and administrative investigations.
In 2013, after a two - month jury trial in federal court in Minnesota, Zelle attorneys helped obtain a complete defense verdict in a case where plaintiffs alleged the bank misrepresented its securities lending program and purchased unsuitable, high - risk investments causing plaintiffs to lose millions of dollar
In 2013, after a two - month
jury trial in federal court in Minnesota, Zelle attorneys helped obtain a complete defense verdict in a case where plaintiffs alleged the bank misrepresented its securities lending program and purchased unsuitable, high - risk investments causing plaintiffs to lose millions of dollar
in federal court
in Minnesota, Zelle attorneys helped obtain a complete defense verdict in a case where plaintiffs alleged the bank misrepresented its securities lending program and purchased unsuitable, high - risk investments causing plaintiffs to lose millions of dollar
in Minnesota, Zelle attorneys helped obtain a complete defense verdict
in a case where plaintiffs alleged the bank misrepresented its securities lending program and purchased unsuitable, high - risk investments causing plaintiffs to lose millions of dollar
in a case where plaintiffs alleged the
bank misrepresented its securities lending program and purchased unsuitable, high - risk investments causing plaintiffs to lose millions of dollars.