Coon Rapids, MN

Alan S. Milavetz has been a trial lawyer for 38 years, focusing on motor vehicle, wrongful death, brain injury, spinal injury, and Mass Tort cases in Minnesota. He has resolved thousands of claims and is licensed in all Minnesota state and federal courts. He is a certified rule 114 arbitrator and a civil law mediator. A member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, he was named one of Minnesota Lawyer's Attorneys of the Year in 2010 and 2020. He successfully litigated Milavetz Gallop & Milavetz P.A., et. al. v. United States of America, a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. He has been named a Minnesota Super Lawyer 20 times and a 'Top 100 Trial Lawyer' by The American Trial Lawyers Association in 2008. He is also AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Barbara Nilva Nevin has practiced law since 1979, focusing on family law, bankruptcy, employment law, and personal injury. She has practiced extensively in the Minnesota Court of Appeals, twice reversing district court rulings in a third-party custody case. She is a Judge of Conciliation Court in Hennepin County. Ms. Nevin was a plaintiff in Milavetz Injury Law, P.A., et. al. v. United State of America, which challenged portions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act (BAPCPA of 2005) on First Amendment grounds before the U.S. Supreme Court. She was awarded as one of the Attorneys of the Year by Minnesota Lawyer in 2009 for this work. She has lectured on bankruptcy and family law and has been named a Minnesota Super Lawyer since 2005. She is also AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Robert J Milavetz founded the law firm now known as Milavetz, Law, P.A. in 1963. He was a graduate of U High and the University of Minnesota, and earned his Juris Doctor degree at William Mitchell College of Law. He was a champion of the First Amendment, representing clients in cases involving free speech and conscientious objector status during the Vietnam war. He was a certified trial lawyer specialist, won many significant appellate court decisions, and was named a Super Lawyer and Minnesota Attorney of the Year in 2009. He was a named Plaintiff in a U.S. Supreme Court case (Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. United States of America, 559 US 229 (2010)) concerning attorneys' First Amendment rights related to bankruptcy advice. He was a fierce litigator for 61 years, fighting for civil rights, free speech, and compensation for injuries.

Gregory S. Malush graduated from St. Louis University in 1982 with a Bachelors of Science Degree in chemistry and from St. Louis University School of Law in 1985. He was admitted to practice in Missouri (1985), Illinois (1986), and Minnesota (1987). His major area of practice is auto, ATV, Semi, slip and fall liability claims, and he has helped families in wrongful death automobile accident situations, receiving six-figure awards. He also represented the Mother of the Bucklin children in a wrongful death case against the FAA and a company running a tower in Wyoming. He has handled cases involving farm injuries, defective products, and premises liability, and has filed actions against numerous insurance companies. He also represents families in wrongful death claims against medical providers, nursing homes, and in medical malpractice actions. Mr. Malush is a member of the Minnesota Association for Justice Board of Directors and an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. He is active in community coaching and was a board member for the Merriam Park Community Council. He strives to ensure clients are informed and receive appropriate care.

David Kempston

David Kempston has spent over 30 years as a litigator-primarily handling workers compensation claims. He has been voted a Super Lawyer every year since 2000. He frequently lectures on the MN Worker’s Compensation Statute. In 2017 he was awarded Anoka County Lawyer of the Year by the Anoka County Bar Association. In 2020, David was inducted as a Fellow in The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, a national entity established to honor those attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the practice of workers’ compensation. He has written two books, published through Amazon, That’s Why They Call it Practicing Law (2017) and Lessons Learned on the Run (2020). And since 2021, he has served as an Adjunct Professor at The University of St. Thomas School of Law. When not practicing law, David enjoys running, fishing, walking his dog, and spending time with his children and grandchildren.

David graduated from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in 2019. While in law school, he was an Editor and Online Executive Editor with the Mitchell Hamline Law Review, a Student Representative on the Student Bar Association, and President of the Jewish Law Student Association. He clerked for Judge Nancy Buytendorp and was a Law Clerk at Ramsey County Attorney. His practice areas include personal injury, medical malpractice, and nonprofit law. Prior to law, he owned a business consulting for nonprofits. He serves on boards for Jewfolk, Inc., Jewish Federation of Greater Saint Paul, and Jewish Family Services, and is on the steering committee of the Cardozo Society.

Karl Menk

Attorney Karl Menk exclusively handles Workers’ Compensation cases. He is known as an aggressive trial attorney with a reputation for winning difficult and complex cases, which helps him achieve maximum value on Workers’ Compensation settlements. He has extensive civil litigation experience, including personal injury cases, and is passionate about fighting for the rights of injured workers.